Objects of Substance – Grammar Bloomers

The voluminous bloomers were de rigeur for all athletic performances which included Netball (then called Basketball), Athletics, including hurdles, ball games, and drill display work. They had either a buttoned or elastised waistband and were drawn into the knee with more elastic. There was ample room for individual interpretation with the more risqué hitching the bloomers above the knees and rolling the stockings down. There is also photographic evidence of even more revolutionary Grammar girls with bare legs!