... movie "flashdance". This movie showed both young and old people in tank tops, tight-fitting pants or torn jeans and leg-warmers. As for pop stars, Madonna influenced others with her provocative appearance. She wore pearls, crucifixes, lace gloves, bras over her clothes and net skirts. Other pop stars who influenced styles were George Michael with his leather jacket and ... Clothing manufacturers began catering more for the younger teenage market in the eighties. Girl's styles tended to follow women's fashion and included smart, as well as casual wear. Furthermore, children's clothes beca...

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... uniforms, in my opinion, are a good idea. They are very professional looking; they are cheaper than buying clothes twice a month, and they show school spirit. This also means we don't have to worry much about ... lasting effect. On my first day of high school in the late 90's, I was surprised by what I thought were the most bizarre clothes. Students worn torn clothes and baggy pants, and had dyed hair. Dressing outside of what is expected can be a distraction that works against a goal a person ... is trying to accomplish. Different outfits would be worn when someone go for a job intervie...

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... financial backgrounds attending the same school students may be under pressure, and possibly ridiculed because of failure to conform to the latest fashion trends. Everybody wearing the same styles of clothes might eliminate that. In response to growing levels of violence in our schools, many parents, teachers, and school officials have come to see school uniforms as one positive way to ... school safety and discipline. California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New York, Tennessee, Utah and Virginia have already enacted school uniform regulations. Even though social and...

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... to wear blue trousers and penny loafers to play ball on the weekend? Parents are still going to have to fork out money for regular clothes. Also, what happens when an article of the uniform gets ripped, torn, or stained? There goes a bunch more money for replacements. In a recent pole taken in New York of 1,000 parents who had to wear school ... ...

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