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We note American boys wearing Eton collars both with and without neckwear. We are not precisely sure of the conventions involved. It seems to have been primarily the fashion sence of each individual mother. Not all boys wore bows with their Eton collars, but many did. We think this may have been more common in America than in Europe. American mothers seemed to have preferred the fancier look with the bow. And the Eton collars do not look as stiff as those worn in Europe, especially Britain. A good example is an a American boy about 1890. We seem to find more American boys wearing Eton collars with neck wear than without neckwear, but this is just a preliminary assessment. This changed after the turn-of-the 20th century. And Eton collars rapidly went out of style in the 1910s. This is different than was the case for the younger American boys that wore Eton suits after World War I. They mostly wore Eton or Peter Pan collar blouses without neckwear.
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