Figure 1.--This Italian class was photographed in 1969-70. They wear the blue smoicks, white white collars, and bows they were once worn by most Italian primary school children. Notice that while the collars are similar, but many of the bows are different. A few boys do not wear bows. |
HBC has no information on when Italian boys began wearing school smocks. Nor do we know if wide white collars and floppy bows were worn with the first school smocks or just when they were introduced. For many years the wide collars and bpw were associated with each other. We are unsure ast when this association began. We do know that wide white collars and bows were widely worn by the 1930s and were probanly worn earlier. Wide collars and bows were still very common in the 1950s, but began the style began to be less common in the 1960s as did the wearing of school smocks. The convention of wearing a large white collar with a school smock continues, but is no longer as common as it once was. We have noted these collars and bows as late as the 1980s, but only at some schools. By the 2000s the bows are much less commonly worn with the wide collars.
For many years the wide collars and bpw were associated with each other. We are unsure ast when this association began.
The two items most associated with Italian school smocks are the wide white collars and bows worn with them.
HBC has no information on when Italian boys began wearing school smocks. We do know that wide white collars and bows were widely worn by the 1930s and were probanly worn earlier. Wide collars were still very common in the 1950s, but began to be less common in the 1960s as did the wearing of school smocks. The convention of wearing a large white collar with a school smock continues, but is no longer as common as it once was. We have noted these collars as late as the 1980s, but only at some schools.
Nor does HBC know if bows were worn with the first school smocks or just when they were introduced.Wide collars and bows were still very common in the 1950s, but began the style began to be less common in the 1960s as did the wearing of school smocks. We have noted these collars and bows as late as the 1980s, but only at some schools. By the 2000s the bows are much less commonly worn with the wide collars.
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