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The white knickerbocker-like pants worn by American football officials are a legacy of early football players wearing knickerbockers to play in. In recent years, the NFL has equipped its officials with long trousers rather than knickers in cold weather. The Akron Pros won the first American professional football championship in 1920.
Most UK schools allow girls to wear trousers, but many girls still wear skirts in primary and secondary schools, even where the choice of trousers is given. In the late 20th and early 21st century, many schools began changing their uniform rules to allow trousers for girls amidst opposition to skirts-only policies. [ 70 ]
Women tended not to wear shorts in most cultures, due to social mores: they were expected to wear dresses, or skirts and blouses. In the 1890s, knee pants (an early type of short pants) became the standard wear for American boys. Many urban school portraits from the 1890s show all but the oldest boys wearing knee pants. [4]
A pair of officials at a Maryland high school football game in September 2008. White knickers used to be worn by officials; black trousers are now standard.. For ease of recognition, officials are usually clad in a black-and-white vertically striped shirt and black trousers with a thin white stripe down the side (this was formerly white knickers with black/white striped stirrup stockings or ...
Recently it's become common — almost trendy — for college football teams to routinely shake up their on-field look, and 2017 is no exception.
Garnet, gold and turquoise? Some FSU football players wear turquoise Seminole heritage uniforms in the 2024 spring showcase.
Before the 1920s, stockings, if worn, were worn for warmth. In the 1920s, as hemlines of dresses rose and central heating was not widespread, women began to wear flesh-colored stockings to cover their exposed legs. Those stockings were sheer, first made of silk or rayon (then known as "artificial silk") and after 1940 of nylon.
The tights-instead-of-pants trend has been going strong for a few seasons now, ... knee-high stockings. The short stockings fad is not new, but they are traditionally loved by private schoolgirls ...