Schoolgirls' Underwears as Hidden Uniforms.

1. A Chemise a Strapless Slip for Growing Schoolgirls, One of Obsolete Schoolgirls' Underwears.

A slip is now an obsolete underwear for schoolgirls, however, it had been one of neccessities for them before 1990s.

Especially, a strapless slip, so-called a chemise, was worn by most growing schoolgirls, until they wear their brassieres, as "a hidden unifrom" in those days.

A french word of chemise means a slip, an underwear for girls, however, it meant a strappless slip for many schoolgirls of Japan then.

A chemise for growing schoolgirs is made up of two parts, a higher part around the chest made of cotton and a lower part than the chest made of chemical fibers.

A growing schoolgirl, without her brassiere, wore this kind of chemise as underwear until she began to wear her brassiere.

• Note that a chemise was not worn together with a bressiere; when you wear your brassiere, you should wear a strapped slip together instead of a chemise.

The reasons why she wore her chemise are that she was required to wear by her school regulations and that her unifroms were not comfortable to wear.

In some areas, a kind of chemises is designated as one of "designated items", that is a part of hidden unifroms for schoolgirls.

• "Heart Age", an obsolete brand of schoolgirls' underwears was the most famous brand, and many school designated the brand as one of "designated items".

Today, a chemise is an obsolete underwear for schoolgirls of junior high school, however, schoolgirls in lower grades of private elementary school still wear this kind of Chemises under thier uniforms.