Figure 1.-- Theoretically the jackets should match the shorts and if both are brought at the same time they do. But the way corduroy fades, there is commonly quite a rang of different colors at the schools where they jackets are worn.
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Figure 1.-- Theoretically the jackets should match the shorts and if both are brought at the same time they do. But the way corduroy fades, there is commonly quite a rang of different colors at the schools where they jackets are worn. |
Some schools had corduroy lumber jackets worn with cord shorts. They are worn for everyday school activities. Most of the schools with cord shorts do not hae these lumber jackets. I'm not sure when they were adopted, but appear to hasve been very popular after World War II in the 1950s. Not all schools with cord trousers had these jackets, but a number did. Some used them instead of a blazer. Other schools used this as the every day school uniform, but the boys wore blazers for formal occassions. Some of these uniforms were worn at coed schools, but only boys wore these jackets. Girls at the schools with lumber jackes wear sweaters. They came in different colors, but the blue-grey color seems to hasve been the most common. Theoretically the jackets should match the shorts and if both are brought at the same time they do. But the way corduroy fades, there is commonly quite a rang of different colors at the schools where they jackets are worn. The jackets are worn like blazers used to be worn, but are more suited for the roughwear that prep school age children dish out. The schools with lumber jackets may have blazers or suits the children wear for formal occassions.
