miss sexy trousers - school are not allowing them but its the first i have heard about it and its only september!!

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dd normally has trousers from new look but they tend to go bobbly.
so she said her friends were all wearing miss Sexy trousers. they were quite cheap.
the school allows bootleg but not lycra or denim, usual story i imagine.
i read in the newspaper at the beginning of the month about a school that had banned miss Sexy trousers and now DD and others are being hauled out of the classroom and told to buy new trousers.

i have said not until october half term.
she has only had them since June or so
AIBU

God they´re horrible.

They are surely "fashion" trousers & therefore not for school?

i cant see the difference diddl, between them and the new look ones.

I think kids shouldn't wear uniform. They don't in Germany.

I hate uniforms. Ban them.

Actually, don´t know why I replied as I have no idea what can & can´t be worn as not in UK.

I would have thought they at least had to be plain & not tight though.

There are plenty of New look/Matalan trousers the same shape. You have to try on 4000000 pairs of almost identical trousers in 600000000 different stores, giving each a small tweak at thigh lelel to make sure they aren't too tight, Add into that a DD who insists on having pockets, no embroidery, no dangly charms, specific length zips, non-irritating seams, exactly the right length and a certain thickness of fabric.

I loathe and despise uniforms.

i agree

At dd's school they wear long skirts. So the girls make them even longer, don't do the buttons up and have them trailing on the ground with the hems hanging down.

So that's great. Why can't they just wear sodding jeans?

wow Hully I love the sound of that/

I actually got detention once for having a skirt that was TOO LONG

eventually after them standing with a ruler next to me once too often I agreed to cut off the bottom and made it too short instead

bastards couldn't win

and the skirts are supposed to be knee length. Only DD1 is twiggy so the only skirt she could find () that fits around the waist is aged 11-12 and mid thigh. She has already had a discussion with a teacher where she claimed that it would be closer to the knee if her legs weren't so long .

I really hate unifoms.

I loathe and despise them too, Cervix.

Utterly pointless things designed to create as many ways possible to nag at teenagers.

Oh God. What fresh hell is this.

My DD almost 10 is the most fussy kid to dress. Either too tight/loose and my favourite-"not the right "fabric", as though she is Vivienne Westwood or similar. Ah many a happy shopping trip

Don't tell me I've got this to contend with over black school trousers when she goes to secondary

it was nothing to do with anything

it was all about MAKING YOU CONFORM

I'd have died in a fire because I couldn't run, my legs were in a long tube with a puffball at the bottom. But I looked great.

this was 1988 btw

Most countries manage perfectly well without them. It's all about producing neat little grey package worker drones. Shame there's no work for them.

It was last week Gloria, wasn't it?

I think uniforms are the best option, and I also think the rules should be strict and adhered to as well.

It was bad enough when I was at school in the 80's with girls pushing the limits, with short skirts, tight tops etc, but nowadays girls seem much more fashion concious and aware of how to emphasise their sexuality from a much younger age.

Having no uniform code to adhere to, and allowing pupils to wear whatever they like would be hell. For parents, for teachers, and for the pupils who get teased for wearing the "wrong" clothes, or not being part of the fashionable crowd. Parents who think uniform is expensive, would then be harassed and badgered into far more costly designer labels. And the list of what is and isnt acceptable clothing for school would be a nightmare.

Uniform gives children less options for competing against each other in the fashion stakes, and simplifies it for parents too.

As a teen I tried my best to be a rebel, and usually managed it too... but as an adult I can see why uniform is preferable and more sensible than non-uniform.

you got me Hulls

Gosh. This is why one of our local comps. insists that if girls want to wear trousers they must be the ones with the school logo on which can only be bought from the uniform shop.

sqeakytoy - how do they manage in all those other countries then?

I'm so glad dd's still in pinafore dresses. Uniform is a minefield. I'm also struggling with packed lunches. Because my homemade oatmeal and raisin cookies or savoury pineapple muffins are NOT ALLOWED but school dinners consist of sausages, chips and puddings with custard.

I don't understand school at all.

The trousers are unsuitable btw.

muffins are not allowed? why? what is this madness

muffins are a slippery slope. anarchy before you know it.

I agree with Squeaky. Uniform might be annoying at times, but wearing your own clothes opens a whole new can of worms.

I remember in sixth form, one girl coming in wearing a short skirt and midriff baring top. YEs, we were allowed to wear what we wanted but that was taking the piss!