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Boys of a wide age range wore Eton collars in the 19th and early-20th century. We are not sure yet when pre-school boys began wearing Eton collars. Eton collars appered in America in the mid-19th century. This was about the ane time that the detachable collar appeared. We are oat sure yet about the age convention at the time. We see them being worn with suit as well as outfits for younger boys like kilts, kilts suits, and tunics. After World War I we see mostly younger boys wearing Eton collars. At first this was classic Eton collars. Gradually we see younger boys wearing collars shaped like Eton collars, but not large stiff collars and not done as detachable collars. By the 1920s we begin to see bloues with Eton collars for younger boys. And they were often worn as part of junior Eton suits with jackets that did not have lapels.
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