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

[joanjett]

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

I agree

dominatrix vibe...

I'm not getting Handmaid's Tale just from having a long skirt. I get why people - including many teens - wouldn't like these and similar uniforms, but also why some do like them.

It looks similar to what I wear to work, except I don't wear a tie and my shirts / tops of my dresses would be at least mostly dark as well. I also wear dark leggings under my skirts/dresses as well. Nothing to do with modesty, it's just comfortable for me, I like how it looks and the silhouette it gives and it fits within work dress expectations.

It's not what all women where I work wear, but suits in general in black, navy, or dark grey are generally expected especially if public facing.

I go up and down stairs all day just fine, though I probably wouldn't cycle in my workwear.

I think it’s more a Victorian governess look. I don’t like the tie.

Really? It’s very normal.

Girls round here wear skirts rolled up to right below their arse cheeks. It looks bloody awful.

so I quite like this long one.

It's not normal where I live !
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Something doesn’t have to be normal where you live for you to be aware it exists though!

I know that lol. Just saying I have never in my life seen school skirts like ths.
It's an observation. We don't have skirts like that in any schools in my county.

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How depressing that in this day and age this constitutes a uniform for young women

Just mentioning again that there are many girls who like the long skirt and choose it.

And some girls like the fact they don’t have to roll up their skirts, look ‘sexy’ etc. It’s a relief to wear a long skirt.

Exactly this. Mine are at independent secondary and they said they were glad that rolling skirts up is completely forbidden there!

How depressing that in this day and age this constitutes a uniform for young women

It doesn't. Read the thread. The standard uniform is a trouser suit. The long skirt is an exception for anyone who doesn't want to wear trousers.

I'm guessing, but I imagine it's offered for cultural reasons where a knee length skirt would be as unacceptable as trousers.

This takes me back to when long skirts were the fashion back in the 70s and lots of us wore them on a daily basis. It's made me quite fancy wearing one again.

I quite like it. Although a calf length skirt might be better.

I wish girls' uniforms would get rid of the ties, whether with trousers or skirts.

They look bloody awful.

And they're trailing on the ground where they'll get muddy and wet.

The girls who go there love them! They campaigned to keep them recently.

It doesn't give me Handmaid's tale vibes at all -- more 'men's suit and oh, we'll just stick a bizarrely long, flappy, impractical skirt underneath for the girls'.

Mind you, you should see my school uniform (not UK, school went all the way through to A-level equivalent) -- royal blue gabardine pinafores or skirts, jumpers, blue ties and beige shirts. Clearly designed to make us unfuckable. (Convent. Rough area.)

There's no accounting for taste I guess.

Why would it be for 'modesty'? Presumably the boys' trousers for that age group are full-length, so what's the difference?

I think it looks quite nice. Impractical considering what our wet & windy winter weather can throw at us, but nice.

I’ve always thought the short tight skirts worn in English secondary schools were an odd choice, but this is the other extreme entirely!

Where I am (Ireland) uniform skirts are generally below-knee and pleated - not exactly high fashion, but relatively comfortable and avoids most of the issues caused by either of these types.

Eh?

My school many years ago brought in a mid calf length skirt similar to that. It couldn't be rolled up. People started to wear them tighter and tighter, pinning in pleats. They became so tight people could barely walk in them and they showed the bum shape very clearly. But they actually looked quite nice and adult, they kept the parents happier and most girls actually liked them. Those with bigger bums and thighs found them way more flattering too if worn just the right amount of tight. There is a balance to be found somewhere

I suppose as long as the people who actually have to wear them like them, there’s no problem!

Much better than the skirts I see in my local area. You can literally see their knickers in the front and bums hanging out the back. Im not even exaggerating.