School garments photographed

Although contemporary photographs, drawings and paintings can provide an excellent impression of school uniforms, it is also instructive to examine actual items of clothing in close up. These pages contain photographs of two traditional uniforms worn by British schoolboys in the 1950s and 1960s.

A choirboy's Eton Suit

A traditional schoolboy uniform of the 1960s


Some uniform items examined in close-up


Historical information and personal memoirs, together with informative illustrations

The public school style straw boater

The Eton collar

The School Cap


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