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LOWELL -- Shilo Lewis just wanted to blend in with the crowd. She'd seen camouflage clothing in fashion magazines, on the streets of the city, even in Lowell High School. But a head-to-toe camouflage ensemble got the high-school junior sent home from school yesterday. “They took one look at me and said, ‘You have to get picked up,' “ Lewis said about school officials. Lewis, 16, was wearing a camouflage bandana holding her waist-length hair in a ponytail, a camouflage jacket over a camouflage T-shirt, and a pair of camouflage pants. Lowell High junior Shilo Lewis had to be picked...

WINONA, Minn. - Winona Senior High School has prohibited students from wearing a certain style of baggy pants because of safety concerns. Although the straps haven‘t caused any injuries at the school, Sampson said they could possibly hook students onto something or someone and would be especially dangerous around shop class equipment. Students said the new prohibition is aimed at groups who some label as "Goth" or "freak." They said teachers have been less stringent enforcing the dress code among students in other groups who wear skimpy blouses, T-shirts promoting alcohol or pants that show underwear.

You can't say that National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern does not enjoy a challenge. Players will have to observe a dress code beginning this season, he has announced. The idea is going over big with the players -- like flood insurance in the Sahara. The code, delivered in a short memo last week, boils down to this: No bling. "Bling," for those of you who are not fortunate enough to have a teenager in your home, is short for "bling bling," a hip-hop term for gaudy jewelry and other forms of showy, ostentatious style. In 2002, "bling bling" joined...

There's a new fad of students -- mostly girls -- wearing pajama bottoms to school, and so far administrators are not making a fuss about it. "Some days you don't want to get dressed up for school. Like when it's raining and cold. You just want to be cozy," said Ben Lomond High School junior Elvia Escalante, 16. School administrators in Ogden, Weber and Davis school districts say the pajamas have been modest and there hasn't been a problem. "There are worse things a kid could wear to school," said Ross Lunceford, principal of Hillcrest Elementary School in Ogden. "There's...

EXCERPTS: TATTOOS are not allowed to show Failure to comply with Image or Grooming Standards may result in discipline up to and including termination.

Facing a fatwa for wearing skirts. Expelled for wearing sleeveless tops. Dismissed for wearing a hijab - stuffy anecdotes from the prude annals? Hardly. This is the harsh reality that Indians are facing globally. The self-appointed Dress Police - mostly government outfits, have taken away your freedom to choose what you wear. The fatwa issued against Sania Mirza by a ‘religious scholar’ for wearing ‘revealing clothes’ comes days after Orissa’s controversial decision to enforce its “uniform dress code’’ in all colleges of the state. The rule has made Orissa the first state in the country to bar girls from wearing...

Caterina Bonci, a 38-year-old religion instructor described as a "leggy, long-haired blonde," has caused a major sensation, getting axed by the Catholic Church from her position in state-run schools. Bonci says authorities decided she was simply too attractive and dressed too sexy to teach about God after 14 years on the job. "They shouldn't treat me like this after 14 years of teaching," Bonci said. "It's pure nastiness."

There are many countries where instructions from no less than the prime minister for office workers to dress more casually would be gratefully seized upon. But not Japan.Efforts led by Junichiro Koizumi to loosen the ties, literally, of his country's famously conformist workforce in a bid to save energy have met with stoic defiance. Since early June, he has been exhorting his ministers, bureaucrats and the corporate world to discard their ties and jackets to make themselves cooler and so reduce electricity use from air conditioners in offices. That, in turn, will reduce global warming, he hopes. Mr Koizumi has...

July 5, 2005 Iranian Women's Dress Code Is Modest but Golf Friendly By NEIL MacFARQUHAR TEHRAN - The ban on women at Tehran's lone golf course proved superfluous for a couple of decades after the Islamic revolution owing to one simple fact: women found it basically impossible to swing a golf club while enveloped in yards of billowing cloth. But as the laws demanding modest dress eased in recent years to allow minimalist head scarves and body-hugging tunics, women have begun venturing onto the fairways now open to them. Don't imagine, however, that golf here exactly matches the game elsewhere...

