JK uniforms are the uniforms of Japanese women high school students. They are divided into sailor suits and western-style uniforms. Today’s main introduction is Sailor Suit~ The sailor Lolita is a branch of Lolita style. Although clothing is different in nature, what is the connection between them?
On the whole, their biggest similarity is the sailor suit collar. On the whole, their biggest similarity is the sailor suit collar. Sailor suit collar comes from the collar type of naval officers’ uniforms. The collar is a lapel, the front is a pointed collar, the back is the square shawl-shaped collar.
Whether wearing a sailor suit or the Sailor Lolita, it gives a pure and lovely impression.
The sailor suit was initially used as a uniform for the US Navy and was later officially adopted by the British Navy as a sailors boat clothing.
In the 19th century, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom set a precedent to Giving young princes and princesses a sailor suit. Because of its cuteness, it causes a wave of popularity that has spread to various European countries. At that time, sailor suits were usually worn for children. The British navy is the world’s number one Navy, and the uniform of the Navy’s soldiers is used as a uniform for the children. It is also a sign of martial spirit. Therefore, this winds did not stop in Europe but spread all over the world. In 1902, the alliance between Japan and Britain was established, and Japan, which had a much higher relationship with Britain, was also affected.
At that time, Japan was in the period of Meiji Restoration, established the system of Western capitalist countries and became a prosperous and powerful modern country. So as the military uniform of the Japanese Navy, the sailor clothing and the Japanese culture with strong military color were complemented. Before that, the uniforms of Japanese students were traditional kimono and skirt. Later, with the implementation of the Westernization Movement at the beginning of the Meiji period, Japanese schools gradually abandoned the traditional kimono. Because girls did not have women arms’ clothing, they borrowed sailor clothes instead.
After the introduction of the sailor suit in Japan, the first school to use the sailor uniform as a formal school uniform is a church school and its name is Peace Girl College. The first school to use sailor suit of the top and skirt separately as the school uniform. It was the high school of the Fukuoka Women College. These two uniforms are the prototype of modern Japanese sailor suits.
The real popularity of the culture of JK uniforms is the Japanese actress’s shooting of the sailor suit photo shoot in the 1970s and the rise of bad style in the 1980s. The film “Sailor Suit and Machine Gun” adapted from the novel of the same name had a tremendous influence at that time, completely subverted the inherent image of pure sailor clothes.
Originally in other countries, just children’s clothing, but spreads to Japan undergone such a great change. It was also what Britain had not thought of.