{"id":3553,"date":"2015-01-29T16:44:14","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T16:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.field-grey.com\/blog\/?p=3553"},"modified":"2016-02-10T11:03:29","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T11:03:29","slug":"the-field-grey-team-in-their-school-uniforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.field-grey.com\/blog\/the-field-grey-team-in-their-school-uniforms\/","title":{"rendered":"The Field Grey Team in their School Uniforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There has been much debate over the last few months about the role, purpose and effectiveness of the school uniform. From Bradford&#8217;s Hanson Academy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/teacher-network\/2014\/dec\/21\/pupils-home-uniform-headteacher\" title=\"The Guardian: Hanson Academy\" target=\"_blank\">sending home 200 students<\/a> for not following uniform rules, to the growing cost of outfitting children under stringent guidelines at a time of austerity. The debate rages on, but it got us thinking about our own school uniforms. We thought we&#8217;d have a look back and share our school uniform pictures. Some memories are fond, some less so, but here they are!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-3607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.field-grey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/janice_hanna_uniform1.jpg?w=680\" alt=\"janice_hanna_uniform\" width=\"680\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.field-grey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/janice_hanna_uniform1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.field-grey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/janice_hanna_uniform1-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><br \/>\nTwo shades of grey: Founder and Creative Director <strong>Janice<\/strong> (left) models Reepham High School&#8217;s ensemble, as well as 1984&#8217;s classic <em>&#8216;kitchen-scissors&#8217;<\/em> fringe. <strong>Hanna<\/strong>&#8216;s pictured in 1999 (right) attending H\u00e4rn\u00f6sands Gymnasium in Sweden. No school uniform there, so Hanna shares this picture of her in a sailor hat. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-3608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.field-grey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/siobhan_dan_1.jpg?w=680\" alt=\"Siobhan_Dan_1\" width=\"680\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.field-grey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/siobhan_dan_1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.field-grey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/siobhan_dan_1-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.field-grey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/siobhan_dan_1-1024x700.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Dan<\/strong> (left) shares this publicity shot from his time at Beyton Middle School, Suffolk, in 1991. That striped tie and white shirt is typical of most school uniforms: not quite sure what&#8217;s on that plate though. <strong>Siobhan<\/strong> attended Scoil Ursula in Ireland, here in 1991 she&#8217;s wearing a very flattering yellow blouse with brown accents, brought together by combining both colours on a polyester tie. Wonderful. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-3606\" src=\"https:\/\/www.field-grey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colette-school-11.jpg?w=680\" alt=\"Colette-school-1\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.field-grey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colette-school-11.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.field-grey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colette-school-11-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.field-grey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colette-school-11-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Colette <\/strong>(left) gives the side eye at Jesse Gray Primary School in Nottinghamshire in 1998, where the uniform was a chic combination of white blouse and red cardigan. Blue hair clip: model&#8217;s own. Meanwhile, Derbyshire boy <strong>Matt<\/strong> (right) went to Heritage School in Clowne; yes, that means he went to &#8216;Clowne school&#8217;. He sports a classic white polo shirt\/black sweater combo with Heritage motif and monk fringe &#8211; way ahead of his time. <\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d love to see yours. Go on, show us on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fieldgrey\" title=\"Field Grey Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@fieldgrey<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been much debate over the last few months about the role, purpose and effectiveness of the school uniform. From Bradford&#8217;s Hanson Academy sending home 200 students for not following uniform rules, to the growing cost of outfitting children under stringent guidelines at a time of austerity. 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