Figure 1.-These both wear grey uniform shirts. The grey shirts were commonly used for everyday wear. |
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We note children at New Zealanbd schhools wearing a wide range of different shirts. We have very little chronological information. We know very little about the 19th centurty. Much more information is available on the 20th century. The standard school boy shirt after Eton suits disappeared during the 1920s were grey straight collared shirts. Grey was selected because it did not show the dirt like white shirts. An optiion for schools with blue shorts and knee socks was a dark blue shirt. We think Rugby-style shirts (partially front buttoning) were worn in the 1950s, but can not yet confirm this. Boys commonly wore a light-weight grey shirt during the summer with shor sleeves and a heavier weight grey shirt with longsleeves for the cooler months. For dress occasional white shirt was substituted. These are shirts made to be worn with ties. We are not sure about the mid-20th century, but by the 1980s many schools were no longer requiring ties to be worn wth these shirts. Some elementary schools in recent years have intoduced more casual white or blue polo-style shirts. The colors of the polo shirts were more varied than the regular shirts. These are also worn at a few secondary schools. One private school had turtle-neck shirts. Gender trends varied. At some schools girls wore blouses, some with with Peter Pan collars. At other schools they wore shirts like the boys.
We note children at New Zealanbd schhools wearing a wide range of different shirts. We have very little chronological information. We know very little about the 19th centurty. Much more information is available on the 20th century. The standard school boy shirt after Eton suits disappeared during the 1920s were grey straight collared shirts.
We see New Zealand boys wearing mostly standard grey shirts with pointed collars. These shirts are made to be worn with ties as tghey have collar buttons, but many schools no longer require ties. Grey was selected because it did not show the dirt like white shirts. An optiion for schools with blue shorts and knee socks was a dark blue shirt. We think Rugby-style shirts (partially front buttoning) were worn in the 1950s, but can not yet confirm this. For dress occasional white shirt was substituted. These are shirts made to be worn with ties. We are not sure about the mid-20th century, but by the 1980s many schools were no longer requiring ties to be worn wth these shirts. Some elementary schools in recent years have intoduced more casual white or blue polo-style shirts. The colors of the polo shirts were more varied than the regular shirts. These are also worn at a few secondary schools. One private school had turtle-neck shirts.
Boys commonly wore a light-weight grey shirt during the summer with short sleeves. They are worn with lighter weight grey short pants. The boys wear a heavier weight grey shirt with longsleeves for the cooler months.
Gender trends varied. At some schools girls wore blouses, some with with Peter Pan collars. At other schools they wore shirts like the boys.
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