Australian School Uniform: Purchasing School Uniforms


Figure 1.--Most private and some state schools had shops where parents could buy seviceable used garments. Here is the shop at Kings College which was called the clothing pool. The uniforms are all in a row. In one of the pictures you can see the shorts with the red side stripe hanging up in the background while the long trousers are in the foreground. Their distinctive grey and red blazers can be seen right centre of the picture.

School uniforms were often purchased in clothing shops or men and boyswear shops which had a school uniform section. Major department stores in the larger cities also had school sections. This is wear the school-specific items like caps, blazers, and ties as well as kneesocks with school trim were purchased. The major chain stors carried items like grey shirts and trousers and plain grey kneesocks. I believe there were also coop stores, but here I have few details. Most private and some state schools had shops where parents could buy seviceable used garments.









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