Uniforms Garments: Short Trousers Material--Corduroy Popularity
Figure 1.-- Several schools had uniforms with cord shorts. Its a bit difficult to be precise. They seem to have been worn by about 5 percent of the preep schools during the 1980s, perhaps slightly higher.
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Several schools had uniforms with cord shorts. Its a bit difficult to be precise. They seem to have been worn by about 5 percent of the preep schools during the 1980s, perhaps slightly higher. They seem to have been popular at some schools because corduroy was hard wearing. We are not sure if they were popular with the boys. We do not recall the boys commenting specifically on corduroy although they often had comments about their uniforms when we spoke with them about their schools. By the 1980s we do not see boys commonly wearing cord trousers in Britain except as part of school uniforms. The popularity of corduroy appears to have variec over time and attitudes toward corduroy have varied over time. We notethat corduroy was seen as a fabric for the working class in the early 20th century. Yet by the 1980s cord shorts were foer the most part primarily being worn as preparatory schools, meaning primarily children from affluent families. .
