Why are Japanese girls' school uniforms all short skirts and stockings?

Campus theme

Has always been an important part of ACG culture.

Lovely school uniforms naturally attract much attention.

Clothing is closely related to the cultural background of the country.

It was the product of the cultural background at that time.

School uniforms are no exception.

It is also a classic theme of cosplay.

Let's talk about it today

The evolution history of Japanese women's school uniforms ~

Early: I don't know what to wear.

In Japan, from Nara and Heian period, aristocratic families used their daughters as a tool to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix, and hired tutors to teach their daughters. Until the edo period, family education was still the main form of women's education, but female students began to appear in some institutions such as temples and vassal schools.

After the Meiji Restoration, the Meiji government, which wanted to learn from western powers, opened Tokyo Girls' School on 1872. At the beginning of the girls' school, dominated by the diplomatic relations between Japan and western powers at that time, the style of school uniforms fluctuated between dresses and cool air, mainly samurai clothes. Dresses and traditional kimonos.

Take the change of uniform in Tokyo Women's Normal School as an example. At the beginning of the eighth year of Meiji (1875), did all the female teachers and students wear men? ; In the 12th year of Meiji, because conservatives reprimanded women for wearing men's clothes, the school had to ban female students from wearing men's clothes? . Meiji/KLOC changed to dress in 0/9, and resumed kimono posture in 26 years.

Old-timer: A woman? During the period of 1885~ 1893, women who can reflect girls' reserve and elegance and give consideration to life convenience? Debut! At that time, only a few white people could go to school, and these big ladies themselves were the objects that women yearned for. So girls wear it? It has become an enviable garment and has gradually become a fashion.

A woman with a ribbon and a headscarf? The image of riding a bike in leather boots has also become a classic image of a romantic girl in Taisho period. The dress of female students at that time ―― women with two sleeves? Now it has evolved into a special dress for female students when they graduate.

The cutest school uniform: sailor suit

The sailor suit originated from the British navy. 1902, female students of Smith College in the United States wore sailor collars and bloomers for sports, and later this style was brought to Japan. Christian women's colleges such as Fukuoka Girls' School introduced sailor suits popular in Europe and America as school uniforms. At that time, in some fashion albums in Europe and America, modern girls would also wear sailor's collars!

Japanese sailor suit skirts are usually divided into Kanto and Kansai. Kanto is divided into Kanto and Sapporo (also known as Hokkaido), and Kansai is divided into Kansai and Nagoya (also known as the East China Sea), and there are also deformed skirts, such as sailor suits in universities in the west of Hiroshima Prefecture on the 20th.

Kanto lapels are naturally the largest in kanto region, while Sapporo lapels are limited to Hokkaido. Kansai is Kansai, Kyushu is more, and Nagoya around Nagoya is more popular. Nagoya is famous for the Diary of Middle School Students, and most of the high schools in Aichi are Nagoya.

At first, sailor suit was only popular in missionary private schools. 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake occurred in Japan. It is said that at that time, because of the inconvenience of kimono, many women had no time to escape. This incident has made flexible and light western-style clothes popular all over the country, and more schools have accepted MengMeng's sailor suit ~

In the first year of Showa (1926), sailor suit gradually replaced the old-timer female? By the 1930s, sailor suits had spread all over girls' schools in Japan. In 1980s, sailor suit ushered in another revolution, and the image of bad girl wearing sailor suit appeared. But in the eyes of a gentleman, no matter what kind of sailor suit is cute!

New favorite: suit-style school uniform is good. In 1980s, the surge in the number of students led to the establishment of many new schools. In order to attract students, these schools have adopted more fashionable school uniforms, and new school uniforms such as suits and sportswear have emerged. The jacket of women's suit-style school uniform is a suit jacket, and there is a shirt inside. Wearing a sweater, tie and bow tie in winter is of course essential. Below is a plaid or solid color skirt.

At the end of 1980s, Japan entered the heyday of economy, and the requirements for school uniforms increased accordingly. Private schools in big cities began to popularize suit-style school uniforms, which is more in line with parents' "elite image". Nowadays, many schools adopt suit-style uniforms, but sailor suits are still active in Japanese campuses.

You have seen the change of the school uniform for girls. Do you want to buy a school uniform for girls? Boys can also wear it ~