Dress Codes: Learn Solid Fashion Tips that Will Teach You How to Dress and Style Yourself Without Breaking the Bank! Many people, especially women, love stylish and fashionable clothing. However, keeping up with all the fashion trends can be a highly costly endeavor. This is mainly because the most fashionable pieces of clothing are often the most expensive ones. Moreover, fashion trends tend to change very quickly. Because of this, many people spend...

As the tomboy daughter of the town's preacher, Billie McCaffrey has always struggled with fitting the mold of what everyone says she should be. She'd rather wear sweats, build furniture, and get into trouble with her solid group of friends: Woods, Mash, Davey, Fifty, and Janie Lee. But when Janie Lee confesses to Billie that she's in love with Woods, Billie's filled with a nagging sadness as she realizes that she is also in love with Woods...and...

For centuries, clothing has been a wearable status symbol; fashion, a weapon in struggles for social change; and dress codes, a way to maintain political control. Dress codes evolved along with the social and political ideals of the day, but they always reflected struggles for power and status. In the 1700s, South Carolina's "Negro Act" made it illegal for Black people to dress "above their condition." In the 1920s, the bobbed hair and form-fitting...

I never get up to sharpen my pencil in class without raising my hand. I make a list of even the smallest sins when I go to reconciliation at church, not forgetting a single jealous thought or eyeroll at Dad. In first grade I peed my pants because my teacher said we couldn't use the bathroom during an assembly. I do what I'm told. Until today.

Most schools have at least some form of a dress code. However, some people believe dress codes are restrictive and unnecessary. Is one approach better than the other? Readers are immersed in the debate surrounding school dress codes through the use of informative text that presents multiple points of view. Eye-catching fact boxes, detailed graphic organizers, and full-color photographs enhance this engaging reading experience. Readers are encouraged...

"Do you wear a school uniform? They can prevent you from having to decide what to wear every day, but they can also make you feel like everyone looks the same. It's nice to be able to dress the way you want and show your own individual style, but it's also nice to get a few extra minutes of sleep not having to worry about what you are going to wear. This title will allow students to identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text."--Page...

What's your readers' fashion; preppy, punk, goth, a mix, or something altogether different? Author Tom Streissguth takes on the world of style, fashion, marketing, and the question of dress codes and uniforms, and the history of some of the more interesting fashion choices.

In the spirit of works by Jia Tolentino and Anne Helen Peterson, a smart and incisive essay collection centered on the fashion industry-its history, its importance, why we wear what we wear, and why it matters, from Elle Magazine's fashion features director. Why does fashion hold so much power over us? Most of us care about how we dress and how we present ourselves. Style offers clues about everything from class to which in-group we, belong to. Bad...