To ask you about the nicest school uniforms you’ve seen??

[littlemyyyy]

Something to lighten lockdown a bit. I love uniforms, didn’t have them in my country growing up and I think they’re wonderful!

I think Christ’s Hospital probably has the weirdest.

Hill House International and Garden House School have very sweet ones, with GHS being pretty much what I dreamed of when imaging English schools.

@TobyDeLaris years and years ago, I think it was Old Palace (they're green now, IIRC). Ashburton decided to have their girls' PE uniform in the same colours to 'emulate' a 'successful school'.

If you meant successful was wearing a skirt the colour of shit and a top the colour of piss, I suppose they had the right idea.

littlemyyyy I am finding this thread horrible. All these awful clothes that children have to wear just to get an education.
But it's your thread so if you are enjoying it then that's fine !

My primary school was an All Girls Private established by suffragettes so our uniform was Purple. Purple felt blazers with gold piping, navy pinafores or kilts, purple and gold ties, blue shirts, navy knickers (we were inspected!), navy knee high socks, purple jumpers. In the summer we had lovely lilac dresses that were quite “Home and Away” in style, worn with frilly white ankle socks.

We had lilac painting smocks and navy blue aprons for lunch each day.

Cleanliness was next to godliness!

This was about 5 years ago i think

At secondary school (GPDST) we wore blue and white checked shirts, and petrol blue skirts and fawn jumpers. But the worst thing was the petrol blue Harris Tweed coats with a peter pan collar. They cost a flipping fortune. My poor parents. (I got a scholarship so was not at the same financial level as most of the pupils.)

@bookmum08 believe me, the clothes kids (especially girls) have to wear to not get bullied like crazy in the absence of a school uniform are way, way worse

I’m a sucker for a beautiful school uniform but unfortunately I do think they are quite elitist.

Bilingual Primary School in Brighton wear a yellow polo shirt, bright blue jumper or cardigan, and jeans/denim skirt/denim pinafore. Shoes just have to be practical and black/brown. The kids all look really cute, it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg, and much of it can be worn outside of school. Makes perfect sense to me.

AJPTaylor that’s Hill House. I always used to think the kids from there and GHS looked like wartime evacuees. Very Railway Children.

I dont like those fussy retro uniforms at all, definitely each to their own! My kids wear school tshirts (not polos) in one of four house colours and whatever plain bottoms you like, jeans, shorts, leggings, and whatever footwear. They all look so bright and cute and comfy.

Hogwarts

There’s a girls school near me that has a really lovely PE kit. I just remember noticing it on an open day because it was practical and nice rather than the rubbish I had to wear. They all had really nice matching tracksuits and practical clothes for summer and winter. The actual uniform was a bit meh.

In contrast, there is a prep school near me with a vile brown uniform. I’d be gutted to spend a fortune on something so horrid.

myself2020 I am not sure I agree. Practically every secondary age kid I know just wears jeans or trackies and t-shirts or hoodies (that's boys and girls). None of them seem particularly fussed what each other wears.

Lyndhurst School in Camberley has a nice blazer and badge.

In contrast, there is a prep school near me with a vile brown uniform. I’d be gutted to spend a fortune on something so horrid.

Brown is an awful clothing colour for anything above the waist IMO.

My first school had the best boy's capes which were held together by a chain between two lion heads - brilliant for being a super hero cape too.

Just looked up Christ's Hospital - lol!!

@Cleanerconumdrum did you to to a convent primary school in Greater Manchester ?that sounds very like my primary school.uniform!😲

@vanillandhoney didn't go to St Mary's by any chance did you?!

Elmhurst’s formal uniform is really nice.

@MobLife no! You mean there was more than one?!

@bookmum08 I assume you haven't been near Harris South Norwood at the end of the school day? Scruffy and appallingly behaved children.

To be fair to the school I think that says more about South Norwood in general than the actual school!

Ockbrook School has a bold red number if you like that sort of thing.

@TobyDeLaris the St Phil's socks! We took the mickey out of them growing up and the uniform hasn't changed!

My sons is quite nice and not too expensive ,blue shirt and black trousers ( grey trousrs/ skirt for girls ) the with different colour stripe depending on which house they are in ( can buy them in any supermarket ) blue blazer with badge

@myself2020 you're absolutely right. Not having a uniform can be a minefield for a teenage girl. We moved a lot so I went to several schools between 4 and 18 and have had uniforms of all colours and designs. Blazers, wool hooded capes, boater hats, felt hats, berets, ties, dresses, formal uniform, the works. Never was I more distracted and pressured than the few years in spent in a non uniform school. I wouldn't send my children to one.