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Knee socks were briefly worn with above the knee knickers in the early 1920s. This was about the time that short pants and knee socks became popular in Britain. Thus we see a few images of boys wearing knickers with knee socks so that their knnes could be seen, This did not prove very popular. Gradually knee socks becane more popular and by the 1930s were replacing long stockings as hosiery with knickers. This is easily noticeable because long stockings were usually solid colors while knee socks were made in bold patterns. Argyles were a popular pattern. Some were solid colored socks with a pattern at the turn-over-top cuff. The knee socks worn durung the 30s were the longer turn-over-top type, noy theshoter type which became popular in the 1960s. During the early/mid 1930s, knickers became available with elasticized hems rather than buckle closures. Boys wirh these knee socks would commonly roll their knee socks up over the elastic hem and then keep the socks up with garters under the turn-over-top of the sock. For formal occasions boys might wear the solid-colored long stockings rather than the knee socks, but this was not always the case.
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