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Indonesia Cops Hunt Down Women in Jeans
Religious police in Indonesia are cracking down on denim. During a raid yesterday,18 women caught riding motorbikes wearing headscarves and jeans were taken into custody and given long skirts to wear....
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UBS's Bizarre Dress Code: Easily Washable Underwear
Swiss bank UBS AG really, really cares how its retail banking staff looks. Details from its new 43-page dress code, part of a campaign meant to re-establish confidence in the brand, via the Wall Street...
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UBS to Workers: OK, Wear Whatever Skivvies You Want
UBS is pulling back from its much-maligned and hilariously over-specific dress code —which recommended employees opt for "personality enhancing" makeup and "easily washable" underwear—the Wall Street...
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Japan to Workers: Save Energy, Wear Hawaiian Shirts
It's going to be a sweaty summer in Japanese government offices: The country is facing power shortages caused by the nuclear crisis, but many bureaucrats are balking at suggestions that they dress down...
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School: Wear 'Modest' Clothes to Deter Pedophiles
Parents in King’s Park, Scotland, are outraged over a local school’s suggestion that the way their children dress might attract sexual predators. In the wake of the arrest of an alleged local predator,...
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Capitol Cops Steaming About Shorts Ban
Apparently, cops aren't above the law when it comes to crimes of fashion. Officers assigned to the Capitol are upset with a top brass decision to ban them from wearing shorts. Union reps say the...
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Saggy Pants Ban a Profitable Move for Georgia Town
In Albany, Georgia, saggy pants are a sartorial faux pas—and quite the little moneymaker. On Nov. 23 of last year, the city instituted a ban on anyone wearing pants (or skirts!) more than three inches...
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Israeli Mag Sexes Up Orthodox-Women Clash
Get ready for the fireworks. An Israeli fashion magazine is adding steamy scenes to the ongoing clashes between women in Israel and ultra-Orthodox Jews who have been harassing them to dress more...
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Schools Crack Down on Risqué Prom Dresses
Ahhh, prom memories: posing for pictures in your front yard, taking a limo to the dance, being asked to hold a ruler up to your leg to ensure your dress is no shorter than three inches above the knee....
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County Clerk Issues Epic 6-Page Dress Code
One Florida county clerk has some very specific ideas about how his 160 employees should dress. Osceola County boss Armando Ramirez has issued an incredibly detailed six-page dress code prohibiting...
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Boehner to Congress: Dress Up, Slobs
Just to solidify your sinking perception that Congress is a lot like first grade, John Boehner is yelling at his membership about violating the House dress code: "Members should wear appropriate...
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Male Train Drivers Protest Shorts Ban—With Skirts
There's a skin-baring revolt under way in Sweden, where the Roslagsbanan train line has banned drivers and conductors from wearing shorts—and a dozen of the aforementioned employees responded by...
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Army Cracks Down on Tattoos
Army soldiers looking to get tattoos will soon have some stricter rules to obey: No ink above the neckline, below the elbows, or below the knees, reports Stars and Stripes . The rules are expected to...
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Signs in Brooklyn Ask You to Please Cover Up
Want to retain the right to dress how you see fit? Then consider steering clear of parts of the Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn, where new signs are popping up asking residents, guests, and...
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Strict Dress Code Yields 200 Detentions in 2 Weeks
A strict dress code adopted by a Staten Island school has resulted in 200 detentions in the last two weeks. A city Department of Education spokeswoman tells the New York Post the new "Dress for...
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Girl Banned as Hospital Volunteer for Wearing Pants
Ellie Kaiser was excited to volunteer for the Festival of Trees on Saturday to help raise money for the Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City. The high school senior and National Honor Society...
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Rules for Female Montana Lawmakers: Watch Your Skirts, Necklines
Montana's state legislature convenes next month with a dress code in place for the first time, reports the Bozeman Daily Chronicle , an event that wouldn't be making headlines except for Rule No. 3:...
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JC Penney Worker Scolded for Shorts She Bought There
A JC Penney employee was told the red linen shorts she was wearing to work were inappropriate—shorts Sylva Stoel says bought in the store's "career section." The Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 17-year-old...
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Ky. Student Sent Home for Showing Her Collarbone
Stacie Dunn got called to her daughter Stephanie's Kentucky high school last week because she needed a scarf—not because the teen's neck was cold, but because the school said she was dressed...
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Marc Jacobs' Party Dress Code Must Be Seen to Be Believed
Marc Jacobs is hosting a Fashion Week release party next month for Gloss —a book about fashion photographer Chris von Wangenheim, "whose shocking work epitomized the glamour and excess of the 1970s and...
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