History Main / NoDressCode

* ''SavedByTheBell'' was mostly G-rated, but all three of the primary female characters on the show routinely wore crop-tops, mini's and stripperiffic pants to school (also the odd strapless top, which is never allowed at any school in America, or see-through tops with little more than bras worn underneath).

* ''Saved By the Bell'' was mostly G-rated, but all three of the primary female characters on the show routinely wore crop-tops, mini's and stripperiffic pants to school (also the odd strapless top, which is never allowed at any school in America, or see-through tops with little more than bras worn underneath).

* The main characters of WinxClub as well as the other students at [[WizardingSchool Alfea]] all wear outfits that [[BareYourMidriff show stomach]] you'd be forgiven for thinking that ''is'' the dress code. It may help that Alfea is an all-girls school, though at least one teacher took issue with it in a throw-away line. That's not even counting their fairy forms, most of which seem to have a mandated DangerouslyShortSkirt.

** Bianca in ''Come As You Are pt.1'' gets special mention for removing her school polo shirt to reveal a lingerie-like pink tank top mere moments after the principal announces the end of the uniform policy.

* Most of the girl's outfits in BringItOn, which seem to consist of cropped tops and PaintedOnPants. Even the cheerleading outfits would most likely have gotten them banned from competing.

* ''Series/[[TeenWolf'''s Erica shows up in nearly every scene in clothes that consist of shirts barely covering lacy bras, shirts barely covering lacy corsets, and generally anything that shows off her main assets. For a show that generally eschews traditional high school cliches, none of the teachers have yet to call her out on the stripper wardrobe.

Characters who show too much off are AlwaysFemale - the guy equivalents are exposed underwear which has been out of fashion (at least in some areas of the country) since the late '00s, and T-shirts with "controversial" slogans which are reserved in fiction for AnAesop about free speech.

* Sam of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' wears the same [[BareYourMidriff midriff-exposing]] tanktop every day.

{{High School}}s have {{Dress Code}}s - no short skirts, no cleavage, no profane slogans - that their students must follow. Even the most liberal public schools have some kind of limits on student attire (even if it is simply "no shoes, no shirt, no service"). Not so in fiction. If a fictional school doesn't wear uniforms, there are no rules guiding clothing at all. Female characters are the most likely to break with reality, sporting cleavage heavy tops, short skirts and even [[BareYourMidriff bared midriffs]]. In reality, these students wouldn't make it to their first class without being sent home to change their clothes/made to wear the Baggy T-Shirt Of Shame along with being given detention.

* ''{{Degrassi}}'' is/was like this for most of the school and franchise's existence[[hottip:*:although their SuddenSchoolUniform lasted longer than most, two full semesters in-story]] and at least three girls over the years have been shown changing from parent-approved clothes into something skimpier in the girls' bathroom before class, beginning with Stephanie Kaye in the ''DegrassiJuniorHigh'' days.
** Bianca in ''Come As You Are pt.1'' gets special mention for removing her school polo shirt to reveal a skimpy pink tank top mere moments after the principal announces the end of the uniform policy.

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{{High School}}s have {{Dress Code}}s - no short skirts, no cleavage, no profane slogans - that their students must follow. Even the most liberal public schools have some kind of limits on student attire (even if it is simply "no shoes, no shirt, no service"). Not so in fiction. If a fictional school doesn't wear uniforms, there are no rules guiding clothing at all. Female characters are the most likely to break with reality, sporting cleavage heavy tops, short skirts and even [[BareYourMidriff bared midriffs]]. In reality, these students wouldn't make it to their first class without being sent home to change their clothes after being given detention.

* ''{{Degrassi}}'' was like this for most of the school and franchise's existence and at least three girls over the years have been shown changing from parent-approved clothes into something skimpier in the girls' bathroom before class.
** And ''DegrassiJuniorHigh'' as well.

* Sam of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' wears the same [[BearYourMidriff midriff-exposing]] tanktop every day.

* In ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' Cleopatra wears a shirt with deep cleavage and a micromini. Also, Joan of Arc has a [[BareYourMidriff belly revealing]] shirt on.

* In ''MeanGirls'' the plastics get away with performing in a school pageant wearing sexy Santa outfits that are closer to lingerie than costumes.
* In ''Film/EasyA'', Emma Stone's character is suddenly wearing stuff bordering on bondage gear to school, and for the most part gets away with it.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' had a lot of this during the high school years. The skirts were way too short and the tops didn't cover enough.
* ''{{Degrassi}}'' was like this for most of the school and franchise's existence and at least three girls over the years have been shown changing from parent-approved clothes into something skimpier in the girls' bathroom before class.

* In ''{{Webcomic/Bridges}}'', Alyson shows up for her first day at school in a corset and miniskirt that would be more suitable to a night club.

* In ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' Cleopatra wears a shirt with deep cleavage and a micromini. Also, Joan of Arc has a [[BareYourMidriff belly revealing]] shirt on.

{{High School}}s have {{Dress Code}}s - no short skirts, no cleavage, no profane slogans - that their students must follow. Even the most liberal public schools have some kind of limits on student attire (even if it is simply "no shoes, no shirt, no service). Not so in fiction. If a fictional school doesn't wear uniforms, there are no rules guiding clothing at all. Female characters are the most likely to break with reality, sporting cleavage heavy tops, short skirts and even [[BareYourMidriff bared midriffs]]. In reality, these students wouldn't make it to their first class without being sent home to change their clothes after being given detention.

{{High School}}s have {{Dress Code}}s - no short skirts, no cleavage, no profane slogans - that their students must follow. Even the most liberal schools with self-expression as a stated part of their ethos have some kind of limits on student attire, even if it's "we don't want to see your underwear". Not so in fiction. If a fictional school doesn't wear uniforms, there are no rules guiding clothing at all. Female characters are the most likely to break with reality, sporting cleavage heavy tops, short skirts and even [[BareYourMidriff bared midriffs]]. In reality, these students wouldn't make it to their first class without being sent home to change their clothes after being given detention.

{{High School}}s have {{Dress Code}}s - no short skirts, no cleavage, no profane slogans - that their students must follow. Even the most liberal public schools have some kind of limits on student attire. Not so in fiction. If a fictional school doesn't wear uniforms, there are no rules guiding clothing at all. Female characters are the most likely to break with reality, sporting cleavage heavy tops, short skirts and even [[BareYourMidriff bared midriffs]]. In reality, these students wouldn't make it to their first class without being sent home to change their clothes after being given detention.

* In ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' Cleopatra wears a shirt with deep cleavage and a micromini. Also Joan of Arc has a [[BareYourMidriff belly revealing]] shirt on.

* In ''ScaryMovie'' this is lampshaded for laughs. Buffy arrives at school dressed modestly in a cardigan. Once her father is gone, she changes into a {{Stripperific}} outfit and attends school that way.

* In ''EasyA'', Emma Stone's character is suddenly wearing stuff bordering on bondage gear to school, and for the most part gets away with it.

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' had a lot of this during the high school years. The skirts were way too short and the tops didn't cover enough.

* In ''CloneHigh'' Cleopatra wears a shirt with deep cleavage and a micromini. Also Joan of Arc has a [[BareYourMidriff belly revealing]] shirt on.