LOS ANGELES -- Teachers are expected to bear long days, challenging students and demanding parents. Now, apparently, some teachers are baring too much of themselves. School boards and superintendents increasingly are pursuing dress codes for teachers. At issue is the same kind of questionable attire most often associated with students. In some districts, teachers can get dressed down for wearing skimpy tops, short skirts, flip flops, jeans, T-shirts, spandex or baseball caps. Spaghetti is fine in the cafeteria, but shirts supported by spaghetti straps are not welcome in the classroom. District 11 in Colorado Springs, Colo., for example, prohibits sexually...

Ban on Rebel flag items is overruled JUDGE SIDES WITH STUDENT IN W.VA. CASE By Brian Farkas ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A federal judge has ruled a high school dress code that banned items bearing the "Rebel flag" is overly broad and violates students' rights to free speech. But U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver Jr. warned students if they use the Confederate battle flag as a symbol to violate the rights of others, "the very ban struck down today might be entirely appropriate." Copenhaver's ruling came in a lawsuit filed by Hurricane (W.Va.) High School senior Franklin Bragg,...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – School officials are withholding a 17-year-old boy's diploma for wearing a bolo tie under his graduation gown. Thomas Benya said he prefers the string bolo ties over traditional knotted ties to reflect his American Indian heritage. But officials from Maurice J. McDonough High School in suburban Washington said they warned him beforehand that a bolo violated the dress code for the event, held Wednesday for about 250 students. said Katie O'Malley-Simpson, a spokeswoman for Charles County schools. "We have many opportunities throughout the year to express cultural heritage. But we don't do that at graduation." Benya...

Normally I wouldn't hype watching the 9th Circuit, but this panel includes one of favorite judges, Kozinski. It's a freedom of speech case, about a kid who wore a T-Shirt saying "Homosexuality is Shameful" to school, which is pretty unpopular speech in California.

Abercrombie and Fitch and its subsidiary Hollister have shown an unusual degree of anatagonism to the name of Christ and an unusual display of wickedness in their promotions.In protest, we will not allow articles of clothing displaying their logos to we worn, carried or displayed. (even if covered or masked in some way)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A federal judge has ruled a high school dress code that banned items bearing the "Rebel flag" is overly broad and violates students' rights to free speech. But U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver Jr. warned students if they use the Confederate battle flag as a symbol to violate the rights of others, "the very ban struck down today might be entirely appropriate." Copenhaver's ruling came in a lawsuit filed by Hurricane (W.Va.) High School senior Franklin Bragg, who was ordered to serve two in-house detentions last November for wearing the T-shirt with the flag's image. The...

As the weather warms up across the Antelope Valley and the end of school looms, high school officials are seeing first hand if the district-wide dress code created one year ago can stand the summer heat. The policy aims to keep students from wearing sagging or baggy pants, bare midriffs, flip-flops, short skirts, backward hats, body piercings that could be safety hazards, and anything deemed "gang apparel." Footwear has been the biggest grievance so far, according to students, teachers, and administrators from several campuses. The dress code says: "All students are required to wear appropriate footwear for school. Flip-flops, show...

A teenager was back in class Friday after receiving a one-day suspension for wearing a T-shirt with slogans including "freedom of expression" and "don't drink and drive" that school administrators considered disruptive. Hanna Smith, 18, a junior at Tift County High School, said principal Mike Duck told her that if she wore the shirt again she would be suspended for the remainder of the year. The principal was arrested six years ago for DUI and running a stop sign, the Tifton Gazette said Friday in a story on Smith's suspension. Duck made a public apology for the DUI and was...

