Individual Swiss Private Schools: Villa Saint Jean--Clothing

Figure 1.--This is the 3rd class (Classe de troisième) during 1941-42. hee bous were from France (8), Switzeland (3), Belgium (1), and Iran (1).

We have no information on school clothing when the school was founded in 1903 or in the erly 20th century. There does not appear to have been a school uniform, but there was a dress code and the boys wore suits of their own chosing. We note some class portraits from the early 1940s. The boys wear suits for formal chool portraits. We are not sure how the boys dressed for everyday classes. Most boys appear to have worn suits, but we also note sport jackets. The clothes varied over time. we note the boys in the early 1940s weaing short pants, knickers, and long pants suits. There was no school rule about the type of pants. Presumably the choice here was made by the parents. I'm not sure how the boys viewed this. we note that the younger boys mostly wore short pants, but even some of th older boys ore shorts as well. They look to be mostly single-breasted suits. The boys in shorts wear mostly kneesocks, but some boys wear sandals with out socks. The boys by the 1950s are wearing mostly long pants suits.

Created: December 1, 2003
Last updated: December 1, 2003