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

Yes, long skirts really aren't that hazardous! I'd definitely be wearing the trouser suit in winter, but I rather like the skirt - I think it's quite stylish for a school uniform. Perhaps that's just a sign of how unstylish I am 🙈

Because it’s heavy and black and in 30 degrees you’d get covered in sweat. Global warming you know ?

I don't mind the length per se, but that is a LOT of fabric! It's one thing if it's fully lined tropical weight wool (and the climate is appropriate for that), but that much fabric in a synthetic or blend - which I suspect it is as otherwise it would be quite expensive - is a climate crime as well as unpleasant for the wearer. And a skirt like this needs a fitted top for balance. A single-button blazer risks looking cheap and does no favours for anyone with curves.

I'd rather wear this skirt than a buttcheek skirt, but I'd rather trousers (or shorts, if it's hot) over either. All that said, it's kind of strange to worry that a specific school uniform is old fashioned - surely the basic concept is archaic?

This one does

No, but it’s horrid

6th*

I thoight most 6rh forms didn't have uniforms. Even my posh school didn't bother with them in upper school.

I checked the school handbook. 6th formers can wear a trouser suit if they wish. That skirt is the only skirt option.

Err… why would it smell? 😳

I know, I wear maxi dresses all summer long and have never once fallen up the stairs or tripped on it! People need to be more careful I think.
Anyway, if they struggle to walk without tripping they can always wear a trouser suit instead, as per the school’s uniform policy.

I quite like it to look at because it’s stylish in a vintage way but I wouldn’t want to wear it. It would be disgusting and smelly quickly in hot weather!

I do wonder at all the people who think it's an impractical, dangerous tripping hazard, enforcing modesty - I have to presume they think maxi-dresses are insane and a product of modesty culture too. Which is an odd take. Considering skirts will be different lengths on different girls, I feel as though if a school is going to have skirts, the requirements should just be anywhere from below the knee to the ankle. Nice and practical.

I feel like the trendy wide-legged trousers are more likely to kill someone tripping over, though!

Hope they've done a risk assessment for going up stairs in that skirt... A tripping hazard if ever there was 😬

Ours were a bit shorter than this, about mid shin, or a bit longer if you were short. Of course, we rolled them up, but you could only really get away with knee length before creating an unpleasant lifebelt effect if you went farther. Which was presumably the point.

Theres a few schools in NI with long skirts to stop girls rolling them

That’s so frumpy and awful. Sensible to a ridiculous degree.

UK school uniforms generally are awful, overpriced, poor quality stuff. Sellers (and schools getting a commission!) are using them to make a mint off parents who have no choice.

Many 6th forms are less stringent about uniforms. That looks to me like a good reason to study elsewhere. In a school where the students start to learn autonomy and the meaning of professional dress by choosing their own clothing, especially compared to this awful choice!

Remember, if we teach our children this extent of compliance, that sets them up to be minimal-wage fodder for the rest of their lives.

our 6th formers go in proffessional dress to prepare them for the workplace/university

Except they’re not remotely restrictive
or impractical. I wore one from Year 9 right until the end of sixth form without any issues. The fashion was to wear them as low slung as possible!

I clicked yabu in error!

Looks like a beauxbaton skirt! (Harry Potter, very impractical and restrictive)

Absolutely not it IS like from the handmaid Tale!

The uniform is literally a trouser suit. This is an alternative. And this school has totally gender neutral uniform btw, either boys or girls can choose to wear skirts or trousers.

It does! My DD always liked long skirts as she hated tights and said it kept her legs warm. Her teacher said she looked like she was Almish.

@MeetMeOnTheCorner this is Clifton college, a co Ed independent boarding and day school in Bristol. The OP is completely wrong though, the sixth form uniform is a trouser suit and this is just an alternative for those that would prefer to wear it.

I prefer smart clothes for 6th form. No ties but decent shirts, trousers/skirts. Just look presentable. They are probably frying to avoid bum freezer shirts. How much will these cost? Are they widely available? Is this a state school in a Muslim area?