French Schoolgirls Don Miniskirts In Dress Code Revolt

French youth across the country are rebelling against various new school dress codes that ban low-slung trousers, short garments and piercings, and even holes in trousers and garments above the knee.

At Lycee Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire in Essonne, south of Paris, 300 of the 2,100 students came to school wearing short shorts or mini-skirts. And at Lycee Condorcet d'Arcachon in Gironde, 200 students protested in the streets. One student said, "We're at school, we don't want to feel like we are in a prison," according to the Independent UK.

Lycee Saint-Jean-Hulst in Versailles, has taken a different approach in dealing with sartorial rebels. Girls wearing short skirts are given overalls to change into, and boys sporting saggy pants are lent a pair of suspenders.

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[Matt Osborne]

09:18 PM on 12/27/2009

OMG, that woman's belt is straight out of a Motley Crue video from the 80s.

[mikebarden]

08:46 PM on 12/25/2009

Did the French Rivera succeed?

[LMPE]

03:17 PM on 12/25/2009

Every school ought to have a day when everyone dresses as though they live in a certain era. There should be a day for Roman, Medieval, '60s, etc. Multiple Halloweens­!

[ScottontheSpot]

05:52 AM on 12/25/2009

This is nothing. There's more skin at a typical American High School. Seriously, I think the repressive Muslim dress code is spilling out to greater French sensibilit­ies. I say, just let the kids be themselves and sort it all out themselves­. If you just repress it, you'll get more rebellion.

[iheartyou01]

05:50 AM on 12/26/2009

How exactly is the "repressiv­e Muslim dress code" affecting greater French sensibilit­ies? You do realize that it is not MUSLIM CLERICS who have banned mini skirts or head scarves (The french government has banned muslim women from wearing the headscarf in schools ); its the FRENCH government­.
Yes let kids be themselves­. Let them wear head scarves because they're muslim or mini skirts because its fashionabl­e.

[theroundearth]

07:30 AM on 01/11/2010

It's amusing how Americans always think it's "the Government­"....
In France these dress codes are imposed by the schools.

[freeus]

02:22 PM on 12/24/2009

Who wears short shorts?
Oui, wear short shorts!

[BoiseLib]

11:59 AM on 12/24/2009

More pictures!

[KevinFitzz]

12:55 PM on 12/24/2009

Thats the only reason I clicked on this story. MORE PICS!

[winkin]

11:25 AM on 12/24/2009

Totally sloppy article. A storm in a teacup.
Why would they "rebel" in December when it's freezing cold in Paris?

A few clicks in Google show that one protest happened in September 2009, another one in September 2008, and that the Independen­t “reporter” basically (and sloppily) translated­, cherry picked, and misinterpr­eted a Figaro article from November 5.

And to top it off, a pic of Miley Cyrus??
http://jus­tjared.buz­znet.com/p­hoto-galle­ry/2115702­/miley-cyr­us-teen-ch­oice-award­s-2009-07/

To those of you who are clamoring for pictures, here's a video of the “revolt” at the school in September:
http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=gqcpkVdE0­ao

[dadohead]

12:36 PM on 12/24/2009

The fact that you can ID that picture is truly frightenin­g.

[leamio]

01:19 PM on 12/24/2009

"The fact that you can ID that picture is truly frightenin­g."

Dude, seriously!

[proshot22]

11:17 AM on 12/24/2009

At least the skirts will stay tight.

[jeffrey678]

10:21 AM on 12/24/2009

turn on the Air Conditioni­ng and turn off the heat until the kids dress appropriat­ely ! See who caves first.

[holyghostie]

10:17 AM on 12/24/2009

School is not a democracy.

[gypsy508]

02:27 PM on 12/24/2009

And no better place to teach children about what to expect the rest of their lives.

[dontblowit]

10:15 AM on 12/24/2009

vive la France!

At least their kids can tear themselves away from the video games long enough to realise the adults are fking things up again

[udontknow]

10:04 AM on 12/24/2009

These are not women; they are children and adolescent­s. You all lusting over them being in miniskirts are being a bit perverted right now...

[drumsgirl]

11:48 PM on 12/24/2009

When looking at pics with say - just a butt - you can't tell if that butt is 16 or 30 - just whether it's a nice one or not. Chill out.

[earto44]

09:43 AM on 12/24/2009

This is the first sign that there actually might be a god.

[ObamAtomic]

09:41 AM on 12/24/2009

They are not sheep.

[cplKlyde]

08:59 AM on 12/24/2009

Love French girls

[headly66]

09:41 AM on 12/24/2009

I married one, then divorced, not what you would think.