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School Uniforms
Men’s and women’s uniforms offered to add an extra youthful fun aura to your Tokyo Disney photos.
Having trouble making manga character’s pleated skirts look good? You can solve it with three things you probably have within arm’s reach.
Switch would solve a lot of school uniform-related problems, but not everyone thinks it’s a great idea.
Pressured to review outdated prohibitions, an entire prefecture says goodbye to “relics of the past”.
In a year like no other, school insists on enforcing same old dress code even while temperature in classrooms is anything but normal.
Lookalike uniforms imitate schools across the nation, from Tokyo to Kyushu.
Obvious homage lets your pet dress up like a members of the anime’s cast other than its mentor cats.
Clever trick ensures students will never want to untuck their school shirts for that “cool look” ever again.
Brand-new middle school to let students of any gender wear whatever uniform components they feel comfortable in out of consideration to LGBT youths.
Cats may not be crazy about water, but that doesn’t mean they don’t look unbelievably cute wearing sailor suit fashion.
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