The father of a Petaluma teenager appealed to school officials Tuesday night, asking them to permit his son to wear his Marine Corps uniform when he joins his classmates for next month's high school graduation ceremony. "It's been his dream to become a Marine since I can remember," said James Kiernan, explaining that his son had finished his high school studies early so he could begin military training. "I ask you to allow my son to not only bring honor to himself but also his fellow classmates and his school." But the Petaluma City School District board chose not to...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan — The base commanding officer recently published a letter to clarify dress code regulations — and consequences for not following them — for all base residents. But base officials don’t hesitate to point out that the letter’s real target is civilians. Col. Michael Dyer’s policy letter states that disregard of the dress code can result in denial of access to base facilities, according to base spokesman Maj. Stewart Upton. “The policy has never really been a problem for Marines,” said Iwakuni Command Sgt. Maj. David Allison. “The only problems that we face are from...

SAN DIEGO — Steven Kiernan, 17, has two dreams: One is to become a Marine, and the other is to wear his Marine dress-blue uniform to his high school graduation. Kiernan is close to achieving the first. He has finished all but the final days of the grueling 12-week boot camp in San Diego. But his goal of wearing his uniform to Petaluma High School's graduation on June 11 appears thwarted. The principal of the Northern California school notified Kiernan's parents that school rules require that all graduates wear the traditional cap and gown. Jim Kiernan, Steven's father, plans to...

Last week, Petaluma High School senior Steven Kiernan completed the Crucible at Camp Pendleton, the 54-hour ultimate physical test that shapes Marine recruits. That was that last main hurdle for the 17-year-old who accelerated his high school education and attended boot camp to fulfill his dream of graduating with his high school class dressed in his Marine dress uniform. But if Kiernan wants to walk and receive his diploma at the June 11 commencement, he'll have to wear a cap and gown, just like everyone else, Principal Mike Simpson said Friday. "It's unfortunate this wasn't addressed before Steven left for...

Sagging pants, thongs, and "do-rags" are among the banned items on the new Louisiana Boardwalk's Code of Conduct and Dress, Bossier City Police Chief Mike Halphen announced Friday. Flanked by dozens of law enforcement officers, Halphen held a news conference at the Boardwalk to announce the policy which he says is aimed at maintaining the Boardwalk as a "family atmosphere." "There's not going to be any sagging pants, there's not going to be any 'do-rags', there's not going to be any cat-calling and there's not gonna be any cursing," Halphen said. "If ladies have their thongs showing, they're going to...

Two Mesquite teens were turned away from their senior prom last weekend, told by school officials that their dresses were too revealing. Natarra Allen and Brittni Brown say they are devastated because they had to miss the once-in-a-lifetime event. Mesquite school officials say they made it very clear what types of dresses are considered inappropriate. Horn High School even gave a PowerPoint presentation with examples

School Suspends Boy for Wearing Prom Dress - Wednesday, May 11, 2005 (05-11) 19:56 PDT Lake Geneva, Wis. (AP) -- A high school senior who thought it would be funny to wear a dress to his prom was ticketed $249 for disorderly conduct, suspended for three days and banned from his last track meet.

LAKE GENEVA, Wis. — A high school senior who thought it would be funny to wear a dress to his prom was ticketed $249 for disorderly conduct, suspended for three days and banned from his last track meet. School district administrator Jim Gottinger said the discipline was for more than just the dress, noting Kerry Lofy (search), 18, was dancing in a sexually provocative manner at the prom, according to a police report. Lofy doubts that was the real reason he was disciplined Monday. "The whole night was that kind of dancing. They can't single me out and say, 'Oh...

MODESTO, Calif. -- Midriff-baring shirts, low-rise pants, pajamas and slippers will all be off limits this fall for thousands of student in Modesto. So, what will students wear? Several students that KCRA-TV in Sacramento talked with said they don't know what they will wear when the new dress code rules go into effect because almost everything in their closet does not comply with the dress code. Violating the dress code can draw a suspension. "I think it is ridiculous. Everywhere you shop, there is nothing to get," said student Ashley Taylor. Student Alexis Thompson said the new school rules will...

(CNSNews.com) - A junior at Fillmore Central High School near Buffalo, N.Y., has filed a federal lawsuit against his school district for ordering him to remove his pro-life T-shirt in violation of his free-speech rights. The Thomas More Law Center, a Michigan-based public interest law firm, and the American Catholic Lawyers Association are representing the student, Kevin Dibble, who was told by the school principal that the message on his T-shirt was offensive and therefore prohibited. The T-shirt read, "Abortion is Homicide. You will not silence my message. You will not mock my God. You will stop killing my generation....

