Many older people are nostalgic for the words "school uniform." In the USSR it was impossible to imagine students at school desks in a variety of clothes. Wearing a uniform at school was justified, as its cost was low compared to casual wear.
In the USSR, I did not have to especially choose a school uniform, for the boys there was only one version of the costume for a fixed price, only girls sometimes had a choice of styles of dresses or an apron. But most often the same goods were brought into the store, they all bought them, and the children in the class did not differ from each other at all.
What could girls choose
Girl's school uniform is a dress and an apron. The dress was only brown, and it was sewn from thin woolen fabric. The styles were monotonous, fashion designers preferred a straight fit. With a stand-up collar, such dresses cost about 8-10 rubles, the price of the late 70s. Dresses with a pleated skirt were rarely sewn, and it was difficult to get them. It was a real shortage! They looked very beautiful and cost more - about 15 rubles,. By the way, both of these models of dresses, straight and pleated, could be either with a stand or with a turn-down collar. This fact did not particularly affect the price.
Form was a great option to smooth out the differences between the material situation of families.
It was necessary to buy two aprons, one black and one white. A black apron was sewn in the same way as a dress made of high-quality woolen fabric, it cost about 3.5 rubles in the prices of the 70s, and a white apron was sewn from cotton fabric, it cost a little cheaper - around 3 rubles. Cuffs and collars of white color were necessarily bought for the dress, they had to be sewn on their own. They cost inexpensively, from 50 kopecks - unpretentious, from ordinary white fabric, to the ruble - more refined, made from lace or sewing. They were often made independently, to make a collar from a silk ribbon for a stand-up collar was not a problem, the cost then turned out to be no more than 10 kopecks.
