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HBC has at this time only limited information on chronolgical school uniform trends in Argentina. Unfortunately many of the available images we have archived are not dated. Thus we have to estimate many of the dates. We ask our Argentine readers with these estimates. We have virtually nothing on the 19th century, but we have begun to colldct some information on the 20th century. Many children wore white school smocks. We think these were the state schools, but we are entirely sure about the regulations are time-line involved. Some of the Much of the available information pertains to private schools. The private schools do not seem to have used the white smocks. We see school clothes that reflect stards children;s wear in the various decades. The boys commonly wore suits to school in the early-20th century. After World War II be begin to see more informal clothes at the stste schools. Many private schools had more forml clothes, commonly uniforms. Many of the private schools adopted British style uniforms. The state schools did not have uniforms, although the white smocks look rather like uniforms.
We notice boys wearing knee pants suits to school in the 1900s. We believe these are scenes from private schools.
Spanish officials gradually introduced white smocks in a few areas. Gradually other areas of the country followed suit. The government considered the use of uniforms as something for the private schools.
Many thought the smocks promoted hygiene, decency and decorum. Mothers took pride in sending their children to school in spotless white smocks. Eventually the white smocks weremade mandatory, but we are not sure when this occurred.
Argentine children at public schools were required to wear white smocks to school in the 1930s. Our archive is limited, bnut this seems to have been very widely observd. There appear to be different styles for boys and girls. Boys wore front-buttoning lab-type smocks. The girls wore back-buttoning smocks with Peter Pan collars. We are not sure if the different styles were required by the Governmnt regulations or convntions which developed. Hopefully Argentine readers can provide details on this. We notice bows at a few schools, but they do not seem very common and apparently were not required. They were common in neigboring Uruguay. Girls wore dresses of their own choice under the smocks. Many boys wore short pants and knee socks, depending on their age. This was as far as we know decided by the parents and not the schools. We areb not sure if any private schools also adopted the white smocks.
We note Argentine school children wearing white smocks at state primary schools. Both boys and girls ire them. We are not sure if they were wirn at all schools, but the photographic recird suggests that they were very common. The smocks were all white, albeit with different designs. Some of the children wore floppy bows with the smocks. The boys commonly wore short pants. We do not think that they were worn at private schools which often had uniforms.
HBC believes that Argentine primary children in state schools wore white smocks in the 1950s. HBC is not sure when the smock was first adopted, but believes it was well before the 1950s. Other than the smock, state schools did not require uniforms. Primary children wore what ever they want under their smocks. I am not sure about school wear trends at state secondary schools. Most private schools required uniforms. Suits were common in the 1950s, often short pants suits worn with kneesocks. Some schools had uniforms styled quite similarly to British school uniforms. Here there was presumably a connection with the affluent classes that sent their children to the private schools. We are not sure just why British styles were so popular. Spsnish and Italians were the principl immigrant groups. Presumably this was the origin of the white smocks.
Private schools began adopting less formal unigforms. It became less common to wear suits to school, although most schools continued to require ties.
State private school children wore white smocks. At private schools children might wear colored smocks. Private schools required uniforms. Most schools used British uniform styles. Grey short pants and kneesocks were common for the boys.
Uniforms were similar to the 1970s. State private school children wore white smocks. Boys and girls wore differently styled smocks. The boys had front buttoning smocks. The girls had back buttoning smock and were worn with Peter Pan collars. At private schools children might wear colored smocks. Private schools required uniforms. Most schools used British uniform styles. Grey short pants and kneesocks were common for the boys, usually worn with kneesocks..
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Private school uniforms changed lottle in the 1990s, except that many schools changed the primary boys uniform from grey short pants and kneesocks to grey long pants.
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