Figure 1.--These Italian children in 1970-71 all wear back-buttoning smocks with white collars. Most with bows. Note that several boys wear long pants. The boys seem to be weaing smaller bows than was the case in the 1960s.

The 2000s

Italian children no longer wear school smocks as commonly as before, but they are still worn at a number of schools. At some schools smocks are optional, but they are usually common at those schools. At other schools they are required. This appears to be especially common at Catholic schools. We notice an American tourist visiting Herculaneum near Naples in 2001 complained of large numbers of schoolgroups with "shrieking children, all in color-coordinated caps, scarves or smocks, touring at the same time". So clearly smocks still are common, although HBC in 1989 did not notice school groups in Rome wearing smocks, perhaps because most of my sightseeing was on the weekends. We note companies offering quite a range of smocks in a variety of styles, colors, and sizes.

The 2010s

The 2020s

The 2030s

The 2040s

The 2050s

Created: September 20, 2002
Last updated: September 20, 2002