Wednesday May 11, 2005 LAKE GENEVA, Wis. (AP) Kerry Lofy had no qualms about wearing a black, spaghetti-strap dress to his high school prom he thought it would be funny.Turns out, his school didn't.The 18-year-old senior was ticketed $249 for disorderly conduct, suspended from school for three days and told he must miss his last track meet.``Things got a little crazy,'' Lofy said.School district administrator Jim Gottinger said the discipline was for more than just the dress.According to a police report, a school police liaison officer saw Lofy dancing in a sexually provocative manner, including lying on another student on...

Boy suspended from school for wearing makeup and lipstick By Irma Lemus, Staff Writer SAN BERNARDINO - In what is shaping as a battle between conformity and self-expression, Pacific High School has suspended a ninth-grade boy for wearing lipstick and eye makeup. Officials are calling it a violation of school policy, which they seemed unable to find in writing... James Herndon, 16, repeating his second year at the school, and his mother, Valerie Wallace, say James has been wearing black lipstick and red eye makeup the entire time he has been enrolled at Pacific. He also wears his hair in...

Wiccan boy booted for wearing lipstick Student claiming discrimination, violation of free-expression right Posted: April 14, 20052:53 p.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com James Herndon, a practicing Wiccan, plans to return to class with makeup, (photo: San Bernadino Sun) A California high-school student who practices Wiccan beliefs says his rights have been violated after being suspended this week for wearing lipstick and makeup. "If I can't wear makeup, then the girls or the staff can't wear makeup either," 16-year-old James Herndon told the San Bernadino Sun, believing his constitutional right to free expression is being violated. He says the cosmetics help him express...

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -- A ninth-grade student has accused officials at a Southern California high school of discrimination for suspending him for wearing lipstick and eye makeup. James Herndon, 16, said the five-day suspension imposed Monday by administrators at San Bernardino's Pacific High School was unfair because females are allowed to wear cosmetics on campus. "If I can't wear makeup," he said, "then the girls or the staff can't wear makeup." Herndon says his black lipstick and red eye makeup express the Wiccan religious beliefs he shares with his mother, a priestess in the neo-pagan faith. The suspension violates his...

Mont Pleasant Middle School in Schenectady, New York, is today’s liberal lunatic of the day, the first institution to receive the title.  Mont Pleasant qualified when school officials violated the constitutional rights of one of its students, twelve-year-old Raven Furbert. Raven Furbert was a typical student before she received a string-it-yourself bead kit for Christmas.  Her uncle, J.D. Barnes, a Police Officeir of 10 years, is serving in Iraq.  So she made a red, white and blue beaded necklace to express her patriotism and her support for the troops.  One Tuesday, In January, she wore the necklace to Mont...

SCOTS students have been banned from wearing the kilt to graduations at Cambridge University. Instead, men must wear the traditional English formal dress of a morning suit and white bow tie. The authorities at Cambridge have allowed undergraduates to wear national dress to ceremonies for decades. But now Scots have been told they can no longer wear kilts under their academic gowns. The move was sparked by the university proctors, officials who are responsible for student discipline. They claimed graduation ceremonies were being ruined by students wearing flamboyant national dress and insisted that an ancient dress code barring them should...

Judge found that the policy was “overly broad” and should not have prohibited Marine Corps creed. Fort Wayne Community Schools officials violated an Elmhurst High School student’s free-speech rights when they suspended him for wearing a T-shirt bearing the likeness of an M-16 rifle and the text of the Marine Corps creed, a federal court ruled Friday. The district suspended Nelson Griggs in March 2003 for violating a provision of the school dress code that prohibits students from wearing clothing depicting “symbols of violence.” Griggs, now a 17-year-old junior at Elmhurst, and his father, David, sued the school system in...

