Would the bottom right image be considered overdressed for you? Because that would have been a common sight at my school, at least the type of clothes. Not just the rich kids either. Could be a cultural thing but like this is Southern Germany I’m talking about, not Paris or Milan 😅
Yeah, after a few times of that your parents get a visit from the truancy department and get threatened with prison time.
For some reason it’s perfectly legal to home school your kids (and teach them nothing during that time) , but if you register them to a public school and they don’t attend, straight to jail.
In my experience in American high school (20 or so years ago now) I wouldn’t say they’re ridiculously overdressed, but certainly kind of an outlier, we might’ve had a couple girls dress like that on any given day. They’d also probably be violating or at least very close to the limits of my school’s dress code with the skirt lengths.
The left one looks about right to me though. Maybe slightly more dressed up than average, but would blend into most crowds well enough. Except for the heels, I wasn’t exactly looking at people’s shoes but I don’t remember anyone ever wearing heels to school unless there was some sort of special event.
In general, I’d say the average high schooler back then wore a t shirt or maybe a sports jersey, and if it was cold maybe some of them wore a flannel shirt sweater of some kind (mostly the girls for sweaters)
A hoodie if it was cold
Jeans, sweatpants, sometimes pajama pants, shorts when it was hot out, cargo pants (mostly the guys) and once in a while some of the girls would mix in a skirt or dress, but not often.
You’d also get a handful of preppier kids with khakis and polo shirts or a button-up, a few goths or artsy types, etc. who might wear something crazy, the one weirdo who wore a suit, etc.
But mostly it was jeans or sweatpants and a t shirt.
I was more of a cargo pants and t shirt guy myself.
I don’t pay too much attention to what my local teenagers are doing these days, but from what I’ve seen of them it looks like they’ve slipped further towards the sweatpants and pajamas end of the spectrum.
In my school heels were commonplace, we used more layers in winter because we used to get heavy snow almost every year and I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone here in their pajamas in public but other than that it was probably not too different.
I live in Seattle and those girls look like they are about to go to a club and not school to me. Granted in my area if I, as a man, wear a shirt with buttons on it to the office I feel like I am dressing up.
Yep, I’m an American who moved to Germany and I wish it was accepted to wear sweatpants and my husband’s t shirt to the grocery store. I still do sometimes, but I don’t enjoy being stared at angrily by old ladies in public, so most of the time I’ll at least pull jeans on. I’m never getting rid of my Asidutt though.
Luckily, linen shorts are as comfortable as sweatpants in warm weather and don’t look as schlubby.
Would the bottom right image be considered overdressed for you? Because that would have been a common sight at my school, at least the type of clothes. Not just the rich kids either. Could be a cultural thing but like this is Southern Germany I’m talking about, not Paris or Milan 😅
American here.
Every single one of those girls would have been sent home for “inappropriate clothing” at my school.
If that concept existed here kids would probably go to school half-naked just to be sent home 😅
Yeah, after a few times of that your parents get a visit from the truancy department and get threatened with prison time.
For some reason it’s perfectly legal to home school your kids (and teach them nothing during that time) , but if you register them to a public school and they don’t attend, straight to jail.
In my experience in American high school (20 or so years ago now) I wouldn’t say they’re ridiculously overdressed, but certainly kind of an outlier, we might’ve had a couple girls dress like that on any given day. They’d also probably be violating or at least very close to the limits of my school’s dress code with the skirt lengths.
The left one looks about right to me though. Maybe slightly more dressed up than average, but would blend into most crowds well enough. Except for the heels, I wasn’t exactly looking at people’s shoes but I don’t remember anyone ever wearing heels to school unless there was some sort of special event.
In general, I’d say the average high schooler back then wore a t shirt or maybe a sports jersey, and if it was cold maybe some of them wore a flannel shirt sweater of some kind (mostly the girls for sweaters)
A hoodie if it was cold
Jeans, sweatpants, sometimes pajama pants, shorts when it was hot out, cargo pants (mostly the guys) and once in a while some of the girls would mix in a skirt or dress, but not often.
You’d also get a handful of preppier kids with khakis and polo shirts or a button-up, a few goths or artsy types, etc. who might wear something crazy, the one weirdo who wore a suit, etc.
But mostly it was jeans or sweatpants and a t shirt.
I was more of a cargo pants and t shirt guy myself.
I don’t pay too much attention to what my local teenagers are doing these days, but from what I’ve seen of them it looks like they’ve slipped further towards the sweatpants and pajamas end of the spectrum.
Okay yeah that sounds more nuanced.
In my school heels were commonplace, we used more layers in winter because we used to get heavy snow almost every year and I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone here in their pajamas in public but other than that it was probably not too different.
I live in Seattle and those girls look like they are about to go to a club and not school to me. Granted in my area if I, as a man, wear a shirt with buttons on it to the office I feel like I am dressing up.
From what I’ve heard from Americans, the standard of dress for basic tasks like going to the shop is apparently high compared to the same in America
Yep, I’m an American who moved to Germany and I wish it was accepted to wear sweatpants and my husband’s t shirt to the grocery store. I still do sometimes, but I don’t enjoy being stared at angrily by old ladies in public, so most of the time I’ll at least pull jeans on. I’m never getting rid of my Asidutt though.
Luckily, linen shorts are as comfortable as sweatpants in warm weather and don’t look as schlubby.