Figure 1.-- This Russian 6 year old in 2010 wears tights at home as casualwear during the winter.

We continue see boys wearing tights in the 2010s, but in a relatively small number of countries. In this regard, tights are rather unusual. Children fashions are increasingly standard around the world. Boys in America, Brazil, Russia, and even China wear essentially the same stles one climatic and socio-economic factors are filtered out. The one major area with destinctive clothing is the Middle East, and even here Western clothing is common. Tights are one of the few Western garments that are not part of the increasingly standardized modern pan-European fashion. They are worn in a number of countries, but are not worn in other countries, at least not by boys. They are coommonly worn in Russia, Japan, and Korea. We believe that they are worn in several other European countries, includinng German, Switzerland, Poland, and the Baltics. We are nor sure about Scandinavia. They may have been worn in some other countries. The are all northern lattitude countries where tights help children stay warm in the winter. They might also be worn for formality, but warm is the primary function and theyvwere mostly worn durig the winter. In Canada and America, however, despite the cold weatgher only girls wear tights.

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