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08-18-2006, 08:26 PM
Hoodies, cargos aren't going back to school
Updated 8/17/2006 12:04 AM ET
By Rachel Breitman and Olivia Barker, USA TODAY
http://images.usatoday.com/life/_photos/2006/08/17/dresscode-millovich.jpg
Failing grade: Actress Milla Jovovich in leggings and a mini.
If skin-flashing styles were the scourge of schools a few years ago, more covered-up looks are the bane of today's dress codes.
Among the banned: teen staples such as hoodies and cargo pants, as well as that back-to-the-past trend, leggings. Once deemed too sexy, now student dress is seen as too casual.
"Three years ago, if we were having this conversation, it would be about the belly," says Mary Lou Andre, a Needham, Mass.-based fashion and image consultant whose clients include parents struggling with their children's back-to-school shopping lists. "Now it is more baggy, more layered, more '80s." And "when clothes get too lax, morale goes down."
Educators' attention has shifted from bra straps and bare midriffs to safety and security. Hoodie pouches and cargo pants pockets have proven handy hiding spots for school contraband — from the dangerous (weapons) to the distracting (cellphones and iPods) — so administrators are prohibiting them. "There is an interesting tape our sheriff showed us of all the kinds of things that can be hidden in the large pockets of cargo pants," says Harbor Creek (Pa.) School District superintendent David Smith.
more:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2006-08-16-dress-codes_x.htm
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Updated 8/17/2006 12:04 AM ET
By Rachel Breitman and Olivia Barker, USA TODAY
http://images.usatoday.com/life/_photos/2006/08/17/dresscode-millovich.jpg
Failing grade: Actress Milla Jovovich in leggings and a mini.
If skin-flashing styles were the scourge of schools a few years ago, more covered-up looks are the bane of today's dress codes.
Among the banned: teen staples such as hoodies and cargo pants, as well as that back-to-the-past trend, leggings. Once deemed too sexy, now student dress is seen as too casual.
"Three years ago, if we were having this conversation, it would be about the belly," says Mary Lou Andre, a Needham, Mass.-based fashion and image consultant whose clients include parents struggling with their children's back-to-school shopping lists. "Now it is more baggy, more layered, more '80s." And "when clothes get too lax, morale goes down."
Educators' attention has shifted from bra straps and bare midriffs to safety and security. Hoodie pouches and cargo pants pockets have proven handy hiding spots for school contraband — from the dangerous (weapons) to the distracting (cellphones and iPods) — so administrators are prohibiting them. "There is an interesting tape our sheriff showed us of all the kinds of things that can be hidden in the large pockets of cargo pants," says Harbor Creek (Pa.) School District superintendent David Smith.
more:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2006-08-16-dress-codes_x.htm
cheers!