Bangkok has never been one of my favourite cities. I might have to reconsider after reading an article titled “Skin-tight & sexy” from yesterday’s The Nation newspaper:
Every year they’re warned and every year they disregard the warning. Students just want their uniforms. Flashy, skin-tight uniforms are the latest rage for female university students… But as both sexes prepare for the beginning of the new semester next month, university administrators are updating their dress codes and reminding students they will also be graded on their attire.
According to Surachai Charudej, director of Kasetsart University’s Student Affairs Department, offenders will be banned from lecture halls and will lose marks.
So far students are ignoring the warnings.
I so like the idea of uniform inspections impacting University students’ grades…
Apparently, street vendors across Bangkok are benefiting from the trend:
As they pore over clothing racks, they are grabbing sexier, attention-grabbing attire, vendors say. Skirts are even more daring this year than last year, noted a vendor at Bang Kapi’s Tawanna market. “Some are as tiny as 30cm from waistline to hem, and there are short skirts with front, rear or side slits, depending on your preference,” he said.
“The SSS size was the smallest shirt size last year, but this year our smallest is the SSSSS,” he said.
OK: major-league giggles. I know the abbreviation SSS. I’m hugely fond of the soc.sexuality.spanking newsgroup (which is where I met Haron), but I didn’t know it had branched out into the uniform trade. And what’s with the new SSSSS? Is that to SSS like DKNY is to Donna Karan?
The last word has to go to another University administrator, Dr Chanvipa Diloksamphan, director of the Student Affairs Department at Rajabat Institute:
“While we are trying to campaign for proper dress, many shops near the university offer improper uniforms.”
She said the university had always had a strict dress code. Students who violated it by wearing see-through shirts or short skirts would lose marks and be reported to their parents…. “It is difficult to control students”, she said.
Haron, can we go to Thailand on holiday?
No.
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