Ridiculous uniform policy for secondary

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I live in a fairly poor working class area, former mining village. I don't even have secondary age kids but this has got me riled up.
The local secondary has been taken over by a MAT and introduced a new uniform. They say that the blazer, PE kit and jumper must be logo'd from the supplier (which i think is pretty standard everywhere) but also that every item MUST be Trutex branded. Shirts, trousers and the skirt (which you can't even find a dupe for if you wanted to as it's a silly tartan design). No supermarket brands allowed. The boys trousers must be sturdy or slim fit, girls can be slim fit only (so "fuck you" to girls with thick thighs then??)
They also insist the trousers must not be skin tight fitting and the skirt must be knee length, or detentions will be issued (but they're only allowing one design/fit, from one supplier, so if it doesn't fit a taller/chunkier teen then what are parents to do?).
Not to mention the fabrics are scratchy and kids with sensitive skin (I was one, and Mum had to order my uniforms online from a place that did skinkind fabrics) who might not get on with the plasticy Teflon fabrics.
I find myself fuming on behalf of these parents and teens - as a curvy, tall female with sensitive skin this would NOT do for me at all! Not even sure what my question is, I guess am I being unreasonable in my thinking that this is OTT and doesn't follow the new government guidance (which I know isn't fully compulsory but still)

Edit to add : in a poor working class area, to set a kid up to attend the local high school looks to be around £350 for uniform - the prices are awful, £35 for a skirt etc

Doesn't mean they're wearing them in schools

And I really do not see children and teens in expensive brands when I see them round town

and they cherish it by looking at it on the mantelpiece? And they purposefully dress down to school in rugs. Yeah...

Branded clothing is not only evening wear. 2004 Mean Girls movie and now follow up second part - all about it. Queen Bee and her guardians. Every teen movie talks about rich, popular kids in branded clothes. Art mimics life. Life mimics art. And this is very laid down US when it comes to clothing. In Europe oh god...
I was a teen in a non-uniform school. I remember how girls were endlessly babbling about who and what is wearing. Kids can be mean.

But I've never said it's wrong to do that. All I and others have been saying is when they can wear whatever they like at school they don't tend to wear brands or see it as a fashion show or competition as you think they would.

And that's exactly the point - it's not like non-uniform day because the novelty wears off!!

Exactly!

You're missing the point! What people are saying is from experience when DC can wear what they like every day it isn't a fashion show or a competition. It's not like a non-uniform day. And honestly, kids can like fashion but they have other things going on in their lives than just clothes!

For some reason it is obviously different in Poland, but from the comments in this thread and many others I have read, Poland is the exception.

You're completely missing the point!

Your experience of teens is very different to mine!

@Smoothie23 In the original Mean Girls when Cady wears pink because "It's Wednesday and on Wednesday's we wear pink" she wears a plain baggy pink polo style shirt and ordinary jeans.
The Plastics don't seem to mind 😂
I forget what Cady in the new version wears - I vaguely remember a line about borrowing one of Damien's jumpers.

I was going to say this but then I couldn't be bothered!

But yes my DS is autistic he couldn't give a fuck what other teens are wearing! He can actually think for himself! As can so many other teens. If yours can't then maybe you have some work to do!

Teen movie?? 😂 You know they're not real!!

From the comments I've read on here that is the near universal experience. The only comment I've ever read saying school is a fashion show and competition every day is from @Smoothie23 who says that is what it is like in Poland.

Maybe because Poland was a communist country in the past and (I assume) designer clothing was hard to get it's become more of a "thing" to show you can afford designer clothes.
That's completely a guess btw.

I thought the guidance was one logo'd item?

At my DD's school the jumper is the only logo'd item of the main uniform but they also have a checked blouse that has to be bought from the school uniform supplier. But like you the P.E uniform has more branded items. They have a logo'd polo, shorts and hoodie and then can have plain sports leggings.

I completely agree.

And so do teens at non-uniform schools, just not at school as everyone has said! I'm not sure what is so hard to understand?

@TizerorFizz what's "LMVH" ?

As we keep saying - they wear it in the evenings and at the weekends and on holiday. Noone is saying teens at non-uniform schools never own branded items!

By the time they are teenagers you would expect them to be making their own decisions on their clothes.

You do realise they are only at school/college a few hours a day?

And fine, in Poland kids are obsessed with brands and having a fashion show at school every day. But this is not the norm.

@Smoothie23 according to Google the clothing retailer chain with the most branches in Poland is Pepco.
Pepco is part of the same group as Poundland - who in the UK sell the Pepco branded clothes. Pepco is very similar clothes to Primark.
I am going to assume (I could be completely wrong) that the average medium size ordinary town in Poland is more likely to have a Pepco than a designer clothing store.
Google also says the most popular online clothing purchases in Poland come from Shein.
(yes I'm bored......)

Fairly obviously, non-uniform days turn into a fashion parade because they are one-offs. If every day is a non-uniform day, kids sling on whatever they're comfortable with. My experience of schools with no uniforms echoes that of others on here - children wear jeans, hoodies and T-shirts with comfortable shoes.

This bill will also require free breakfast clubs in every primary school, limit the number of branded items of uniform and PE kits that a school can require

Excellent news, but I hope they will limit this to one at most. There's simply no need for logos on so many bits of school uniform. I hope also that it will prevent schools having uniform that can't be bought in national store chains and supermarkets.

@Needmorelego Ooops. Typo. LVMH. Surely you have heard of them? Might I suggest you are a bit fashion lite if you haven’t.

@TizerorFizz "LVMH" means nothing to me either?
Sorry....no clue 🤔
(I mean I could Google it....)