serafuku

The school uniform with a sailor-style collar worn by Japanese schoolgirls in middle school and high school. The standard uniform consists of a white blouse, a pleated skirt, and a red neckerchief, but there are as many variations as there are stars in the sky.

Serafukus are commonly worn with a ribbon or bow in lieu of the traditional neckerchief. The line between "neckerchief" and "bow" is blurry, as the bows worn with serafukus often aren't actually dedicated bows or bowties, but rather a neckerchief tied into a bow instead of its intended scarf-like shape.

A serafuku always includes a skirt. If a sailor-style top is paired with shorts or another bottom, sailor shirt should be used instead. In fact, sailor suits with shorts are the older, original style: in the Victorian and Edwardian eras, they were used as boys' suits, from which then the girls' uniform with a skirt was derived.

For colored serafuku tags, both the shirt and skirt must match in color to apply, but not the neckwear or sailor collar.

Sailor dresses should not be tagged as serafuku.

Examples

• : Summer uniform
• : Winter uniform
• : white serafuku[br]Shirt and skirt must be white.

Colors

• aqua serafuku
• black serafuku
• blue serafuku
• brown serafuku
• green serafuku
• grey serafuku
• orange serafuku
• pink serafuku
• purple serafuku
• red serafuku
• white serafuku
• yellow serafuku

See also

• sailor - An outfit that looks exactly like the naval uniform
• sailor shirt - The top only (paired with shorts, etc.)
• sailor dress
• sailor collar
• List of uniforms: School uniforms
• Tag Group:Attire

External links

• Wikipedia: Serafuku