 Figure 1.--Scottish private schools often had uniforms with colored kneesocks. Colored knesocks ere often worn for sports, but at this school red kneesocks were worn with the school blazer aspart of the regular school uniform. |
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One destinctive feature of Scottish kneesocks is the many, often bright colors, that the boys wore. Several of the elite Scottish private schools, both public and preparatory schools, had uniforms with colored knee socks (blue, red, burgandy, purple, green, and black). Red was a particularly popular color. This is in sharp contrast to English schools which usually had grey knee socks. Interestingly the color bands on the knee socks often worn by English school boys are not commonly seen at Scottish schools. I am not sure why this difference developed. It is one of the few notable differences between English and Scottish kneesocks.
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