School holds special meeting to OK students wearing skinny jeans

The oh-so-fashionable jeans were banned at one point, but parents complained they were having trouble finding jeans that weren't skinny. The board acquiesced after deciding such jeans could still be appropriate. "We're trying to take the suggestive clothing out," says one board member. "There's skinny jeans and there's skinny jeans."
> School adopts uniform policy that allows skinny jeans (Mcall.com)

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[Phranqlin]

No skinny jeans!

And you kids get off my lawn!

[twerp]

I'd rather deal with skinny jeans than saggy jeans...but that's just me.

[Sheila]

Not only Twerp, add me to the same list. What do hefty kids wear? Isn't "husky-sized skinny jeans" oxymoronic?

[KDP]

"The policy bans leggings, jeggings (leggings made to look like jeans), tights and spandex unless they're worn under shorts, dresses or skirts that reach the knee. Pants may not expose underwear or bare skin, and any piece of clothing with holes, cuts or tears is not allowed."

My sister, who went to high school when they dressed like that, notes that the only people dressed like that today would be refugees from an '80's high school movie.

[Rock Marine]

Sheila, I'm beginning to think that 90% of all human ideas are oxymoronic! Especially politicians!

[oldewave]

hmmmm.... the no holes thing could be construed as prejudicial against poor kids. though my folks were not poor and i always wore ripped up jeans--big bells, anyone? yeah, i'm old.

[kevy]

Oldwave, and patches of many patterns on them. I'm old too.

[Big Kahuna]

I'm gonna guess the district people coming up with this stuff should seek some mental health care immediately.

That's a lot of bans on specific clothing.

I was sent home three times to change clothes 30 years ago because I had on:

--red trousers (jeans)
--a black vest
--boots (dressy leather boots with short heels)

I thought we'd be over this control issue stuff by now. I guess cultural change occurs over millennia, not generations....

[John]

KDP - no, really, the kids think that's "cool" and "retro" now. Like every other "retro" movement they're mostly resurrecting things that should have died a neon spandex death long ago.

[twerp]

Speaking of jeggings...saw a commercial the other day for "pajama jeans." I had seen the commercial before in my pre-pregnancy state and laughed it off like "Who the hell in their right mind would buy that?"

Well, now that my belly is pooching out and I know how horrible maternity jeans are (not to mention EXPENSIVE), those pajama jeans sure look appealing.

[Displaced]

@Twerp. Have you seen the kids sagging their skinny jeans? I've seen skater kids do that and wonder how they deal with the discomfort.

[TheTruth]

Jeans now too skin tight? lol
didn't jeans use to be too baggy?

what next

[twerp]

Sagging skinny jeans? I haven't personally witnessed that yet but when or if I do, I swear, I've seen everything.

However, this might count as sagging skinny jeans though and it didn't occur to me at the time:

My 4-yr-old is super skinny and I once bought him a toddler version of skinny jeans thinking that they'd fit him better than regular toddler jeans. Well, the damn things were still super baggy in the waist and butt area--fit him fine in the legs though. I do think it's difficult to call anything in a toddler size "sagging" though.