The Present Manner of Dressing School Uniforms of a Closed Collar and the Desirable Style of Comfotable School Uniform

Abstract

  Recently, almost all junior high school and high school students wear a school uniform (schoolboy black with collar fastened with hooks and eyes) without fastening the collar. This gives an impression of untidiness to on-lookers. However, students appear to have some reasons that justify their impulse of unhooking the collar. A questionnaire survey was, therfore, undertaken in junior high school and high school students to investigate how they feel about their present school uniforms and what style of school uniforms they consider desirable, and to determine a more comfortable styling that helps for a healthy and pleasant school-life.

  The results showed that school uniforms were worn unhooked at the collar by more than 66% of students and always hooked at the collar by less than 20%. The reasons for unhooking the collar were “the feeling of tightness and constriction around the neck” (67%) and “severe discomfort at the throat when the head is bent downward” (50%). The desired styles of school uniform consisted, in order of preference, of private clothes, school uniform and blazer coat.