https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:01:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know/page/2#post-2099178 Sat, 15 Feb 2020 03:02:59 +0000 barbaraq 2099178@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My Seattle Forest Ridge Convent school uniform was - guess - Forest Green wool, heavy as a horse blanket. &nbsp;White blouse with a Peter Pan collar. &nbsp;Could not remove our jackets no matter how hot the temperature. &nbsp;I still, after 60 years, cannot abide the color for my own personal clothing. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know/page/2#post-2098955 Fri, 14 Feb 2020 04:03:21 +0000 L'Abeille 2098955@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No uniform stories of my own, but I must share a story about my eldest daughter. She attended Catholic school and was the first in our family to wear a uniform. (White blouse, blue pinny, striped tie and blazer.) One day she said "Mommy, if I bring 50¢ to school on Friday I'm allowed to wear fizzies." (She meant civvies.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know/page/2#post-2098939 Fri, 14 Feb 2020 02:01:32 +0000 Sal 2098939@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is very similar to the high schools around here now.&nbsp; Most have a blazer, plaid skirt, white blouse and tie.&nbsp; Colours vary but very similar.</p> <p>My son wears a grey shirt and shorts and roman sandals with a maroon jumper.&nbsp; In their last year they mostly wear a blazer, white shirt, tie and long trousers and black shiny shoes.&nbsp; Their hair has to be off the collar, natural colour etc..... It keeps things nice and simple to be honest.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know/page/2#post-2098931 Fri, 14 Feb 2020 00:53:51 +0000 Cee 2098931@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My school uniform was as follows:</p> <p>Medium charcoal grey V-neck jumper<br />Light grey short or long sleeve oxford style shirt ( worn with a blue and red striped tie in the winter term ) or you could wear a light grey or white turtleneck skivvy instead<br />Girls - Blue, red and white tartan skirt or navy slacks<br />Boys - Charcoal grey slacks or shorts<br />Black leather shoes.</p> <p>...So I guess it wasn't too disgusting.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know/page/2#post-2098880 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 15:24:49 +0000 Christina F. 2098880@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>Hahaha, I too have my bad memories of what the nuns made me wear. You had it better, though - my main uniform was a maroon plaid. Like so:</div><div><a rel="nofollow" href="https://schooluniforms.com/products/girls-high-neck-pleated-plaid-jumper-style-94-plaid-54">https://schooluniforms.com/pro.....4-plaid-54</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Then, when I went to catholic HS, I had a choice of maroon plaid again or plain grey. I preferred the latter but the former still fit so it stayed in rotation. UGH. I could also wear khakis, which I hated and still do hate on me, so really, I couldn't win. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I also hated tucking my tops in until very recently, because of these years.<br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know/page/2#post-2098873 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 14:26:32 +0000 Helena 2098873@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suntiger,that is a good point which I'd never thought of. </p> <p>I will never forget a chemistry teacher for some god-awful reason deciding to demonstrate a principle by choosing the biggest and smallest girl in the class to act as the two extremes of size ... even as an idiotic 16-year-old I knew this was torturous in particular for the 'big' girl, incidentally a very popular, well-liked and sporty girl, so her vulnerability in that moment was a good wake-up call for me (she was very tall as well as larger in body frame) and I still can't imagine what possessed this teacher. It never occurred to me that all of us wearing the same thing might have emphasized her different body type even more.</p> <p>Thank you for sharing your perspective! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know/page/2#post-2098862 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 13:42:23 +0000 Anonymous 2098862@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I did not have to wear a school uniform thankfully, just work uniforms (briefly...). </p> <p>While they may eliminate the appearance of socio economic differences, the physical differences become much more apparent. Everyone else looks more the same, but if you are the tallest, heaviest, only person of your ethnicity, person with a wheelchair, oldest, etc the spotlight is on You- All The Time. With a uniform you are valued for your conformity, but when you cannot conform- no one knows you have other value. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know#post-2098861 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 13:41:52 +0000 RobinF 2098861@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha you were so cute! I was jealous of my friends who went to Catholic school and got to wear uniforms (saddle shoes!) - maybe that was one reason I had my kids go to Catholic schools! I loved that they wore uniforms - so easy and wore like iron. My daughter once spilled milk on her skirt and it rolled right off. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know#post-2098842 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 09:36:20 +0000 Bijou 2098842@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My bottle green uniform was WAY worse. It was definitely designed to make us all look ill in the shapeless sack pinafore and matching blazer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know#post-2098823 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 02:51:14 +0000 Jaime 2098823@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fabric looks stiff and rough but you look adorable and the color is good. No uniform past nor present for me.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know#post-2098793 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 22:50:15 +0000 Cee 2098793@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh...and let's thrown in purple with white piping in as well ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know#post-2098791 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 22:49:39 +0000 smittie 2098791@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Priceless!<br /> I never had a school uniform but wish I’d had one. They look so smart! