The new outfit was created by Somerset designer Lauren Cope and has overhauled both the formal and practical uniforms that the students wear every day throughout their three-year early years development and learning degree programme.
The new formal uniform now includes a long brown woollen coat and a 1950s-style dress, while retaining the original Norland white or brown gloves, brown lace-up shoes and hat.
Students took part in a photo shoot in Bath, the home of Norland College for the past ten years, to show off the new design.
Emily Ward, who founded Norland College in 1892, brought the production of uniform in-house so she could keep it updated regularly. The Norland uniform began life as grey and pink, and was later made blue to distinguish Norlanders from hospital ward maids. In 1910 the cloak was changed to brown and during the war the rest of the uniform followed suit as the blue material became unavailable.
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