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The accompanying garments worn with tunic suits are another topic of interest. These items are limited because the tunic outfits covered the neck to below the knees. The accompanying garments were headwear, neckwear, hosiery and footwear. Headwear is most common with dressy tunic suits. Often the headwear is not seen, but there are many examples of boys, mostly holding their headwear. We see some boys with matching or at least cooprdinated headwear of different types, both caps and hats. Some of the caps were done in matching matrial and color. There were many different styles. Neckwear was an optional item. Some boys wore floppy bows, but they were declining in popularity after the turn-of-the 20th century. We note the dressy white tunic suits commonly worn with long stockings, both black and white long stockings. Both were considered appropriate for formal dress at the time. Sometimes the stockings matched the tunic such as white with black and sometimes the contrasting colors were chosen. Socks were less common for formal wear at the time. but we do notice mostly white three quarter socks with dressy tunics. Strap shoes were commonly worn with dressy tunics, but we also see heavy high-top shoes. This was not the case for the knicker suits older boys wore.
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