Scottish Preparatory Schools: Uniform Garments--Differences with English Uniforms
Figure 1.-- One of the most notable differences between English and Scottish school uniforms is the brightly colored knee socks worn at some Scottish private schools.
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Scottish school uniforms are quite similar to English school uniforms. For the most part it is impossible to tell the differences in photographs taken at the school. There are, however, a few differences. There are some distnctive features to the school uniforms worn in Scotland, mostly at the private schools. The boys at a few schools do not wear ties. There are more likely to wear different colored short trousers in Scotland. Several schools have uniforms with blue short pants. This is not unknown in England, but much more prevalAnother destinctive aspect is the many different colorsof knee socks the boys wear. In England boys mostly wear grey knee socks. Scottish boys also wear grey knee socks, but many other colors as well. This includes black, blue, green red, and purple. The bright colors ae not seen in Englnd, except for games.
