Figure 1.--Here we see Soviet girls wearing black pinafores. They look to be on a school field trip. |
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We note girls of all ages wearing pinafores both in primary and secondary school. The pinafores we had seen were primarily fancy white ones. Perhaps school groups were more likely to be photographed on special days when the children were wearing their parade uniforms. A Russian reader explains, "White was used for special occasions like celebrations ect. - includio school class photos, thats why you think that white pianfore was common." The pinafores we had seen were primarily fancy white ones, but a Russian reqader has sent us images of black pinadores. We note girls of all ages wearing them, both in primary and secondary school. We notice many Soviet-era class photographs in which all or nearly all the girls wear pinafores. We notice differences in the styling, some were fancier than the others. The white ones seem to be very fancy and many of the black ones as well. Apparently the girls were allowed a degree of individual difference in the pinafores.
A Russian reader tell us that this was not the case. Apparently our limited archive of Soiviet images has mislead us. Our Russian reader tells us, "In Soviet schools and pioneer camps there were two types of school uniform and Young Pioneers uniform casual ("povsednevnaya forma") and parade ("paradnaya forma"). Parade meany formal or dress uniform. For parade uniform girls wore white pianfores (for casual - black ones). For parade uniform both boys and girls were required to wear white (only) shirts & blouses, socks, knee-socks, stockings or tights. For casual uniform children could use any color of shirts and blouses and hosiery." We are not sure if there were any differences as to wearing these pinafore for the difference age groups. The pinafores disappeared in the late-1980s, not because there was a change of regulations, but because large numbers of the older secondary school girls refused to wear them.
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