The evolution of the "school girl aesthetic" uniform - The school aesthetic is steeped in history between cult movies, fashion and a spirit of rebellion

A swallow doesn’t mean spring, but a pleated miniskirt definitely means September. To start rewriting the pages of everyday work and school life, having a clear aesthetic in mind can facilitate in a fun way to go back to it. There is nothing more iconic than the schoolgirl uniform, worn by pop culture icons like Cher Horowitz and the entire cast of Gossip Girl, between old and new faces, to channel the desire to get back on track with mini skirts and chunky loafers. Common only to private schools in Italy, wearing a uniform is the rule in many European countries where pleated skirts, sweaters, white socks and loafers are a must, even outside the viral videos of Tik Tok. Created in the 1900s to smooth social differences and impose order in academic circumstances, the school uniform was boycotted, reinvented and rethought by students from all over the world to become an aesthetic symbol of adolescence and like all things related to the female universe, often also strumentalized. Let's discover how between conformism and rebellion, social disorder and punk rock that has been used in subcultures and high fashion by international designers to subvert the system, to become the clear aesthetic that today we would recognize everywhere.