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In light of a swathe of revelations and school abuse scandals, most recently that of Highgate Wood school in north London, it’s strange that the tradition of the adult school disco continues. The Green Transition Weekly analysis of the shift to a new economy from the New Statesman's Spotlight on Policy team. You can layer your kid's own collared shirt underneath, making it great for dressing up in any weather.

Slip your kiddo's hair into pigtails or braids and your child will be able to dress up as a variety of characters from movies and even their favorite books. A Sunday morning in a no-name hamlet inside the bush: girls on the window of “makaranta” (a learning center for children in Northern Nigeria), waiting for the teacher before starting a class. American Apparel has, naturally, come under fire for its sexist advertising for some time now, and while, like many feminists I cheered its advocacy of the full bush, many of the ways in which the company chooses to depict women unnerves me, not least because the schoolgirl trope is something that I bought into myself. A time of dolly birds and magician’s assistants, when the age of consent didn’t seem to bother anyone, and rock stars slept with fourteen year olds. young beautiful teenage girl sitting in a cozy lounge at home with her mother, spending time together, having a chat, and surfing the net.For instance, our Made By Us child school girl costume features a long plaid jumper with pleats on the front. Your first assignment is to dress accordingly”, the American Apparel lookbook informs us, sounding very much like the kinky headteacher from a Black Lace novel.

But in our area now it's the exact opposite - every schoolgirl is wearing a mid-calf stitch-down pleat skirt, pulled low on their hips. It’s something that very much seems to belong in another place and time, a time that was home to this permissive, 1970s morality we are hearing so much about in the fallout from Operation Yewtree. I always wanted to tell the girls in my form that the rolled up bit of skirt around their waist looked rather stupid bulging out in the way that it did! We and our trusted partners use technology such as cookies on our site to personalize content and ads, provide social media features, and analyze our traffic. That these men should find our school uniforms arousing was accepted at face value, although I’m sure the school uniforms they imagined were a far cry from the reality (marigold yellow polo shirt, polyester sweatshirt, kickers).

As thirteen year olds, my friends and I would go into internet chatrooms and talk to “boys”, boys who I’m convinced were pretty much all actually dirty old men. Those who want to dress up in schoolgirl costumes can channel Serena and Blair in Gossip Girl, a character from Vampire's Academy, and let's not forget the endless list of Anime characters such as the Sailor Moon scouts. Not consciously, I should add, but we’d been warned enough about talking to strangers to know that our corruptible innocence was tempting to some. Britney Spears notwithstanding, the fetishisation of a girl’s school uniform is a peculiarly British phenomenon (though Japan, where school uniforms are also the norm, also has much to answer for). If the bottom of your belt is below your belly button then its not short enough seem to be the rule.

I hate the idea that, in sexualising the school uniform, I may have contributed to this kind of culture, a culture I began to understand in my early teens. Regardless of the era in which it was made, it’s hard to view the song’s lyrics as anything other than flesh-crawlingly creepy, and not just because it was covered by the Grateful Dead and the thought of Jerry Garcia dressed incognito as a schoolboy truly is the stuff of nightmares. Growing up, we listened to a lot of blues and rock and roll in our house, but there was always one particular song that my mother always told me that she hated. Short skirts, funky tights, and extravagant shoes flourished, and stylish kids weren’t afraid to show a bit of skin. From sassy teens like Cher from Clueless to the sweet and powerful Matilda, there's always a reason to break out the plaid on Halloween and at themed parties!Those who believe the “sexy schoolgirl” to be nothing more than a bit of fun should consider the knock-on effect this sexualisation has on real-life schoolgirls, who are routinely harassed on their way to and from school.