https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-school-uniform-help-please Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 03 May 2026 01:45:36 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-school-uniform-help-please#post-996566 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:05:14 +0000 KikiG 996566@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In the late 1980s/early 1990s, it was quite fashionable for women's business suits to have a straight, almost pencil above knee length skirt, and a somewhat oversized, and long, shoulder-paded suit jacket, that was pretty fitted at the hips, and that extended to mid-thigh. That was the picture I got in my head when you described your uniform, and it was a fairly flattering look on most people who were not an extreme pear shape or terribly round. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-school-uniform-help-please#post-996470 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 18:04:56 +0000 rachylou 996470@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm. So basically the uniform is black blazer, black skirt, white shirt, blue and purple tie? I'm not sure you can avoid the penguin feeling entirely - but a straight, pencil or A-line skirt should work well with the oversized blazer. Altho mini's are out, I would think it would be ok to show knee and would do that.</p> <p>... could you wear a pleated skirt?</p> <p>I do actually like school uniforms. They look smart, looking from outside the fishbowl, and help you be part of society. I went to a hippy-dippy school without uniforms and that was good and all <i>then</i>, but somewhat crippling after leaving school. None of us had built up any tolerance for convention. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-school-uniform-help-please#post-996417 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 16:50:51 +0000 Anonymous 996417@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Can you wear black shorts? Maybe walking shorts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-school-uniform-help-please#post-996408 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 16:40:54 +0000 ironkurtin 996408@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Can you wear black tube skirts? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-school-uniform-help-please#post-996403 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 16:26:07 +0000 Emma 996403@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I need hep!</p> <p>Our school has changed the uniform, so now we have to wear oversized black blazers with a blue and purple tie.</p> <p>What type of skirt should I wear?!</p> <p>I bought a skater skirt from topshop, only to realise I look like a <b>PENGUIN. PENGUIN. PENGUIN.</b> ew.</p> <p>(I live in the UK so skirts must be black)</p> <p>My Mum is a little 'protective' so things like the typical Quiz mini skirt are a big <u>no-no</u>.&nbsp;</p> <p>Without 'standing out' too much, what else can I wear without venturing towards trousers? eek.</p> <p>(yay or nay; school uniform) </p>