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DALLAS, Nov 2, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- A Dallas-area school district has decided high school girls wearing tight leggings with skimpy skirts are too distracting and banned the outfits.
The Carrollton-Farmers Branch district issued the edict and reminded students the shortest a skirt can be is 4 inches above the knee.
Many female students are annoyed with the fashion imposition, The Dallas Morning News reported.
"I think the leggings ban is really dumb because it covers up more of your skin," 17-year-old Shannon Utley told the newspaper.
Student Gabrielle Blummer, 17, said she doesn't approve of leggings simply from a fashion standpoint but at the same time said it was "hypocritical" for cheerleaders to be allowed to wear short skirts with leggings but not other girls.
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