Sunday 25 September 2011

I ordered everything ... for the most part.

Dear readers,
the poll has ended and the results are in. I ordered everything on Thursday and can't wait for it to be delivered because I'll have a few days off from work early in October. Should be the perfect way to start my project. The only problem: I couldn't find a navy blue skirt in my size - there were all out of stock. :-( So I took the option that got the second most votes (grey skirt). I'll be checking the adult school uniform stores regularly though - perhaps the navy blue skirt will be available again in a few weeks.
So here is my uniform list:
Winter uniform (to be worn until 15th April 2012 and again from 4th September 2012)
  • navy blue blazer*
  • long-sleeved white blouse
  • navy blue/saxy blue-striped tie
  • navy blue cardigan
  • grey pleated skirt
  • white knee socks**
  • black Mary Jane shoes
  • school hat
Summer uniform (to be worn from 16th April 2012 until 3rd September 2012)
  • navy blue blazer*
  • short-sleeved blue dress*** or short-sleved white blouse with navy blue/saxe blue-striped tie and grey pleated skirt
  • navy blue cardigan optional
  • white knee socks
  • black Mary Jane shoes
  • school hat
P.E. uniform***
  • white polo blouse
  • navy blue P.E. skirt
  • white ankle socks
  • white trainers
Notes:
* I found an awesome navy blue blazer with a white trim - looking very schoolgirl-y.
** There was a tie in the poll between white knee socks, white wool tights and grey knee tights. Since I only found white knee socks on the website where I ordered the other stuff, I went along with that. It shouldn't be too hard to find wool tights elsewhere though. I'll probably go with white wool tights since the voters clearly were in favor of white socks.
*** I couldn't find a dress in my size yet (not a problem since I won't need it until April) and haven't ordered the P.E. uniform yet because I was running low on money on my PayPal account and the other items clearly were more important.
If anyone is interested, I ordered here and here. As you can see above, I also ordered one ugly looking hat (that item wasn't covered in the poll - but I couldn't let my fingers of it). Pictures will follow once everything arrived (probably the first week of October, hopefully sooner).
Lots of love,
Cornelia

Tuesday 20 September 2011

First!

Dear readers,
there are many websites out there with half-naked people wearing costumes that are meant to be school uniforms. This isn't one of them.
I still remember what triggered my interest in feminine clothing. I think it was in 5th grade. There was a picture (and a whole chapter for that matter) about school uniforms in one of our english school books. We didn't have to wear uniforms to school here in Germany, so this topic was already interesting. But that picture really stuck with me. There was very good looking girl about my age (back then of course) who wore a white blouse, a sleeveless pullover, a navy blue skirt and white knee socks. The girls in my school sadly just wore t-shirts and jeans all the time. (to be fair, we boys never went to school wearing a suit either ... well, actually we did once. And it was legendary. But that's another story ;-) ) I kept looking at this picture all the time. At first I wished the girls would dress like her, then I wished I could dress like her.
Now, 15 years later this might be possible on an everyday-basis for the first time. I intend to wear a school uniform for an entire year (at home of course ) so that I'll finally know if this is as great as I always thought or if this better remains a fantasy. Probably the latter (would be nice to hear from someone who had to wear school uniform in their childhood) but I just have the urge to find that out for myself.
Anyway, it would be dull if I could select my uniform myself (because you can't do that in real life either), so it would be nice if you would select the uniform items for me (you don't have to be registered there to vote). I'll then buy the items from an adult school uniform supplier - these are proper uniforms, not some fancy costumes.
I already ordered a pair of black Mary-Jane-shoes. I always loved those and can't wait to wear them. Pictures will follow when the whole outfit was delivered.
If you have any ideas about some school uniform rules for me to follow (e. g. tie is to be tied with a certain knot, ...), just let me know. This'll add to the experience.
Lots of love,
Cornelia