jedi1357 commented at 2012-10-22 18:04:10 » #1186856

The point of this was that the artist has added more than the usual amount of detail to the school uniforms.

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Anonymous commented at 2014-07-24 18:24:48 » #1574500

I'll never understand why the Japanese modeled their school uniforms on the US Navy, of all things.

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jedi1357 commented at 2014-07-24 19:48:21 » #1574522

Wikipedia had some informative things to say about that.

"Japanese took the idea from scaled down sailor suits worn by children of royal European families. The official said "In Japan, they were probably seen as adorable Western-style children’s outfits, rather than navy gear." Sailor suits were adopted in Japan for girls because the uniforms were easy to sew. The sides of the uniform had similarity to existing styles of Japanese dressmaking, and the collar had straight lines."

"It was introduced as a school uniform in 1920 in Heian Jogakuin (平安女学院) and 1921 by the principal of Fukuoka Jo Gakuin University (福岡女学院), Elizabeth Lee. It was modeled after the uniform used by the British Royal Navy at the time, which Lee had experienced as an exchange student in the United Kingdom."

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