Before World War I even older boys, in some cases boys of 15 or 16 years might wear smocks at home. After World War II, however, the front-buttoning style became most common for older boys. Italy Smocks were also commonly worn by It alian school chidren. The colors varied some what, but the style usually included a large white collar and colorful bow. Quite a number of Italian school children , boys and girls still wear them.
Many schools have different colors or styles for the boys and girls.
Other schools have boys and girls in idential colors and styles. Often the girls continue to wear back buttoning smocks while boys wear front buttoning ones. Some schools, however, continue to have both boys and girls wear the back butoning ones. Latin America Smocks were adopted by two Latin American countries, Uruguay and Argentina, with large Itlalian populations. The children there wear white smocks with blue bows.