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What do boys wear over Blazers during the winter in schools that insist on Blazers being worn at all times?

59 replies

LilyTucker · 04/08/2015 08:15

Tia

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Orangeanddemons · 04/08/2015 08:41

I'm not sure a school can stop a kid wearing a hoody outside of school can they?

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 04/08/2015 08:35

Nothing, my DSes refuse to wear coats.

Bunbaker · 04/08/2015 08:33

DD's school is on the edge of the Pennines and a lot of students walk to school. So seeing a teenager in a coat in winter is not as much of a rarity as some places. Also, during the last couple of winters wearing a khaki parka over the blazer has been a bit of a fashion thing with the girls.

DD won't wear a coat because there isn't enough time after school for her to go to her locker and collect it and catch the bus, and some teachers get their knickers in a twist about students carrying their coats around.

happy2bhomely · 04/08/2015 08:26

Never a coat on top. Ever.

In the very cold weather he will wear a long sleeve thermal top under a long sleeve shirt with his blazer. Then he wears a hat and scarf and gloves. But never a coat. Sometimes I have managed to convince him to take a compact umbrella if it's pouring down.

For a while he wore a hoody under his blazer for the journey to school, but the school sent out newsletters telling us it was against the rules.

LeChien · 04/08/2015 08:19

Nothing, ds would rather freeze to death than wear anything else over the top, no idea why, but his reaction to me suggesting a coat is similar to if I suggested him wearing fancy dress for the day.
He tends to layer up underneath it though.

AuntieStella · 04/08/2015 08:18

On the journey to school?

Nothing, usually. In theory, a cagoule or a coat. In practice, a coat on a teen is a rarity. A collapsible umbrella might be useful for wet days (with a plastic bag, as there may be nowhere to leave it - of indeed hang wet coats - at school).

ButterflyUpSoHigh · 04/08/2015 08:17

Ours wear a jumper underneath but never a coat on top.

Forgetmenotblue · 04/08/2015 08:17

Nothing.

Most teenagers would rather die than wear a coat. Too babyish or something.

Get him an umbrella. Don't waste your money on a coat, it won't be worn.

Maybe get a plain v neck jumper to go under the blazer for warmth.

Bunbaker · 04/08/2015 08:17

Same as the girls and boys at DD's school, which also insists that blazers are worn at all times. They either wear nothing, a hoodie underneath (no school jumpers/cardigans) or a coat that goes over the blazer.