NEW YORK – They've been part of the American "uniform" for years, worn to casual restaurants, house parties, and some workplaces. But as jeans become more expensive, they are also becoming more ubiquitous, showing up everywhere from Midwestern churches to Broadway shows. Nothing is off limits, it seems. Or is it? Among those who buy high-priced, designer denim or who simply don jeans frequently - there's debate about where it's appropriate to wear them. The tug of war over jeans etiquette is particularly prevalent in New York City. Here, people tend to be more creative about their appearance, and are...

GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. - County school officials are backing a principal's decision to bar a picture of a lesbian student dressed in a tuxedo from the high school yearbook. Sam Ward, principal of Fleming Island High School, said he pulled the senior class picture because Kelli Davis was wearing boy's clothes. His decision was debated Thursday at a Clay County school board meeting that drew 200 people, but the board took no action, and Superintendent David Owens said the decision will stand. Most of the 24 people who spoke at the meeting supported Kelli Davis. "This is not to...

GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. -- After a spirited discussion over a photo of a girl wearing a tuxedo at Thursday's Clay County School Board meeting, the principal's decision to ban the picture from the Fleming Island High School yearbook stands. The banned photo of Kelli Davis. Kelli Davis, 18, had her senior class photo taken in a tuxedo top and bow-tie outfit provided for boys rather than the gown-like drape and pearls provided for girls. The school's principal decided it could not appear in the yearbook because she didn't follow the dress code. Kelli, a straight-A student with no discipline...

This is a copy of the reply I have recieved from the President of the Board of education of the school district that banned red, white and Blue beads that a young girl wore for her uncle in Iraq. Dear Mr. Marko: You are quite wrong. There are gangs in our community but not our schools, because we take a hard line on anything that remotely resembles gang activity. We have removed beads from a number of students, without regard to color. In fact, expressions of partriotism and support for our troops is not only permitted but encouraged. At Mt....

Colorful beads lead to court Student claims Schenectady school district cannot ban her red, white and blue necklace   By MICHELE MORGAN BOLTON, Staff writer First published: Thursday, February 17, 2005 ALBANY -- A Mont Pleasant middle school student is taking her freedom-of-expression fight to federal court, claiming Schenectady school officials have no right to ban her from wearing a handmade red, white and blue necklace to class. The beads, which Raven Furbert got as a string-it-yourself Christmas gift, symbolize love of country and respect for soldiers serving in Iraq, according to the lawsuit her mother, Katie Grzywna, filed...

ALBANY -- A Mont Pleasant middle school student is taking her freedom-of-expression fight to federal court, claiming Schenectady school officials have no right to ban her from wearing a handmade red, white and blue necklace to class. The beads, which Raven Furbert got as a string-it-yourself Christmas gift, symbolize love of country and respect for soldiers serving in Iraq, according to the lawsuit her mother, Katie Grzywna, filed in U.S. District Court in Albany. Among those soldiers is her uncle, J. Barnes, who is a member of the Army National Guard's 42nd Rainbow Division, and three other relatives. Barnes shipped...

My daughter orders some baby clothes from this company in Florida. Although she did NOT order the t-shirt in question, she received the following email: From: "Johnnie Boden" To: Subject: Apology Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 16:32:15 -0000 Dear Customer I am writing to apologise. We feature a T shirt in our new Mini Boden catalogue with an image of a toy gun (Sheriff T Shirt). Many of you have contacted us about this. I don't want you to think we are an irresponsible organisation. I founded this company to create clothing ranges that captured a spirit of fun, honesty,...

Father: Teacher duct taped student’s sagging pants The Associated Press DUNLAP, Ind. — The father of a seventh-grader claims an assistant principal came up with a bizarre way to keep his son’s pants from sagging in school: duct tape. Scott Allison told the Concord School Board earlier this month that his 12-year-old son, Spencer, was ordered by a teacher to lift his shirt after she noticed the boy’s underwear was showing above his pants, a violation of Concord Junior High School’s dress code. She sent him to Assistant Principal Patricia Walters, who told Spencer to pull up his pants and...

