Who here has ever bought something at a school uniform store

[LostinVA]

Long after they've left school... and not for their kids.

[DarkTirade]

1. Well, if they'd make the skirts in my size...

[LostinVA]

2. Oh, they do... believe me, they do

[DarkTirade]

6. In that case...

my only excuse is that I need to lose some weight. :P

[LostinVA]

9. I still bet you could find something

You'd look good in a nice Blackwatch kilt.

[Gormy Cuss]

3. Not me, but

today I saw a license plate that began with "4PEV-" and I started laughing.
I blame you.

[LostinVA]

12. It wasn't a VW Golf TDI, was it?!

[Gormy Cuss]

16. Silver sports car, and I neglected to mention

that I was riding my bicycle at the time... I wonder what the drivers thought of the crazy woman in the bike lane. :rofl:

[LostinVA]

19. PEV

I just felt like saying that.

[LeftyMom]

4. I know NOTHING about that sort of perversion.

NOTHING, I tell you.

[LostinVA]

14. Me either

Like, I wouldn't know that Haruka takes a size 16 Girl's in most shirts and kilts.

[ThomCat]

5. A lot of harry potter fans

are buying school clothing to dress up like the characters in the HP movies.

I'm a member of a harry potter themed meetup group. I don't dress up. All I have is a t-shirt with the Hufflepuff house shield on it. But most of the members have full robes and scarves and hats and stuff.

[skater314159]

7. I have a full Slytherin House costume...

... and I've worn it to every book release and movie opening since PoA... when I got PS and CoS, I hadn't made and bought all of my costume yet (and there weren't any "midnight parties", just pick it up in the store during regular hours).

Yeah, I'm a total Potter Geek and have been since 1997. My husband and I went on our first "real big over-night date" to the HBP release (he wore a button that said "blending in with you Muggles"), and he actually dressed up for DH.

Are you a HP fan or cosplay? ;-)

EDIT: need to fix typey error

[ThomCat]

8. I definitely don't do cosplay of any kind.

I might have considered bit before my disability, but I definitely can't now. I'm a fan who hangs around with much more serious fans. :)

[LostinVA]

17. I got Haruka ino the books and movies

LOVE THEM.

I never heard the word "cosplay" until tonight when tI read it in the Ninja Warrior subtitles. Haruka told me what it was. Now, I read it here.

[XemaSab]

34. I have a Slytherin costume too!

XOMG! :squee:

[LostinVA]

15. That's what they SAY they're doing with the uniforms

I bet not all their ties are in Hufflepuff House colors...

[Sannum]

40. That might be the saddest thing I have read today

:P

[Pacifist Patriot]

10. Oh, so totally!...

not me. Do they really have those things? :)

[LostinVA]

13. Catholic school uniform stores all are over up here

Haruka can fit into a size 16 Girl's... OOPS! Did I say that?!

[Pacifist Patriot]

20. Eh. Who needs school uniform stores when Frederick's of Hollywood is at the mall?

I swear I could open my own lingerie store for women who wear size medium. My husband alternates slutty / elegant / theme costume whenever he brings something home. By my reckoning I should be on the receiving end of an elegant nightgown when my husband returns from the latest business trip.

*sigh* I'm perfectly happy with my Donald Duck plaid flannel PJs.

[LostinVA]

21. Yes -- but then you don't get to see the look on the uniform store clerk's face

when you tell them you need a real tie, not a clip-on.

Then, there was the call to ThomCat asking him how to tie a tie.

[Pacifist Patriot]

23. Wait a minute!

You didn't know how to tie a tie? Sheesh, do I have a lot to teach you.

[LostinVA]

25. Neither of us did

Haruka can tie one now, and that's all that matters.

[SPKrazy]

11. oh surely not...

:evilgrin:

haven't ..........................yet

[LostinVA]

18. I only have one thing to say

FUN.

[SPKrazy]

22. i think i've been game for that

for a while :D

:rofl:

[Shakespeare]

24. I'm finding myself intrigued by this thread in a very flvegan kind of way.

You have GOT to PM where you buy. I may be interested in procuring some clothes of my own.

[LeftyMom]

26. Weird that he hasn't replied yet.

:hums X files theme, wonders if aliens have kidnapped her boyfriend:

[Shakespeare]

27. I was kind of wondering that myself.

Most unlike him. :7

[GOPisEvil]

28. Maybe he's in his bunk at the mere thought.

We might see him in 9-12 minutes.

[LostinVA]

32. If I hadn't seen him elsewhere on DU, I would have thought aliens kidnapped him

[LostinVA]

29. Check your PM

I'm kind of worried about flvegan, myself.

[elleng]

30. No.

Usually requires the kids, and/or at least their measurements.

[LostinVA]

31. We don't have children

Unlike the cat and Border Collie count, and we don't dress them up.

[XemaSab]

33. I have

:hide:

A gray skirt from French Toast for my Hogwarts costume. :D

[LostinVA]

35. Sure...

[flvegan]

36. Got pix?

Sorry I'm late to this thread. I was Photoshopping that last "towel pic" of Haruka with a schoolgirl outfit. Got any of the real thing? Wanna trade?

[LostinVA]

37. Not for you

[flvegan]

38. Why do you taunt me so?

[LostinVA]

39. Because I can

[LanternWaste]

41. content deleted by moderator...

This thread is useless without pics!!!!

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A rather youngish (early 20's) co-worker of mine goes to a club in Dallas that hosts a "Naughty Catholic Schoolgirl" night every so often. She showed me some pictures. Never have I felt like a dirty old man until that moment.

:evilgrin:

[LostinVA]

46. No pics for you

I felt like a dirty old woman at first. I got over it quickly.

[Book Lover]

42. Where do you find quality uniforms?

All of my 12 years of catholic school, our uniforms were made out of polyester, maybe 20% cotton, tops.

[LostinVA]

43. They have two tiers of uniforms

There's a cheaper polyester version, and then there's the wool skirt. I think the shirt is poly cotton. The only thing that's polyester is the tie.

[Book Lover]

44. *exasperated sigh*

I knew those bastards at St Nick's were making us buy the cheap crap!

[LostinVA]

45. Probably your parents trying to save money

[Book Lover]

47. Sadly, no

Both grade and high school made deals with the uniform suppliers - you couldn't buy anything other than what the school had contracted you to buy. I'm just trying to find a way to blame the church here :-)

[MrCoffee]

48. I don't get it...why buy school uniforms if not for school?

:shrug:

Perhaps a detailed description with labeled diagrams would help me understand...

[LostinVA]

49. Google is your friend

[bif]

50. I bought a wool school scarf in Oxford & Cambridge England

Kings College and Balliol.

[LostinVA]

51. I'm not sure if that really counts