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Some schools allow boys to wear shorts only in younger years, and they must wear long trousers once they are a senior (17-18). At others, even older boys wear shorts in summer due to the heat. [20] Where short trousers are to be worn, socks in school colours (more commonly white) are often required.
Younger board school boys generally wore knickerbockers, black woollen stockings, leather boots, white shirts with starched Eton collars and a lounge or Norfolk jacket. The Norfolk jacket with its cloth belt and vertical stitched-down pleats, originated as a sporting garment and had become popular school and weekend wear during the 1880s/1890s, [6]
For details of school uniforms in the United Kingdom see: School uniforms in England; School uniforms in Northern Ireland; School uniforms in Scotland;
The gakuran (学ラン), also called the tsume-eri (詰襟), is the uniform for many middle-school and high-school boys in Japan. The colour is normally black, but some schools use navy blue. The top has a standing collar buttoning down from top-to-bottom. Buttons are usually decorated with the school emblem to show respect to the school.
More than 100 boys at a Canadian high school donned plaid skirts to protest toxic masculinity and dress code double standards, as part of a movement that’s sweeping schools in Montreal. The ...
Muslim boys may wear Baju Melayu at school on Fridays, often with a songkok hat, so as to be dressed for lunchtime prayers at the mosque. Many schools and their co-curricular uniformed societies require male students to wear a plain white singlet (tank top undershirt) beneath their shirts for general decency. [13] [14]
A school tie indicates pupils of a particular school, or year group, or of a particular house in that school. [2] [3] In addition, for some schools, the school tie is not merely an indication that the student belongs to a group or community but the tie is a part of the concept called "smart": which associates tidy school uniforms with high standards.
A heavier version of the clothing was used during the winter. [1] Since the tradition was to wear different colored uniforms, the same red-colored uniform became a matter of curiosity. [4] The first boys' school uniform in South Korea originates from the boys' school Paichai Hakdang established by Henry Appenzeller. The uniform was created in 1898.