Figure 1.--Pierre Joubert hereshows a boys process over 3 year period. The smock was not umpulsory, but he wore it the first year. Then he becomes less concerned with his appearance. Joubert speeds up the process here, mom was probably still in charge during the third year. Note the military-style cap rather than berets. |
Joubert did not always depict French school boys in smocks. Normally school boys were drawn in short pants with or without smocks. Berets were common. Some drawongs so the military style cap that was also worn, but perhaps more at a private than a state school. Some boys wear suits. One charming drawing shows a boys starting out wearing a smock and being neatly groomed but in the next years coming to school much less carefully dressed. He pictures the transition over 3 years in a rather accelerated transition. It does depict a not uncommon process, although it may take place over more than 3 years. Note the boy in the first year wears a gingham rather than a solid-colored smock. He wears his smock with a white collar and floppy bow. We note some French boys earing such smocks at the turn of the 20th century, but most French boys wore smocks without the white collars or floppy bows. We note some French boys wearing knickes and even long pants to school, but not in their second and third years. Note the boy in his second years wears knickers and sleeve-guards.
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