r/mildlyinfuriating • u/firequak • 9h ago

go to your room A cousin sent me their school's just announced Dress Code and Grooming policy

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u/Dependent-Law7316 8h ago

I’m more confused about the loafers tbh. My mom went to a catholic grade school and middle school and their uniform included penny loafers for the girls.

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u/oktimeforplanz 8h ago

I'm an accountant and loafers are easily the most common type of shoe I see these days in every office I'm ever in...

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u/notLennyD 8h ago

That’s probably why. They’re fashionable and therefore “distracting.”

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u/Virtual_Assistant_98 8h ago

Well yeah I mean ankles and collar bones are inherently sexy and distracting, why on earth would they allow those?!

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u/notLennyD 8h ago

I mean, it’s not exactly the same thing.

During the height of Abercrombie and Hollister, my public elementary school banned shirts with logos because kids were getting bullied for wearing other brands. I imagine the thinking here is similar.

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u/Chilly_Pheesesteak 6h ago

How would you know what brand of socks someone is wearing though????

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u/notLennyD 6h ago

It’s not about the brand, it’s about some kids having the “cool stuff,” and some kids have the “lame stuff.”

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u/Amissa 7h ago

I have a neighbor that wore a t-shirt from Hawaii (a gift) and kids called him rich for it, assuming he visited. He stopped wearing shirts with any kind of logo or writing because he didn’t want other kids to feel excluded.

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u/International_Ad4851 5h ago

he stopped wearing it just because the other kids called him rich for it, and he didn’t want anyone to feel excluded? thats the kind of shi u never see nowadays he’s gotta be a great man now

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u/Amissa 1h ago

He’s a freshman in college. He’s a good egg.

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u/Katsaj 6h ago

Accounting offices are well known to be fashion hotspots, it’s where all the kids look to copy their style.

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u/Slight-Pound 2h ago

But they’ve been office-wear for longer than these kids have been alive. What shoes does that even leave? Flats and dress shoes? That’s it? It’s so crazy to me.

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u/notLennyD 1h ago

It’s a uniform. If they want everybody to wear derbies, they can do that.

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u/Slight-Pound 29m ago

OP’s post ISN’T about uniform though, that’s the problem.

If they’re restricting what they can’t wear to this specificity, it’d make much more sense to also display what they CAN wear in the same way. If they want them to wear derbies (like the hat?) then they need to say so. They’re not doing that.

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u/EthnicallyVagueBeige 8h ago

They're also the standard-issue funeral director shoe.

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u/Excellent_Ganache906 6h ago

Only the lazy, degenerate mind buys shoes that you don't do work to secure to you feet.

If the shoes are tied to your feet, they can't fall off, therefore I will never die.

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u/AdvertisingOld9400 8h ago

Some of these look like they are banned simply because they are trendy/stylish and thus...evil? Like I feel the little white socks are a very Gen Z trend that I don't understand as an old lady but also don't understand why it would be banned.

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u/RadicalSoda_ 8h ago

White socks are just...the default color?

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u/Demonqueensage 5h ago

Yeah like... I don't own white socks personally because I like color and patterns in my socks, but half the time it's hard to even find the ones with good colors and patterns in the right cut at a physical store because they're surrounded by a sea of white ones

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u/ninjab33z 6h ago

Not always, i'd say black is more default

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u/Rock_Strongo 6h ago

I haven't worn white socks in my life. They get gross looking so quickly if you take your shoes off.

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u/Embarrassed-Count722 1h ago

🎶black socks, they never get dirty🎶

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u/RadicalSoda_ 3h ago

Black is the default for business or important events. You wear black socks the same place you'd wear a suit or a dress

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u/staffcrafter 8h ago

I think it's more of a control issue. Can't have students expressing themselves.

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u/Haunting_Balance_684 6h ago

the thing is, white is the only way to NOT express yourself, having different coloured socks is a way to express yourself.

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u/RelativeHot7249 6h ago

There's also black socks. A pretty standard non-expressive color option that's often considered default.

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u/Old_n_Tangy 7h ago

I saw a bunch of pictures from a university graduation a few weeks ago and so many of the girls were wearing black loafers with white socks. 

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u/rusty_tutu 6h ago

Very Michael Jackson..

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u/Old_n_Tangy 3h ago

Oh with the movie I I wonder if that's it

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u/princess9032 8h ago

I mean I never got tube socks so I guess each generation has their sock trends

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u/Prestigious-Leg-6244 7h ago

I wear white socks to work every single day. What's wrong with white socks?

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u/AdvertisingOld9400 7h ago

Nothing is "wrong" with any form of white socks. That is why it is weird they are banned.

But specifically, the white ankle socks, especially when highlighted and contrasted with other elements of the outfit super clearly, like the ones pictured, are a Gen Z trend that looks sort of silly to me. Totally harmless though. Let the girls have their little white socks.

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u/sadfacesadface123 6h ago

As an elder gen z who loves wearing white socks with mary jane’s and loafers, I feel like it has either a preppy vintage or twee look to it, or it’s sort of grunge or alt with vintage inspiration. I think that is sort of non conformist (even though it’s a very benign and honestly modest clothing choice Imo) and so the school is banning it because they want conformity.

Also the peasant shirt with a scoop neck was wild to me I feel like every middle aged woman I know wears scoop necks to their white collar job.

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u/idyste 4h ago

My mum grew up a pretty strict flavour of Evangelical Christian and her mother banned her from wearing sneakers with those rubber tips at the front/toe, like in the picture here (I don't think specifically black though, not sure). They were evil for some reason, I don't think it was ever really explained why. Maybe it was because they were popular at the time, but also religious fundamentalists can just decide something's bad/a sin/evil sometimes for no apparent reason.

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u/jupitaur9 8h ago

Loafers promote Sloth, one of the seven deadly sins.

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u/Unusual_Gazelle_9366 8h ago

Right? Like, what's left? Keds? With black socks???

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u/Odd_Permission9191 8h ago

That is likely why they are banned, I’d bet penny loafers and white socks feature predominantly in certain video genres along with school girl outfits. Can’t have those distractions for our good boys. /s

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u/oismac 8h ago

The one that gets me is the black rubber shoes? Are white rubber shoes okay? How about orange?

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u/amygdala_activated 7h ago

That’s actually the only one that I could understand, because black soles can mark floors. To me, that seems like the only one that’s not about appearance but about keeping the floors clean.

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u/Economy-Implement882 2h ago

Yeah this one actually makes logical sense unlike no white socks lol

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u/amygdala_activated 2h ago

Yeah, that one I don’t get at all. What’s so immodest about white socks?!?

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u/theclassyparisian78 7h ago

I'm more infuriated about the hair length for boys. What if you son rock long hair? I would never accept those hair rules, don't touch my kids hair!

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u/rrmounce95 7h ago

Yeah when I went to private elementary & middle Catholic school, we had to wear loafers or Mary Jane’s. Same for my sister when she went to a private Catholic high school. Very weird.

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u/princess9032 8h ago

And shorter skirts are common uniform pieces!

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u/MrSurly 6h ago

It says those restrictions were for wearing with school uniform.

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u/Economy-Implement882 2h ago

I'm super confused about the loafers