New Clothing Designer Lets Teens Get Around Dress Codes
Loophole in Many Dress Codes Lets Teens Express Themselves
The founder of the clothing line, Ronnie Bramsche, was frustrated with what he saw as too much political correctness and infringement on the student's right to express themselves. When working as a promoter for another business he suggested giving away girl's spaghetti-strap tank tops. After being told they would not meet the dress code of most schools, the promoter began looking for ways to subvert the overbearing system. He is encouraging exploitation of a loophole found in many school's dress codes. Bramsche believes many other people feel the urge to be "Dress Code Violators".
The loophole that is being exploited is usually a policy forbidding message t-shirts of a sexual or teasing nature, or shirts that promote drugs and alcohol. Schools claim such items are disruptive in an academic setting. They cannot, however, ban message shirts altogether as that would infringe upon students' First Amendment rights.
Multiple cases have been filed across the country over a school districts suspending a student for a shirt they deemed inappropriate. Recently, a student won his case after the school district suspended him for wearing a shirt whose graphics included cocaine and a spilled martini glass - and messages calling President Bush a liar, drug user and "chicken-hawk-in-chief" pursuing a "world domination tour." Such a case is an example of a school district abusing a provision against one kind of message - drugs and alcohol promotion - when the statement was clearly about something else altogether.
Dress Code Violator believes that the covert tactics are full proof against detention, suspension, or even expulsion. From a legal point of view, keeping the shirts out of schools would probably take a revision to the dress code that would raise the specter of civil rights lawsuits. Dress Code Violator believes so strongly in the shirt's passability that they offer a $5,000 risk free guarantee. If a student wearing one of their shirts receives any kind of disciplinary action and wants to pursue legal action, the company will contribute $5,000 to their legal expenses.
The shirts are available as for girls as fitted tees or "hottie" tees, and for guys in fitted or ringer style. Unfortunately, DCV has not yet come up with a way to slip spaghetti-strap tank tops past the dress code rules.
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6 Comments
Post a Commentto Kate F. ...whose a whore? When it is sweltering outside a tank with spaghetti straps would be quite a relief, I didn't realize showing shoulders was so bad? I've never had a guy check out my shoulders before. They should focus more on ladies' necklines, there are plenty of spaghetti straps with higher necklines and shirts with more shoulder coverage can have the potential to show a lot more. I think young people should never be penalized for trying to be themselves, it is so hard these days anyway for kids why do adults feel the need to put more pressure on these teenagers?
pS I had a goffin cockatoo, relative of the bird in your pic
absolutely expoloitive I'm for school uniforms
Next, they will just decide to eliminate any writing on shirts.... So the people using loop holes will ruin it for everyone.
Ronnie Bramsche doesn't give a hoot about kids rights to freedom of expression. She wants to exploit kids to make money. What a laugh.
My question would have to be why teens these days feel the need to wear t-shirts saying such ridiculous things. When did it become cool to be a whore?