Hungarian School Uniform Garments: School Sandals


Figure 1.--While most boys in this 1969 Hungarian film were pictured wearing lace-up shoes and long pants with their school smocks, a few boys wore short pants and sandals.

Most Hungarian boys by the 1960s appear to have worn lace-up shoes, but a few boys wore sandals to school. One film shows a few boys wearing closed-toe sandals that looked rather like English school sandals. HBC is unsure just how common they were and if sandals were more common in earlier years. They appear to have been more common with boys wearing short pants than long pants. The boys were wearing them with boy white and colored kneesocks.

Chronology

Most Hungarian boys by the 1960s appear to have worn lace-up shoes, but a few boys wore sandals to school. One film shows a few boys wearing closed-toe sandals that looked rather like English school sandals. HBC is unsure just how common they were and if sandals were more common in earlier years.

Clothing

They appear to have been more common with boys wearing short pants than long pants. The boys were wearing them with boy white and colored kneesocks. The boys wearing long pants appear to be wearing laceup shoes.

Movie

HBC's information on school sandals is limited to Hungarian films. While costuming can vary in accuracy, HBC believes that Hungarian and other Eastern European filmd often had limited budgets. Thus films with contemporary settings often used the ordinary clothes of child characters. This swas especially true of the children with minor roles.

Sandals

HBC is not sure if sandals were more or less common after school. HBC assumes that they may have been more common as a leisure shoe, especially during the summer. The popularity may have declined in the 1970s as sneakers became more popular.







Christopher Wagner






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