[FASHION][JAPAN] Goodbye to school girl uniforms, hello slacks…

Mainichi Daily News reported, “Slacks are slowly becoming part of schoolgirl uniforms throughout the country, with a Sapporo junior high school’s decision earlier this year to make them compulsory threatening to end the hegemony of the hem.”

“Slacks replaced skirts as girls’ compulsory garb at the Sapporo Municipal Minamigaoka Junior High School from spring this year, although pupils will be able to wear skirts for about three months over the summer period.”

“School officials say the main reason for making slacks compulsory is health, and that it’s common for pupils to go for what’s called the Haniwa Look — tracksuit pants worn underneath a very short skirt — during the colder months. Head teacher Minoru Sasaki said the school decided to make a formal change.”

“It was sad to see how the girls were struggling in the cold. And the Haniwa Look was ugly. We worried that the cold may affect the girls’ health, so we made slacks obligatory,” he says.

“Opinions on the change are divided, with some praising slacks for their warmth and ease of movement, and others complaining that the trousers make them too hot.”

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