Eastland's uniforms

[RetroGuy2000]

Ah, the hallowed halls of Eastland! Where so many students roamed on their way from class to class,
or the gym to the cafeteria, wearing their traditional gray and maroon uniforms, as they walk down the
ivy corridors. Sweet memories...

"Wait a minute!" You say. "Eastland's uniforms were blue and maroon, not gray!"

And that's true, to a point.

The uniform rules seem to have been this: A maroon skirt is always worn during normal dress code. On
top is a light blue/white shirt. If a blue sweater is worn, the tie is maroon. If a maroon vest is worn, the
tie is blue. If a blue blazer is worn over the maroon vest, the tie is blue.

All the girls are dressed correctly here:




But in some publicity photos, Jo is a rebel, and wears the wrong color tie:



Maroon and blue seem to be the Eastland uniform colors from Fall 1979 to Spring 1988.

But prior to that, in "season zero", Kimberly Drummond wears a gray blazer with the maroon vest
and skirt:

['80sSitcoms]

Oh, that Jo---always the rebel! lol

I'm definitely glad they made the change from gray. Or maybe gray blazers were worn by students who didn't live on campus, in order to distinguish them (not really, just being far-fetched, lol).

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

Oh, that Jo---always the rebel! lol

I'm definitely glad they made the change from gray. Or maybe gray blazers were worn by students who didn't live on campus, in order to distinguish them (not really, just being far-fetched, lol).

I hadn't considered the "off-campus uniform" angle... and it's interesting, even intriguing... but I don't really believe it. We never see any students wearing the gray blazer after the pilot, when we should have otherwise seen a few students in gray, if there were any more than a handful of off-campus students. Also, the whole point of a uniform is consistency: why introduce another color for a certain group of students, if everyone is supposed to be dressed alike? That's like having everyone at Eastland wear a maroon graduation gown, except the off-campus students have to wear gray. It'd be a little weird.

['80sSitcoms]

Yeah, I was just creatively making a joke, lol (but that would be funny if they had that discrimination/distinction, lol)

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

Yeah, I was just creatively making a joke, lol (but that would be funny if they had that discrimination/distinction, lol)

Well, it would likely lead to ostracization, at the junior high/high school level: "Oh, a grayjacket? Hmph."

I do agree with you that the blue blazers look better.

['80sSitcoms]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

Well, it would likely lead to ostracization, at the junior high/high school level: "Oh, a grayjacket? Hmph."

Yeah I was thinking of Dr. Seuss's plain-bellied Sneetches and star-bellied Sneetches.