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The origin of sailor suit

Sailor suit, or sailor suit, is a school uniform style used by Japanese female middle school students. 192 1 Li Meifeng, president of fukuoka women's college, took the lead in promoting sailor suit. The creativity of this style comes from the uniform of the Royal Navy that Dean Li came into contact with when he was an exchange student in Britain. After World War II, this kind of school uniform was also popularized in other parts of Asia. In Hong Kong, it has become the most popular clothing in schools besides cheongsam and hexagonal skirt. Sailor's clothing was originally only the clothing of Japanese navy soldiers, which was introduced in about 1872 when the naval clothing system was formulated. At that time, during the Meiji Restoration in Japan, people were addicted to the idea of strengthening the army as a rich country, so this kind of clothing with military significance was just to the Japanese's appetite. It turns out that Japanese students' school uniforms are traditional kimonos, so-called trouser skirts, which are worn by both men and women. Now they can only be seen at university graduation ceremonies. After the gradual Westernization Movement from the end of Meiji to the beginning of Taisho, Japanese schools abandoned traditional uniforms and adopted ordinary black-collar uniforms, which were modified from the uniforms of real naval officers. It was first adopted by the learning institute of Japanese aristocratic schools in 1879, and gradually became the official dress of schools above middle school.