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Bankara students in 1949, wearing hakama and uniform caps. The majority of Japan's junior high and high schools require students to wear uniforms. The Japanese school uniform is not only a symbol of youth but also plays an important role in the country's culture, as they are felt to help instill a sense of discipline and community among youth.
Kogal girls, identified by shortened Japanese school uniform skirts. The two leftmost girls are also wearing loose socks.. In Japanese culture, Kogal (コギャル, kogyaru) refers to the members of the Gyaru subculture who are still in high school and who incorporate their school uniforms into their dress style. [1]
Some schools allow boys to wear shorts only in younger years, and they must wear long trousers once they are a senior (17-18). At others, even older boys wear shorts in summer due to the heat. [20] Where short trousers are to be worn, socks in school colours (more commonly white) are often required.
Hakama have traditionally been worn as school wear. Before the advent of school uniforms in Japan, students wore everyday clothes, which included hakama for men. In the Meiji period (1868–1912) and Taishō period (1912–1926), Western-style wear was adopted for school uniforms, [10] initially for both male and female uniforms. [11]
A school uniform is a uniform worn by students primarily for a school or otherwise an educational institution. [1] They are common in primary and secondary schools in various countries and are generally widespread in Africa, Asia, Oceania, and much of the Americas, but are not common in the United States, Canada, and most countries in continental Europe.
"The dress code treats boys unfairly by presuming they cannot control themselves around girls," says one expert. "And it perpetuates the very damaging idea that risqué clothing is responsible for ...
A Clovis Unified dress code strictly enforced on the first day of school has upset several parents who claim girls were body-shamed and unfairly called out for wearing shorts. Much of the issue ...
Boots are a style of footwear that came to Japan from the West during the Meiji period (1868–1912); worn by women while wearing a hakama, optional footwear worn by young women, students and teachers at high-school and university graduation ceremonies, and by young women out celebrating their Coming of Age at shrines, often with a hakama with ...