Japanese School Uniform: Chin Straps--Headwear Styles


Figure 1.--Here are some of the Japanese school headwear styles that are worn with chin straps.

We notice Japanese school children wearingg chin straps with a wide range of school headwear styles, both caps and hats. Chin straps appear to have been worn with virtually all the different styles of school headwear worn in Japan, both for boys and girls. Not all the children wear their chin straps, but virtually all the different caps and hats appear to have them. All of the commpn headwear styles such as floppy caps and Prussian cadet caps. They also were used on wide-brimmed rounded crown hats had them. We even note then with cap styles for which chin straps are not normally worn--such as English style peaked caps. The one major exception to the chin straps appears to be baseball caps, but we are not ebntirely sure abouut that. Chin straps seem more common for hats, but they were also worn ith caps.

Hats

Chin straps appear to have been worn with virtually all the different styles of school headwear worn in Japan, but seem especially common for hats. ThIs inclued styles for both both for boys and girls, although girls wore hats more commonly than boys. Not all the children wear their chin straps, but virtually all the different hats appear to have come with chin strps, although sometimes the children do not use them. They also were used on wide-brimmed rounded crown hats had them, both the hard and floppy tyope. A good example is an unidentified boy about 2012.

Caps

Chin straps seem more common for hats, but they were also worn with caps. We also see children wearing chin straps with the various styles of caps. This included all of the commpn headwear styles such as Prussian cadet caps. We even note then with cap styles for which chin straps are not normally worn at least in the West--such as English style peaked caps. The one major exception to the chin straps appears to be baseball caps, but we are not ebntirely sure abouut that.







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