I'm trying to figure out how wealthy a family would need to be to have purchased the official HJ/BDM uniforms.
From what I've been reading, the official uniforms were expensive compared to regular children's clothing. Since the families had to pay for their children's uniforms, I think that only wealthy or upper middle class families could afford to outfit their children with the official uniforms. Everyone else would have had to cobble together their childrens' uniforms from whatever they could afford or had on hand.
Am I correct?
I'm also thinking that the families would have had to pay for attendance, so that attending HJ/BDM activities would have been out of the range for poor families.
From what I've been reading, the official uniforms were expensive compared to regular children's clothing. Since the families had to pay for their children's uniforms, I think that only wealthy or upper middle class families could afford to outfit their children with the official uniforms. Everyone else would have had to cobble together their childrens' uniforms from whatever they could afford or had on hand.
Am I correct?
I'm also thinking that the families would have had to pay for attendance, so that attending HJ/BDM activities would have been out of the range for poor families.