I agree that our kids shouldn't dress like hookers and vampires, yes you are correct there should be limits, but when I was in school it was like I said -- no skin/no tummy/showing, shorts no shorter than 2" above the knee, no holey jeans or pants, no offensive t-shirts (offensive, not just a confederate flag, but something that said something offensive like "*&^ you" or whatever), -- other than that, jeans, khakis, skirts/dresses, outfits or whatever were fair game for us to express ourselves with...where we started having dress codes was when parents started getting mad at the educators for NOT letting their kids wear hooker outfits and vampire/goth stuff -- instead of saying "Little Sara you look like a H O - go change your clothes" like my dad would have done -- that dad went to the principal and said, "My daugheter is a hotty and should be able to dress that way." It wasn't the kids that started the trouble -- it was the parents complaining about their kids not having the freedom of expression.