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Schoolwear for the most part is a good reflection of overall children's fashions and how they changed the years. Schoolwear like all clothes have changed along with fashion fluctuations over time. Children also worn some of their best outfits to school, but they were basically a reflection of popular styles. A factor here was social class as until the 19th century, working-class children did not attend school and if they did it was just to obtain a very bsic education. School uniforms are to a large extent associated with England where they were first used to identify charity children in the 16th century, Only in the mid-19th century were uniforms adopted by exclusive private schools. It was in the 20th century that uniforms were adopted by schools all over the world--often as a dempocratic reform. American schools for generations avoided public school uniforms, although that begun to change in the 1980s. Many European countries have also avoided scool uniforms. Surprisingly even the NAZIs did not adopt school uniforms at state schools. We hare developing an overall schoowear chronology. There are also chronologies on specific countries and garments, although many of these are still under development.
Schoolwear for the most part is a good reflection of overall children's fashions and how they changed the years. Schoolwear like all clothes have changed along with fashion fluctuations over time. Children also worn some of their best outfits to school, but they were basically a reflection of popular styles. We eventually hope to develop information on ancient amd medieval schools, but at this point most of our informatiin is about the modern era. A factor here was social class as until the 19th century, working-class children did not attend school and if they did it was just to obtain a very bsic education. School uniforms are to a large extent associated with England where they were first used to identify charity children in the 16th century, Only in the mid-19th century were uniforms adopted by exclusive private schools. It was in the 20th century that uniforms were adopted by schools all over the world--often as a dempocratic reform. American schools for generations avoided public school uniforms, although that begun to change in the 1980s. Many European countries have also avoided scool uniforms. Surprisingly even the NAZIs did not adopt school uniforms at state schools. We hare developing an overall schoowear chronology. Socialist countries which claimed to opose militarism in contrast often imposed school uniforms.
Chronological changes in schoolwear have generally involved fashions trends that spanned natuiinal borders. Children's clothing until after World war II, however, was often quite varied. One can often identify where a photograph was taken by the fashions the children were wearing. After the war these difference faded, but are not entirely gone. We have begun to build chronologies on schoolwear trends in individual countries. Here we have just developed these chronologies for the major countries, but are constantly expanding our coverage.
We are also building chronologies for the basic schoolwear garments like headwear, shirts, jackets, neckwear, sweaters, trousers, hosiery, and shoes. We have begun several od these pages, but are just beginning to link them here.
Related Chronolgy Pages in the Boys' Historical Web Site
[Late 19th century]
[The 1930s]
[The 1940s]
[The 1930s]
[The 1940s]
[The 1950s]
[The 1960s]
[The 1970s]
[The 1980s]
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[Long pants suits]
[Knicker suits]
[Short pants suits]
[Socks]
[Eton suits]
[Jacket and trousers]
[Blazer]
[School sandals]
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