Clothing

Clothing

In the Victorian times most schools wore school uniforms.

Teachers Teachers wore a simple black dress called a hoop skirt.

Children On rainy days the children wore gumboots. Girls and boys wore different uniforms. Boys wore ankle boots, a vest with a white shirt underneath, polished shoes and black pants They wore lace trimmed drawers made of cotton or linen. Children wore a hat or a bonnet. Girls wore a very full skirt. Boots with button closures. Clothing had muted colours. No black jackets or windbreakers. They wore coloured scarfs. Girls wore a cotton blouse.