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tod
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response 9 of 112:
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Jan 26 12:58 UTC 2006 |
And?
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keesan
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response 10 of 112:
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Jan 26 13:08 UTC 2006 |
I wish they had been more sartorially involved when I was in high school.
From kindergarten through 12th grade all the girls had to wear skirts/dresses
(no culottes allowed) in all weather and the boys all had to wear long pants
despite the heat. I don't think the schools have any business telling people
what to wear.
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jadecat
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response 11 of 112:
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Jan 26 13:46 UTC 2006 |
Oh I think that schools have a right to a certain dress code standard.
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tod
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response 12 of 112:
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Jan 26 13:48 UTC 2006 |
I think a school dress code has its place. Kids should be going to school
to learn and not to compete in a fashion show. The more mundane and generic
the attire then the less time they'll focus on it.
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slynne
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response 13 of 112:
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Jan 26 14:14 UTC 2006 |
While there might be a place for a school dress code, there might be
less of a place for dress codes with different standards based on
gender.
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jadecat
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response 14 of 112:
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Jan 26 15:14 UTC 2006 |
re #13- I agree. I don't see anything wrong in a sort of uniform that
would allow girls to wear pants if they want and boys to wear skirts.
In the comic strip For Better and For Worse they did a bit about the
high school uniform for the school April attends. Clothing is either
navy or white- I think- but they can wear pants, skirts, shirts,
blazers, sweaters- a whole host of things. Just limited in color.
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keesan
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response 15 of 112:
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Jan 26 16:24 UTC 2006 |
Navy and white both show dirt more than grey or tan.
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jadecat
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response 16 of 112:
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Jan 26 16:33 UTC 2006 |
Which is why you wash them... :)
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tod
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response 17 of 112:
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Jan 26 17:25 UTC 2006 |
re #14
I supposed they could wear rainbow clown wigs too but a guy wearing a skirt
would be weird unless he was a SE Asian in a sarong.
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rcurl
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response 18 of 112:
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Jan 26 18:24 UTC 2006 |
Scots wear kilts, which have the same design fundamentals as a skirt. They
are quite comfortable and practical (I was once a member of a Scottish
dancing exhibition team), even if a little heavy. Nothing "weird" about
it, though.
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tod
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response 19 of 112:
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Jan 26 18:43 UTC 2006 |
re #18
All the Scots I know wear jeans or trousers. Unless you're going to a cop
funeral or one of those nerdy festivals then you've got no business wearing
traditional folk garb to school.
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jadecat
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response 20 of 112:
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Jan 26 18:49 UTC 2006 |
My main point was the regulation down to a few items- but not insisting
that girls wear skirts just because they're girls.
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rcurl
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response 21 of 112:
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Jan 26 18:59 UTC 2006 |
Re #19: why "no business"? What, exactly, do you think is a problem?
The issue has become more important because of the significance to Muslim
women of the traditional dress. Is a chador OK in school?
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marcvh
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response 22 of 112:
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Jan 26 19:00 UTC 2006 |
I had a co-worker who wore a kilt to work quite frequently. I wouldn't
have told him that he had no business doing so, not to his face anyway.
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tod
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response 23 of 112:
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Jan 26 20:44 UTC 2006 |
If a dude wears a kilt cuz he's a Scot, I'd be okay with that. But if a dude
wears the whole Madonna 1984 outfit then we've got issues.
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rcurl
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response 24 of 112:
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Jan 26 23:05 UTC 2006 |
I don't see any necessity for a former national dress form to be restricted
to just that nationality. Most of the youth of the world now wear blue jeans:
are they to be criticized because that started in America? (Well, some
*do* criticize them, but more for slovenly dress.)
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eprom
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response 25 of 112:
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Jan 27 00:02 UTC 2006 |
Keep your laws off my body! I'm pro-choice when it comes to fashion.
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cross
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response 26 of 112:
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Jan 27 00:35 UTC 2006 |
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tod
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response 27 of 112:
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Jan 27 01:11 UTC 2006 |
re #24
Americans were still wearing wool trousers when jeans got popular in latin
countries. Jeans were considered "farm wear".
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keesan
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response 28 of 112:
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Jan 27 05:18 UTC 2006 |
Nobody was allowed to wear jeans to my schools. The elementary school boys
had to wear ties. String ties were acceptable, on collared shirts. I wore
sneakers and ankle socks with my skirts and did not need to wear collared
shirts. I wore pants under them in cold weather. I still recall one day in
kindergarten when I discovered I had forgotten to wear a skirt over the pants.
The pants came off when we got to school. We did not go outdoors for recess
in cold weather because we had to wear skirts.
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drew
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response 29 of 112:
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Jan 27 05:24 UTC 2006 |
I'm with eprom. I went to both types of school: one with a dress code, and
others with no dress code to speak of. The more lax school had the more
peaceful of students and school environment. Minimum do's and don'ts please.
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bru
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response 30 of 112:
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Jan 27 05:59 UTC 2006 |
my mother was a bit of a rebel, she forced the school board to allow us
to wear blue jeans to school.
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jadecat
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response 31 of 112:
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Jan 27 14:48 UTC 2006 |
re #28- I would have to say that in general the rules have significantly
changed from the times when you were in school.
When I was in school- and it's been almost 15 years sinceI graduated.
The main thing was a prohibition against t-shirts with 'foul language'
on them. But other than that, I can't really remember any other taboo
things.
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tod
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response 32 of 112:
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Jan 27 17:15 UTC 2006 |
I got sent home from high school for wearing a
"In G-d We Trust, Inc." Dead Kennedys t-shirt.
This was in a public school.
(Did I mention the principal that sent me home is now doing prison time?)
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rcurl
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response 33 of 112:
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Jan 27 18:37 UTC 2006 |
"The First Blue Jeans
"In 1962, the magazine American Fabrics ran an article that stated, "If we
were to use a human term to describe a textile we might say that denim is
an honest fabric - substantial, forthright, and unpretentious." So how did
this utilitarian and unpretentious fabric become the stuff of legends that
it is today? And how did pants made out of denim come to be called jeans,
when they were not made out of the fabric called jean? One very important
reason can be found in the life and work of a Bavarian-born businessman
who made his way to Gold Rush San Francisco nearly 150 years ago."
There is more about this, and the origin of "denim" and "jean", and other
interesting stuff, at http://www.levistrauss.com/about/history/denim.htm
So, "blue jeans" were invented by Levi Strauss, in the good old USA.
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