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Tails, Stick-Ups, and Bum-Freezers: Decoding Eton’s Hierarchy of “School Dress”

School uniforms were widely introduced back in the 19th century, when schools like Eton and Harrow needed to rein in the rowdy sons of the elite. But as fundamental to British school life as the uniform itself is the tradition of resisting it.

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