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AIBU to think the new sixth form outfit looks like something from "The Handmaid'sTale"

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joanjett · 03/09/2026 08:58

I am surprised the school did not add a cloak and a "chastity bonnet"

AIBU to think the new sixth form outfit looks like something from "The Handmaid'sTale"
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maggisimpson · 03/09/2026 09:08

Just looks like a long skirt to me 🤔my 6th form also had the choice of knee length or ankle length skirts (obviously we all wore them thigh length 😂)

Doowoddy · 03/09/2026 09:07

The poor mannequin posing it's heart out to try and cheer it up...

MargaretMeldrew · 03/09/2026 09:05

I don’t immediately think ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’. It almost has an Edwardian kind of look. It seems rather impractical and performatively modest.

purpleme12 · 03/09/2026 09:04

Muslims just wear trousers here for school

Washingforweeks · 03/09/2026 09:04

I prefer this than the 6form option down the road- never seen skirts so short I don’t know how they dare walk 🤣

Stumblingalongthroughlife · 03/09/2026 09:03

Presumably there is a trouser option though if you don't like the skirt. If you're in an area with large populations who dress modestly for religious reasons (orthodox Jews, Muslims) I can see why this was brought in.

grumpygrape · 03/09/2026 09:02

Looks like a wrap over too, a bit of a breeze and she'll show her knickers and then take off.
It's rather Mary Poppins isn't it?

TheGardenPond · 03/09/2026 09:02

It reminds me of The Worst Witch!

NoEligibilityRequirementsApply · 03/09/2026 09:02

I adore these uniforms....

https://www.christs-hospital.org.uk/about-christs-hospital/school-life/photo-gallery/

But no, the uniform in the OP- quite late Edwardian and I like it aesthetically, but imagine trying to go up and down stairs. And how heavy it would be.

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TheGardenPond · 03/09/2026 09:02

That might be the option for Muslim girls? Our school had different versions for different cultural choices.

comeoncolleen · 03/09/2026 09:01

It's stylish and unrollable but may result in sixth formers refusing to go to school.

Doowoddy · 03/09/2026 09:00

Surely no teenage girl will wear that!

deancastielsam · 03/09/2026 09:00

Cantstopeatingjaffacakes · 03/09/2026 08:59

No rolling that skirt!

Can you image!! 😂😂😂

HRHCurmudgeon · 03/09/2026 09:00

I’d refuse to go to school.

NoEligibilityRequirementsApply · 03/09/2026 08:59

I quite like it! But not sure a long skirt is terribly practical tbh.

Cantstopeatingjaffacakes · 03/09/2026 08:59

No rolling that skirt!

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