Bennet Academy
St. Josephs School
1986-1997
So what did your uniform look like? In high school, we had a plaid, grey pleated skirt. And we could wear button-down shirts.
Did you like wearing it? I liked it, I was indecisive. I could just wake up and I knew what to wear. I guess I was pretty preppy. I didn’t really express myself in school, so I was an accessories person—I always did my nails, loved rings and bracelets.
Do you think that’s why you’re into jewelry now? Yeah, probably. They told us what to wear, and the only way to be unique was to accessorize or wear jewelry, or change up our socks and shoes.
Did you ever have days at school where you got to wear your own clothes? Well, we had mass. It was a fundraiser once a month.
Like a church mass/fundraiser? Explain. It was an all school mass—$5 at the door. You didn’t have to dress up if you didn’t want to, but most kids did. And we could wear Sunday best.
Sunday Best? Like fancy dresses and skirts. So basically once a month, everyone bought a new outfit to go to mass.
That’s hilarious! It was VERY serious. Most people would go out and buy new clothes for that day.
So did people really pay attention in mass? The best part of mass was Communion. It was like a fashion show. People would sit next to their friends and stare at everybody and whisper, “where’d she get that, why does he think he can pull that off?”
