Girl Scout Uniforms of the 1960s

Every Girl Scout has a uniform that plays an important part of what she does. Ever since the Girl Scout cooperation was founded in 1912, each and every girl in the group had to wear a uniform. The uniforms of the 1960's had a feminine flair to them.

Girl Scout Dress

In the whole decade of the 1960’s, girls wore tailored mid length dresses in the color of either green or light tan brown. For Brownie girls, it usually had a peter pan collar at the neck with a small ribbon tie. Depending on the weather, the dress either had short sleeves or comfortable long sleeves for chilly days. The dress itself was a slightly modified version of the Girl Scout dress in 1956. The large hoop skirt was changed to a smaller one and the top had a bit of a military feel to it with its long necktie and two breast pockets.

Hat and Shoes

Every Girl Scout whether she was a brownie, cadet, junior, or senior had to have a matching beret hat and small boots or mary jane shoes. Dark brown beanies where often worn in the wintertime and changed to a beret during the summer months. The shoes could either be brown or black and had to match with the belt around the Girl Scout’s waist. If they lost their shoes or belt that was part of the uniform, they could opt to wear their own as long as it matched the outfit completely.