At Aden Bowman in 1970 thru 1971 we couldn’t wear pants. Dresses were suppose to be no shorter than the top of your knees but rarely adhered to. By Grade 10 in the fall of 1971 pants were allowed, including jeans. Those were the days my friends...
I remember the pantsuit! At boarding school we had two uniforms, one for every day which did allow for navy corduroy pants and navy sweater for both boys and girls. A sensible allowance given we lived perched high in the Swiss alps where snow was still abundant in the winters. Our other uniform, the number 1 as it was called, consisted of skirt (usually worn shorter than the prescribed few inches above the knee) and blazer for girls and of course pants and blazer for boys.
We had to "dress" for dinner, which meant we had to change out of our corduroy pants. For dinner girls were allowed to wear our number 1 uniform, or a dress/skirt or a pant suit! But it definitely had to be one of those coordinated suits. I've never heard them referred to as 'pant suits' since until the media started commenting on Hilary Clinton's preferred sartorial choices.
At Aden Bowman in 1970 thru 1971 we couldn’t wear pants. Dresses were suppose to be no shorter than the top of your knees but rarely adhered to. By Grade 10 in the fall of 1971 pants were allowed, including jeans. Those were the days my friends...
I remember the pantsuit! At boarding school we had two uniforms, one for every day which did allow for navy corduroy pants and navy sweater for both boys and girls. A sensible allowance given we lived perched high in the Swiss alps where snow was still abundant in the winters. Our other uniform, the number 1 as it was called, consisted of skirt (usually worn shorter than the prescribed few inches above the knee) and blazer for girls and of course pants and blazer for boys.
We had to "dress" for dinner, which meant we had to change out of our corduroy pants. For dinner girls were allowed to wear our number 1 uniform, or a dress/skirt or a pant suit! But it definitely had to be one of those coordinated suits. I've never heard them referred to as 'pant suits' since until the media started commenting on Hilary Clinton's preferred sartorial choices.
How archaic! We were wearing jeans to school in Watrous at Winston High, no dress code there at that time.
I started at Walter Murray 1971 so not an issue. I do remember wearing purple hot pants to my first dance that September & thinking I was SO stylish!