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White dress shirts of various styles are perhaps the most common school boy school uniform shirt today. White dress shirts were cmmonly worn in America and many other countries even with out uniforms. This declined in the 1930s as schoolwear became more cassual. White shirts continued, however, to be worn at schhols with uniforms.
In some countries such as France, Catholic boys might wear their badges on the shirts. White shirts at many English and New Zealand schools were the dress outfit. Normally grey shirts were worn which do not normally show dirt as well. White shirts have since the 1970s become increasingly common in England, especially at state schools. As early as the 1960s boys at many state schools had an option as to whether they would wear grey or white shirts. Today boys at those schools which still require blazers and ties, usually wear white shirts even for ordinary school days. Only at some traditional, mostly preparatory, are white shirts not commonly worn. White shirts are commonly worn by secondary boys in many Caribbean countries while the elementary boys often wear colored shirts. Colored shoulder tabs on the shirts help to identify the different schools. White shirts are rarely worn by boys othe as part of a school uniform.
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