Looking for name on a type of school uniform, is that's what it is

^_^ \/,,

kara said:
> what is the name of this long version?

That long version are called "長ラン"(chou-ran). "長"(chou) means long(version), "ラン"(ran) comes from オランダ(Holland - 和蘭).

During the Edo era, among the Western people, only the Dutch were allowed to come to Japan. So Western clothes generally were called 蘭服(ran-puku) or ランダ(randa-->slang, jargon or colloquial expression of ran-puku) for a certain time after the Meiji Restoration. And school uniforms / clothes for students(学生 - gakusei) created in the Meiji era were called "学ラン"(gaku-ran<--- gakusei no randa).


> Are they also used as school uniforms?

A type of bad boys(girls) wear them. They hate normal uniforms, and buy "customized" versions at "specialized" shops(or get them from their senpais). I think this type of kids are on the verge of extinction in these days, but google shows some links of such shops.

変形学生服・学ラン|変形学生服・特攻服の通販【コーソ】
応援団服|変形学生服・特攻服の通販【コーソ】
http://www.netyokocho.jp/kanematu/goods/D130/
http://www.gakuran.jp/database/database.cgi?cmd=s&sc=j1
404 Not Found / レンタルサーバー@FIW

Thank you!

TwistedMac said:
so you too can enter the matrix?


HAHAHA! Klockren! Det fick bli dagens skratt! 👍 :D


Sorry, guys. I just didn't want to say that in English. :p ;)
 
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