its not all schools, and not all schools have uniforms - when kitty digs out her old school uniform, she notes that her parents were miffed that her school district had two uniforms. but the code also isnt enforced very well. students like cg and nornsa mix elements from both uniforms without issue

earth c is enamored with uniforms as a whole, and you can see them at every stage of society, mostly as a means of denoting career or religious affiliations. i believe this was explained in more detail in the field guide. what im getting at is, the cultural compulsion of "we need a costume for everything" runs deep

if i remade kq today, i probably would have made a unisex uniform. we live and learn