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know#post-2098790 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 22:44:54 +0000 Cee 2098790@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've seen worse... Much, much worse...</p> <p>How does bright lime green and white plaid patterned dresses, mission brown V-neck jumpers, mission brown slacks or skirt with a canary yellow blouse or turtleneck skivvy underneath grab you ? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know#post-2098789 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 22:34:57 +0000 Bennett 2098789@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Might be terrible fabric, but such a NICE shade of blue! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know#post-2098787 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 22:28:07 +0000 Style Fan 2098787@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look so adorable.&nbsp; Uniforms are great.&nbsp; They make getting dressed in the morning easy.&nbsp; I like Carla's too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know#post-2098784 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 21:36:48 +0000 Carla 2098784@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beaux Batons blue (from ‘Harry Potter’)!</p> <p>Mine was&nbsp;Black Watch pinafore (‘70’s). You could wear any colour t-shirt or turtleneck that could be bought through the uniform store. &nbsp;I had pale blue, pale green, pale yellow, navy, dark green, and white. &nbsp;A white long sleeve turtleneck was ‘the uniform’ for church and special occasions. No tights! &nbsp;Navy blue knee socks. &nbsp;My brothers wore grey flannel trousers and BW blazers. &nbsp;T-shirts or turtlenecks (no ties.)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know#post-2098775 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 20:33:47 +0000 Helena 2098775@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Everyone, you are too kind!</p> <p>Suntiger, that is interesting. I guess my thinking was somewhat socioeconomic, as my primary school had a huge divide that could no longer be spotted once we were all in the same kilt and shoes. I would love to hear more about your perspective if you wanted to share. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know#post-2098774 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 20:23:40 +0000 rachylou 2098774@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That’s quite fancy, with the edging... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know#post-2098773 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 20:18:04 +0000 Cardiff girl 2098773@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is actually a really nice uniform by uk standards,l had to wear bottle green and bright yellow,puts it into perspective doesn’t it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know#post-2098769 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 19:54:47 +0000 Kate 2098769@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You were adorable, and I love that color blue. However, I do understand the horrors of having to wear cheesy fabric. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know#post-2098760 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:59:12 +0000 Helena 2098760@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sydney, no way!! Were you a 90s grad like me,or different decade? I was just telling my kids about the Dip N Sip the other day </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know#post-2098758 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:45:16 +0000 Sydney 2098758@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I went to the same school!</p> <p>I actually liked the colours, although I agree that the fabric of the blazer was weird. A lot of my elementary friends went to a school with green plaid kilts. I thought those were awful. </p> <p>I loved wearing a uniform to school. So easy in the morning. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know#post-2098754 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:20:55 +0000 Murph11 2098754@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ADORABLE! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know#post-2098725 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 16:57:26 +0000 Anonymous 2098725@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha- at least you wear blue well! Why is it that 90+% of uniforms are blue of some sort?<br /> I definitely don't think uniforms are equalizing. When you're "different" you look that much more different in a uniform- voice of experience. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know#post-2098721 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 16:23:10 +0000 slim cat 2098721@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maybe cheap fabric and buttons but very cute. I wish I was wearing that nice blue color in my school. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know#post-2098717 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:49:56 +0000 Anne 2098717@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hey, points to your school for going with a color OTHER than navy blue!</p> <p>In grade school we shared a bus with an all-girls Catholic high school. I LOVED their uniforms (white oxford button downs, plaid skirts and optional navy blue sweaters) and loved seeing how they individualized their looks. I thought these girls were just the epitome of cool.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know#post-2098712 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:38:11 +0000 Suz 2098712@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I actually think it's a great colour! (Well, I would, wouldn't I?) And you look super cute! But I get it. Enough if enough. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know#post-2098711 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:38:01 +0000 Marilyn 2098711@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL&nbsp; Love this, Helena!&nbsp; I had a retainer in grade 9 too.&nbsp; Oh, the horror! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know#post-2098709 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:32:21 +0000 taylor 2098709@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Adorable! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-this-blazer-didnt-kill-light-blue-for-me-ill-never-know#post-2098708 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:30:43 +0000 Lesley 2098708@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this! Catholic school survivors unite! </p>