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Greek boys at primary schools did not commonly wear suits. We see some boys wearing sailor suits, not as a uniform, but just regular clothes. Sailor outfirs were very popular in Europe. Greece seems to have been a country where sailorvsuits were especially popular at leasr among middle-class families. Girls also wore sailor outfits. There were even a few schools that had a sailor suit uniform. That was, however, not very common. Here is an example. Here we see children at an unidentified Greek school doing exercises. They have a sailor blouse uniform (figure 1). They seem to be all boys. We are not suure how to date the photograph, probably the 1950s. A reader werites, "I cannot tell if you are correct that all of the children are boys. The closest child maybe a girl as the child's hair is cut long (for the 1950s a girlish style) and her shorts have a band front (also a girlish style). That being said, it just makes it more difficult to guess. If I knew that Greek schools had single gender classes (at that age) or if I could see the entire class in the photo I would be more certain of your assessment." The child does have a girlish hair style. At this age, however, this is sometimes seen. Our major thiught line is thatbinn the 19509s, having a school uniform of pants for girls was very unusual.
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