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Anyone else have issue with this? Banning a kilt? http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/12/22/student.kilt.ap/index.html A petition in support of the student.. http://www.petitiononline.com/kilt05/

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...