Figure 1.--This photograph looks to be from the 1950s. There was no indication as to where it was taken. It looks like Argentina to us, in part because of the white school smocks. |
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Argentine boys have worn a variety of garments which have changed over time. Boys attending state schools did not wear suits, but HBC has only limited information on state schools at this time. Boys attending private schools through the 1950s tended to wear suits. Boys in the 1950s commonly wore short pants suits, often identical styles. Through the 1950s they were worn with kneesocks. I'm not sure to what ages boys wore short pants suits, but available images suggest at least to the early teen years. The suits look to be light-colored single breasted suits. By the 1970s suits were less common and boys might wear blazers instead of suits. Argenine primary children commonly wear smocks. I'm not sure when smocks were first implemented, but suggest the Italian influence on Argentine education. State school children wear white smocks with different styles for boys and girls. Private school children may wear blue or other colored smocks. Argentina is located at temperate southern lattitudes with cool winters, even in Buenos Aires and other areas in the north of the country. Thus sweaters are commonly worn in the cooler months. Many private schools adopting more casual uniforms by the 1980s would have the children wear colored sweaters as an every day working uniform. Argentine school children, especially at private schools, commonly wore short pants. Boys through the 1950s commonly wore short pants suits. By the 1960s many private chools were adopting English-style grey school shorts. They wee commonly worn through the 1980s, but most schools in the 1990s switched to long pants. Argentine private school children dressing formally in suits or in Englisgh style grey short pants usually wore kneesocks. Colors varied but grey and blue were the most common.
Boys attending state schools did not wear suits, but HBC has only limited information on state schools at this time. Boys attending private schools through the 1950s tended to wear suits. Boys in the 1950s commonly wore short pants suits, often identical styles. Through the 1950s they were worn with kneesocks. I'm not sure to what ages boys wore short pants suits, but available images suggest at least to the early teen years. The suits look to be light-colored single breasted suits. By the 1970s suits were less common and boys might wear blazers instead of suits.
Argentine children wear white smocks, although private schools may have colored smocks. Girls wear back buttoning styles with Peter Pan collars. Boys wear front byttoning styles. This appears to be a reflection of the Italian influence as Argentina was one of the major destinations for Italian immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th century, but smocks are worn by school children in other latin American countries such as Bolivia and Uruguay. The children in state schools did not require uniforms and children wore their own clothes under their smocks, however, many private schools did require uniforms.
Argentina is located at temperate southern lattitudes with cool winters, even in Buenos Aires and other areas in the north of the country. Thus sweaters are commonly worn in the cooler months. Many private schools adopting more casual uniforms by the 1980s would have the children wear colored sweaters as an every day working uniform.
Argentine school children, especially at private schools, commonly wore short pants. Boys through the 1950s commonly wore short pants suits. By the 1960s many private chools were adopting English-style grey school shorts. They wee commonly worn through the 1980s, but most schools in the 1990s switched to long pants.
Argentine private school children dressing formally in suits or in Englisgh style grey short pants usually wore kneesocks. Colors varied but grey and blue were the most common.
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