UK Schools Speak Out: Fashion Girls Are 'Not Shallow'

Posted Nov 16th 2009 at 5:10PM by Bee-Shyuan Chang (Subscribe to Bee-Shyuan Chang's posts)

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Head of the class. Photo: Alfred Eisenstaedt, Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Fashion may be about appearances, but UK schools are speaking out against fashionable girls being labeled as shallow.

"Girls who care about their appearance are increasingly seen as betraying some feminist ideal," Jill Berry, president of the Girls' Schools Association announced at the annual GSA conference, reports Times Online UK.

Representing more than 200 private all-girl schools in Britain, Berry went on to emphasize that brains and beauty are not "mutually exclusive" and added, "I love new shoes but it doesn't make me shallow. Girls can have fun and also be taken seriously."

Given the usual stereotype of airheaded fashionistas, we say it's about time someone stuck up for stylish (and smart) women. Well said, Berry!

But what do you think? Can fashion and brains go hand-in-hand or should school girls just focus on book smarts? Leave a comment!

Read what one British headmaster banned students from wearing.

Tags: beauty, brains, fashion stereotypes, Girls School Association, GirlsSchoolAssociation, private schools, School Girls

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