South Korean School Uniform Styles: Sailor Suits



Figure 1.--This South Korean primary school had a sailor suit uniform. We are not sure if it is a private or state school. Boys and girls wear the same middy blouses, but the boys wear shorts and the girls pleated skirts. Both the boys and girls wear white tights, mostly with sneakers. The photograph is undated, but was priobanly taken in the 2000s.

We Korean school children wearing sailor suit outfits, although we are not sure how common this was. Nor do we know if girls wore sailor outfits as was common in Japan, especially girls at secondary schools. A reader has sent us a photograph from on school which we think is Korean. It may be a private school with coordinated uniforms. Boys and girls wear the same middy blouses, but the boys wear shorts and the girls pleated skirts. Both the boys and girls wear white tights, mostly with sneakers. The one boy who stands out (perhaps the bad boy of the group) seems to have on white knee socks which he has rolled down to look like anklets. He seems to be the only child with bare legs. There seems to be a curious mixture here of formality and informality. The red and white shorts look almost like modern American basketball shorts (worn very long), but the white tights are quite dressy. I've never seen school uniforms quite like this before. The children look to be about 8-9 years old, equivalent to the 3rd or 4th grade in American terms.







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Created: 12:40 AM 7/16/2010
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