Youth Groups Debate (My Rant)

[Aelia Jusa]

Originally posted by Melusine: quote: Originally posted by Kaltia: We wear school uniforms. Unfortunatly now you have to have *every* detail right, the shorter skirt, the right "in" lipgloss and clear nail varnish, the right amount of make-up (The "barely there" look) and the right perfume and accent. If you can't bring your Versache bag, then you can obssess about lips I guess

Yeah, I figured that would happen. I found the idea of school uniforms good in principle - dressing all school kids the same so that no one is ostracised because their parents cannot afford the right brands is great, but the problem is as you described - people will find something else the worry about fashionwise like make up or accessories.
[/QUOTE]Mel you trendsetter!

I actually found that this didn't really happen. We weren't allowed to wear makeup (overtly anyway) and I dunno, maybe we were just different but there just wasn't an obvious money/no money, brand name/no brand name divide in my school. I remember that it was pretty cool to have a Country Road bag (which actually weren't that expensive), but if you didn't have one, it didn't matter. Perhaps it was there and I was just oblivious to it. Mustn't have been very important then