EPISODE #21: Fashion Stories – The Story of school uniforms

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In today’s episode, we will talk about the school uniforms, in time for the Back to School period, right?

September is usually associated with going back to school for students around the world, after a long summer break. And the clothes they are going to put on for this event is a source of intensive researches in style for students. Just look at the Back to school actions and collections brands launch starting almost beginning of August each year… It becomes almost a school uniform even if, at least in France, school uniforms are not really a thing. It wasn’t always the case and it’s not the case in other countries.

In this new episode of My Fashion Stories Box Podcast:

• We will talk about the origins of the school uniforms.
• We will see why students started to wear them.
• We will see how they became a status symbol and a sign of distinction.
• We will look at the differences between boys uniforms and girls uniforms and at the differences between the English practices and the French practices.
• To conclude, we will see how the school uniform became a part of the pop culture and is regularly reinterpreted by the Haute Couture.

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