SHEPHERDSVILLE - A mother has pulled her son out of Bullitt Central High School after protesting what she calls an unfair application of the school's dress code. Lisa Whiteside began pro-testing outside Bullitt Central last week after learning that two Muslim students who had enrolled after winter break had been allowed to wear a hijab, a traditional head scarf that covers the hair and neck. Whiteside said her son, a senior, was given in-school suspension for wearing a white button-down shirt. School board attorney Eric Farris said that school records indicated that the student wasn't disciplined, but he received a...

SOUTH HADLEY - The new dress code at Michael E. Smith Middle School that seeks to limit the amount of skin pupils may bare in class had its genesis last year after some female students fell out of their tops. "We had girls fall out of their shirts in the sixth grade," principal Melodie L. Goodwin said during a recent interview at the school about the code, which takes effect March 21. Some male teachers expressed concern about the amount of flesh being displayed, and Goodwin started gathering input to develop a new dress code "They were a little uncomfortable...

This post will be unusually long. That's because I've decided to use my bandwith today to combat a government agency's self-serving--and dangerous--spin campaign. The great thing about the blogosphere is that I can give over as much space as necessary to others who don't have a voice. And nobody at the Transportation Security Administration, at the Federal Air Marshals Service, or in the White House can stop me. Last week, I wrote a column on the idiotic dress code policy instituted by Thomas Quinn, head of the Federal Air Marshals Service. Quinn promptly dispatched his flack, David M. Adams, to...

CAIR-OH: Suit Over School Ban on 'Islam is a Lie' T-Shirt Source: Columbus Dispatch Click here to view full text ... James Nixon's fashion statement did not go unnoticed on Sept. 1 as he stood at his locker at Sheridan Middle School in Perry County. The front of the seventh-grader's black T-shirt proclaimed in white block letters: "INTOLERANT: Jesus said . . . I am the way, the truth and the life. John 14:6." The back of the T-shirt read: "Homosexuality is a sin, Islam is a lie, abortion is murder. Some issues are just black and white!" Spotted by...

Can you imagine if an al Qaeda bureaucrat had ordered the 19 Sept. 11 terrorists to wear "I heart Osama" T-shirts when they embarked on their murderous flights? No idiot would send his men on a covert mission wearing clothes that would so blatantly give them away, right? Wrong. Meet Federal Air Marshal Service Director Thomas Quinn. The man in charge of our in-flight cops, who are supposed to be spying secretly on would-be terrorist hijackers, refuses to allow his employees to dress undercover. Quinn insists that air marshals abide by military-style grooming standards and a rigid business dress policy...

(AP) It's the latest trend in fall fashion: Workers and students who dress down or show too much skin are being told to button up. Tired of staff members who they see as pushing the limits of professionalism and good taste, a growing number of employers are issuing lengthy dress codes, some with photos to illustrate the do's and don'ts. More schools also are getting stricter about student attire. M.J. Dean, who's starting his senior year Thursday at the private Cape Cod Academy in Osterville, Mass., discovered new rules at his school when he received the updated student handbook this...

SANTEE, Calif. -- Speeding is blamed for a car crash that killed an 18-year-old woman Monday, 10News reported. The California Highway Patrol said Jessica Turner lost control of her red Ford Thunderbird just before 9:30 a.m. on state Route 67 at Woodside Avenue in Santee. The car rolled and Turner was ejected. No one else was in the car. Investigators said Turner was driving between 85 and 90 miles per hour. She was on her way home from school. "Our information is she was sent home for inappropriate dress and was on her way home," CHP officer Brain Pennings said....

WASHINGTON, July 15 — Beards are out. So are jeans and athletic shoes. Suit coats are in, even on the steamiest summer days. That dress code, imposed by the Department of Homeland Security, makes federal air marshals uneasy — and not just because casual clothes are more comfortable in cramped airline seats. The marshals fear that their appearance makes it easier for terrorists to identify them, according to a professional group representing more than 1,300 air marshals. "If a 12-year-old can pick them out, a trained terrorist has no problem picking them out," said John D. Amat, a spokesman...