Figure 1.-The boys at this school wore dark blue shirts to go with blue sewaters (jumpers), shorts , and knee socks. Grey was more common, but several schools had these blue uniforms. |
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We see New Zealand boys wearing mostly standard grey shirts with pointed collars. These shirts are made to be worn with ties as tghey have collar buttons, but many schools no longer require ties. Grey was selected because it did not show the dirt like white shirts. An optiion for schools with blue shorts and knee socks was a dark blue shirt. We think Rugby-style shirts (partially front buttoning) were worn in the 1950s, but can not yet confirm this. For dress occasional white shirt was substituted. These are shirts made to be worn with ties. We are not sure about the mid-20th century, but by the 1980s many schools were no longer requiring ties to be worn wth these shirts. Some elementary schools in recent years have intoduced more casual white or blue polo-style shirts. The colors of the polo shirts were more varied than the regular shirts. These are also worn at a few secondary schools. One private school had turtle-neck shirts.
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