Figure 1.--Almost all of the the boys at this public junior high school in 1986 wear white kneesocks for gym. The color of the gym shorts showed their school year. The large Japanese characters front and back identified them by name.
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Figure 1.--Almost all of the the boys at this public junior high school in 1986 wear white kneesocks for gym. The color of the gym shorts showed their school year. The large Japanese characters front and back identified them by name. |
Some schools had special kneesocks for gym. Almost always these were white kneesocks. Interestingly some of these had turn-over tops (cuffs) which was not common with the kneesocks worm as part of the regular school uniform. This convention was especially common in the 1970s and 80s. This was the case in both in primary schools as well as secondary schools where the boys wore long pants school uniforms.
Related Chronolgy Pages in the Boys' Historical Web Site
[Main Chronology Page]
[The 1900s]
[The 1910s]
[The 1920s]
[The 1930s]
[The 1940s]
[The 1950s]
[The 1960s]
[The 1970s]
[The 1980s]
[The 1990s]
[The 2000s]
Navigate the Relate Boys Historical Clothing Style Pages
[Main country page]
[Long pants suits]
[Short pants suits]
[Lederhosen]
[Kneesocks]
[Eton suits]
[Jacket and trousers]
[Blazer
[School sandals]