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We are not sure at this time how common smocks were in Greece. Nor do we have much chronolgical information. One idealized image from about 1913 shows a boy wearing a white smock, but it is not clear if this is for everyday war or school. HBC at this time has no evidence that they were widely worn, but our historical information on Greece is still very limited. A HBC reader writes, "I dont think smockes were commonly worn in Greece, other than for school. Smocks were not practical for parents and I am sure they prefered their children to play with clothes that could be washed and repaired (patched) easily. If a child tore a smock while playing, the smock would be useless in school. But mothers used to patch shorts and trousers." We do know, however, that they were extensively worn as a school garment. Many Greek school children did wear school smocks. They were required at schools as a nation-wide rule for many years and worn in the national colors--blue and white. The smocks were blue and worn with white collars. A Greek reader reports school children in the 1950s wearing blue smocks with wide white collars. One Greek reader describes wearing a smock at a private school in the 1980s. Wearing smocks to school, however, for the most part ended when the Greek Government banned school uniforms in 1982.

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