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HBC has little early historical information about Greek school smocks. Smocks were introduced in French and Italian schools in the late 19th century. We are less sure as to when Greek children began wearing smocks to school and how common it was during the late-19th and early-20th centuries. We note several boys wearing school mocks at an unidentified school in the 1930s. Theu are udebticl styles with patch pockets. Forvsome reason, the firl at this school are not wearing smocks. Many elementary school children, both boys and girls, by the 1950s appear to wearing smocks to school. The school uniform for the Demotiko in the 1950s and 60s consisted of blue smock with white collar for girls and boys. The democratic Karamanlis government of 1974 changed the shool uniform requirements. Now, boys and girls in Demotiko had to wear the blue smock with a large white collar and there were theoretically no exceptions to the rule. School photographs during this period, however, show considerable divrsity in what the children wore. This varied greatly from school to school and over time. In 1982 the social democrat government of Andreas Papandreou abolished the school uniform once and forever. Smocks continued to be worn at some private schools for a few years. Greek children, especially the boys, never wear smocks to school any more. They much prefer the popular "formes".
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