I'm old, I was in high school in the 50's. We had no actual written dress codes. Pants, jeans, etc. wore not worn anywhere except weekends, home, outdoor activities, etc. Not even to the movies, except drive ins. No one ever questioned things, this was just how it was. You dressed up for church, and other social activities, including Sunday dinners to relatives or such.
Girls wore skirts below the knee because it was the style..Only problem with boys was wearing pants too low-they were called in to the office and made to wear belts. Boys wore flat tops, pegged pants, and jackets and ties to church and social activities. Girls wore short hair, even duck tails-also pony tails. We wore crenlines, cinch waist belts, bobby socks and saddle shoes. No one would even think of wearing anything too tight, or revealing. It made one look like a hussy (whatever that was).
Maybe it was different in cities, but we were small townies.
There were fad things like small neck scarves tied in square knots, white buck shoes, colored wool socks, and maybe a few other fads that were short lived and worn by the popular group.
The only thing adults complained about teenagers was music-Elvis, rock n roll-and smoking.
