Figure 1.--Boys at many New Zealand schools wear grey shirts on ordinary school days. Girls, however, usually wear white blouses. |
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The standard school boy shirt after Eton suits disappeared during the 1930s were grey straight collared shirts. Grey was considered practicalmfor boys as theyvdid not show the dirt as much as white shirts--an important consideration in the era before washing machines and was and wear fabrics. Grey shirts continue to be be very commonly worn, but a wide variety of school uniform shirts have appeared at New Zealand schools. The standrd grey shirt is still common for everday wear. There are grey cotton shirts for summer and heavier shirts often dne in a blended fabric for the winter. Some of these shirts are done in the Rugby style. Many schools require white shirts for dress occasions. In recent years, a number of schools have adopted polo shirts for the summer term. Some of the schools wear the boys wear dark blue shorts have matching shirts. For dress occasions a white shirt was substituted. Some elementary schools in recent years have intoduced more casual white or blue polo-style shirts. There are also blouses for the girls. Girls wear long or short sleeved polyester cotton blouses. They may have shirt-type collars or Peter Pan collars. Some schools have Winter uniforms of blouses worn with kilts for the girls.
The standard school boy shirt after Eton suits disappeared during the 1930s were grey straight collared shirts. Most of the children in the 1980s wore grey shirts to school. Grey was considered practical for boys as theyvdid not show the dirt as much as white shirts--an important consideration in the era before washing machines and was and wear fabrics. Grey shirts continue to be be very commonly worn, but a wide variety of school uniform shirts have appeared at New Zealand schools. The standrd grey shirt is still common for everday wear. White shirts were also worn. Many schoolsd require white shirts for dress occasions. Schools did not object as far as I can tell if boys wore them on a normal school day. A few schools had dark blue shirts.
Some of the schools wear the boys wear dark blue shorts have matching ark blue shirts.
There are grey cotton shirts for summer and heavier shirts often done in a blended fabric for the winter.
The standard school shirts are done as long sleeve shirts, both the grey and white shirts. The summer. light-wight shirts were done as shirt-sleeve shirts. The polo shirts also of course had short sleeves.
School shirts normally buttoned all the way down the front. This was usually the case for summer shirts. The standard school shirts, however, were often done in the rugby style, meaning they only buttoned part of the way down. We noted this style in England during the 1950s, but we no longer notice them at schools. The style, however still persisted in New Zealand school uniforms.
In recent years, a number of schools have adopted polo shirts, usually for for the summer term. Light blue was a popular color. Some elementary schools in recent years have intoduced casual polo dhirts. White or blue polo-style shirts are commom, but they are done in manhy other countries. Unlike other shirt styles, boys and girls wear the same polo shirts. These are always done as short-sleeve shirts. At a few secondary schools, polo shirts were a privlidge for the older students.
There are also blouses for the girls. Girls wear long or short sleeved polyester cotton blouses. They may have shirt-type collars or Peter Pan collars. Some schools have Winter uniforms of blouses worn with kilts for the girls.
