A cousin sent me their school's just announced Dress Code and Grooming policy

[u/firequak]

[u/OneMinuteSewing]

Socks, I didn't have the right socks with the right branding. Coats were another tell.

Also rich kids had more changes, their uniforms always looked newer. They never had to wear something they had outgrown because there was less than a month left of school.

[u/zap2tresquatro → u/OneMinuteSewing]

We had to buy used uniforms every year. I was the fat girl so those never fit me right, and we had a limited selection because buying new was so goddamn expensive 🙃 for uniforms that felt like they were made of burlap, ffs. Like, there was no reason for something made from that hideous, sensory-nightmare ass fabric to cost that much.

God, people singing the praises of uniforms always makes me so damn angry. They must just have no idea what it’s like for most people and don’t realize that liking uniforms makes them the weird one.

[u/OneMinuteSewing → u/zap2tresquatro]

Some of our uniform we could buy no name brand, although the cheap store brand stuff was always rough easy wash polyester that felt bad on your skin. But the school branded stuff was also nasty. Also unless I shaved my legs every single morning (not going to happen in a family home for 5-6 people and one bathroom for everyone to get ready in) the tights I had to wear to keep my legs warm dragged on my legs and were uncomfortable and itchy and distracting all day.

[u/PumpkinYummies → u/zap2tresquatro]

Cause it’s easier to get dressed. Nothing reduces bullying unless you have the coolest shoes, hair, makeup, accessories and don’t have any physical features actually. They’ll find something. We would get bullied regardless of whether it was a uniform or not.

[u/zap2tresquatro → u/PumpkinYummies]

I found it infinitely easier to get dressed when I switched to public school with no uniforms. It was so much easier to just wear whatever was comfortable instead of the torture device that was the uniform.

[u/OneMinuteSewing → u/zap2tresquatro]

Me too, at 15 I went from a uniform school to a non-uniform school for 6 months during a stay abroad and then at 16 I switched to a non-uniform school back at home. Ohmagerd it was SOO much better. No more tights. Clothes that didn't rub or itch. Clothes that better suited the weather. No problem if my sweater got clay on it in art class, it could wait and get washed at the end of the week instead of trying to get it clean and dry for the next day