I never really liked them to be perfectly honest but the overall idea is good. In theory, it makes kids equal and, therefore, not feel upset if someone else in their class wears ridiculously overpriced designer top or whatever.
That's the theory, though. I think it comes down to how well the uniform code is enforced in schools. I just left high school last year and my school was shockingly bad at enforcing it and there were always the groups of "popular" boys and girls who managed to get away with it. Everyone had to wear ties at our school and, believe or not, the "popular" kids would even pick on the kids who who their ties like proper ties, and not like scarves.
So yeah. Imho, good idea but ultimately comes down to how it's enforced.
That's the theory, though. I think it comes down to how well the uniform code is enforced in schools. I just left high school last year and my school was shockingly bad at enforcing it and there were always the groups of "popular" boys and girls who managed to get away with it. Everyone had to wear ties at our school and, believe or not, the "popular" kids would even pick on the kids who who their ties like proper ties, and not like scarves.
So yeah. Imho, good idea but ultimately comes down to how it's enforced.