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The three 'toughs' are still wearing collared shirts, jackets and at least 1 has a vest. Could it be upper class wear vs middle class wear? Or upper class formal vs casual?
Can anyone with more knowledge of clothing or class from the time weigh in?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toffs_and_Toughs
School clothes, plus the fact that most clothing of the period looks more 'formal' than we're used to.
And certainly less laundered
The "tough" children have shoes too. That's a really expensive thing to keep kids in as they grow (pre-mass production)