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Cecelia Steenburgh

Mrs. Youngheim

English 9

21 December 2017

I believe in Fashion Freedom

I believe that the "You shouldn't wear white after Labor Day" rule/myth should be forgotten. I believe this because I think that the law is stupid. Apparently, the law was created just because. There is no damn reasoning behind this law.

And it's not even a real law. It is a suggestion made by snobby rich people to women in the 50's. Magazines published in the 50's and still today, put out little tips to "help women or feminine people dress better". Sometimes the tips help your self-confidence if you're already doing them. But they usually have the opposite effect if the tip is to aid something you can't help or most often the tip is to change something you like about yourself.

Fashion laws just in general should be forgotten.

Thicc girls should be able to wear stripes. You shouldn't have to always wear a bra. Dresses can and should be worn whenever a person wants to. Bellies should be proudly shown by anyone who wants to. Not just stick thin cisgendered girls.

Weight and shape do not limit what you wear. You choose what you wear. Well unless you go to a school or work somewhere that has a uniform. Then you should probably wear what your boss or principal tells you to wear. You might be fired or worse expelled for going against a uniform dress code.

AND ANOTHER THING!! I ALSO believe that dress codes should be crossed out from student handbooks. Dress codes are simply the stupidest thing. They use vague words like modest or even worse "to be assessed by a teacher". When I see those words my blood boils. That teacher does not know my definition of modest. I know my definition. I would hope they could trust students enough that there wouldn't have to be a dress code. I hope they know that students will not show up to school wearing lingerie. We are there to learn not to be gawked at. No girl or boy goes to school wanting their body to be assessed in every way. Schools should try to help their students express themselves.

Most teenagers, unfortunately, hate their bodies and try to hide who they are. But if they don't, why don't schools celebrate that and let students use fashion to express the values that they hold? Why don't schools let children show what they believe through fashion?!