** Italian school uniform : individual schools Ginnasio Parini





Individual Italian Schools: Ginnasio Parini


Figure 1.--This is one of the first year classes at the Ginnasio Parini in Milan during 1934-35. The boys would be about 14 years old. This would be a state secondary school. Note that many boys wear a variety of suits and that the single and double breasted suit jackets are not yet the accepted standard for boyswear.

The Ginnasio Parini is located in Milan. We have information at this time about the school other than it is a gynasio. Hopefully our German readers can provide some information about the school. A gynasio would mean a secondary school with high academic standards. Th gymnasium was a type of school in Austria and Germany. Milan in northern Italy was under Austrian control for many years. We have information on only one years at this time. Our information on the school is from the 1930s. There was no school uniform. We are not sure what the dress regulations were in the 1930s. Many boys wore suits, but others did not. We see a few boys wearing sailor suits, but not very many. In the first 3 years almost all boys wore short pants. There seems to be little difference in how the first and third year boys dresses in 1935. We are not sure about the older boys.

The School

The Ginnasio Parini is located in Milan. We have information at this time about the school other than it is a ginnasio. The official name is the Ginnasio Statale so we assume that means a state rather than a private school. Hopefully our Italian readers can provide some information about the school. A ginnasio would mean a secondary school with high academic standards. Th gymnasium was a type of school in Austria and Germany. Milan in northern Italy was under Austrian control for many years. We note some students of primary age, so presumably, althought not the beginning years, so the Italian ginnasio appears to be different than a German Gymnasium.

Chronology


The 1920s


The 1930s

We have information on only a few years at this time. Our information on the school is from the 1930s. There was no school uniform. We are not sure what the dress regulations were in the 1930s. Many boys wore suits, but others did not. Some boys just came in shirts or wearing sweaters. Many boys wear ties, but there are boys with open collars as well. We see a few boys wearing sailor suits, but not very many. In the first 3 years almost all boys wore short pants. Most boys wear ankle socks rather than kneesocks, but this may be seasonal. There seems to be little difference in how the first and third year boys dressed in 1935. We are not sure about the older boys.

The 1940s


The 1950s

We have a school portrait from the 1957-58 school year. Here almost all the boys wear suits. It is a 4th year class. The boys mostly wear long pants suits, but a few boys still wear short pants suits. Again the boys motly wear ankle socks, but one boy wears kneesocks. We do not have any other portraits from the 1950s so we can compare this with how the younger boys dressed. The number of boys wearing suits suggested that if not a school requirement, it was strongly incouraged.

School Web Page

The Ginasio has an interesting schoolwebsite. We can not make full use of it because of our limited Italian capability.






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