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Loose socks in Japan
Loose socks in Japan

Loose socks (Japanese: ルーズソックス, rūzu sokkusu) are a type of sock that is popular among young Japanese girls. Loose socks fashion trend in Japan - image created 6/20/1998 in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo copyright Mike Chachich [1]. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Loose socks fashion trend in Japan - image created 6/20/1998 in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo copyright Mike Chachich [1]. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


They are nearly always white and are very long, in some cases up to almost 2 meters. They are usually worn below the knee, held up with an adhesive called sock glue and sock touch, and somewhat resemble leg warmers. typical legwarmers. ...


Some girls in lower secondary school (junior high school) and upper secondary school (senior high school) wear loose socks with their school uniforms. Certain schools forbid pupils to wear loose socks at school, so girls from these schools will often change into loose socks and wear them outside the school campus. The trend has also spread to some primary-school pupils. Secondary school may refer to Secondary school in the United Kingdom, is the general term for the schools for children between the ages of eleven and eighteen in most areas (a few areas have schools for 13-18 year olds instead, and these are called upper schools). ... Middle school and junior high school cover a period of education that straddles primary education and secondary education and serve as a bridge between them. ... High school - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Japan introduced Western style school uniforms in the late 19th century as a part of its modernization program. ... Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ...


In Japan, loose socks have been in fashion since the mid 1990s but since 2002 have become far less popular. The term fashion applies to a prevailing mode of expression. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ...


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