Figure 1.--This 1950 image does not appear to be a school scene, but rather a domestic scene like a family picnic. We are not sure how to descrive the boys' smock.
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Figure 1.--This 1950 image does not appear to be a school scene, but rather a domestic scene like a family picnic. We are not sure how to descrive the boys' smock. |
Smocks have been made in a wide variety of styles. Early smocks were plain, back buttoning garments. Front buttoning smocks became more common after World War II (1939-45). These developed into lab-type smocks. There were also apron or gardner smocks. These were called pinafore smocks by French boys in Switzerland. HBC has also noted styles we do not yet know how to describe. A HBC reader commentsd, "I had a look at the latest french smock page, after
some trials to enlarge figure 1 for better analysis, it appears to me that this is a current back buttonning smock (also called "sarrau" in French) with one front pocket on left side, possibly also one on right side, however not quite certain." HBC on this page will only assess the smock styles we have seen in non-school situatiins. Different types of school smocks will be discussed in the French school smock pages.
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