- There's no way that goes past your fingertips.
- It does! - You are not holding it
- the right way! (laughs)
- It does!
(laughs)
(upbeat music)
- Welcome to another edition of Dress Codes.
Today I am gonna be with Miss Joyce!
Devin is actually out of town,
yes we will do one of these with Devin,
so before you freak out, it's gonna be fine.
Today we are going to be seeing how much
of our adult wardrobes follow the rules
of several high school dress codes
in the state of South Carolina.
- Yeehaw, my home state.
- Question mark?
Will I be yee-hawing today?
Or nay?
We're going to go through our clothes
and if a piece of clothing doesn't work for that school,
we're gonna move it on to the no rack.
After all of this, we are going
to pick outfits for each high school,
and then we're going to have a principal
decide whether or not we have followed the rules
as they are written on the dress code.
We're going to try and trick the principal
at least one time.
If we get caught violating the dress code,
we have to wear the ugly yellow dress code violation shirt
and do the walk of shame around the office.
- Oh God!
- If we trick the principal,
then the principal has to wear the ugly dress code shirt
and do the same walk of shame.
- Oh I love it!
High school was hell for me.
So I think about once a year
I would get in trouble for my dress code and my cursing.
- My favorite cocktail of rule violations. (giggles)
- I'm a rebel.
(Kristin laughs)
- Alright, are we ready to start our first high school?
- Let's do it.
- It's actually your high school that you went to.
- Let's get in trouble.
- First we are going to be doing the dress code
for Blythewood High School in Blythewood, South Carolina.
I am quoting these from the actual rules.
I am interpreting them as they are written down.
Attire must not be immodest, obscene, profane, lewd.
These are four words that mean the same thing.
I can tell you right now this would not work,
but I'm not gonna make you get naked.
(Joyce laughs)
Wearing items that could pose a safety threat
to one's self or others is not allowed.
This includes heavy chains not made as jewelry, fish hooks.
- Dang I wanna find the girl who,
or the boy, who was wearing fish hooks
and just change the world.
Just one day came to school like
I'm gonna wear these fish hooks,
and I'm gonna live my best life.
And then something crazy happens.
- It sounds like a super hero origin story.
- Fishhook the (beep) - Movie!
The movie!
- Okay.
(Women laugh)
Lower garments should be of
fingertip length to assure modesty.
- I think it's very discriminatory
against plus-size people - It is.
And taller people. - Yes.
And people of different body shapes.
- I am an example as to why the fingertip rule
doesn't work at all. - Yes!
Because my fingertips do not clear my vagina.
(Joyce laughs)
Okay, anything that doesn't reach
your tips of your fingies,
put them on the no rack.
Honestly, everything is fine for me.
You don't have more short stuff?
- Oh a bunch of skirts.
By the way, not the fingertip you know.
That make the booty look fat.
(Kristin laughs)
- Halter tops and shirts with spaghetti straps
will not be allowed.
Kay, spaghetti straps, spaghetti straps,
spaghetti straps, straps. - Wow!
You're a spaghetti strap queen!
- I don't like sleeves, it's my downfall.
- I have my dad's shirt here.
(Kristin laughs)
I also have a shirt from my mom
but if I show you, she's gonna
watch this and ask for it back.
(Kristin laughs)
- No clothing that is excessively formfitting.
- I just started as soon as you started talking.
- I was waiting for you to, like,
yell at me and complain.
- I gave up at this point.
- Are there any jeans left?
- No, all my jeans are formfitting.
I only wear jeggings cuz I'm tall.
They use jeggings at my school.
We weren't allowed to wear jeggings.
- Unless, like, it said no jeggings,
at that point, you were unfairly targeted
for a rule, it's not here. - Wow.
So, wait, what do you have left?
- I have some shirts, mostly.
- Oh my god, you have one pair of pants.
I'm obviously fine but, like,
that's cuz it's winter.
First up to test, Joyce's school,
Blythewood High. - Blythewood.
Our dresses have to reach our fingertips.
As you can see mine do, yours are barely.
- Yep, just making it.
- But these dresses are probably about the same length.
- Yes, and see?
Totally different experience, right?
- So now we're gonna go to Mike
and see whether or not we have followed these rules,
according to his interpretation of them.
- Let's do it!
- So, Mike, are you ready?
- Very conservative, but I love these dresses.
- Oh! - Oh!
- You think they're conservative.
- Well, (laughs)
Let's check where your fingertips land.
- Here, I'm doing it, it's happening.
- Okay.
- But you can't move my hand! (laughs)
- Those seem fine.
Shirts cannot be tight, low-cut, or show cleavage.
Honestly, I actually can't really see cleavage.
Okay, I think you're safe.
- Oh, I'm safe. - Yes.
I'm, like, waiting for the shoe to drop.
- No, there's no shoe to drop.
I'm not trying to trick you.
Next! - Last time, the (bleep) did!
(Kristin gasps)
- Well, actually there's a twist.
- There's a twist?
- You will also have to wear the shirt.
(joke roll) - Why, but?
- Cuz I tried to trick you - No!
and I succeeded.
- Put your fingertips down there.
Oh, just barely!
Are your arms extended? (laughs)
- They're extended. - Okay.
Can I see brown through this?
I don't think so, I don't see cleavage.
- Everything's covered.
- I think she's safe.
Is she safe, please tell me she's safe.
- I would be safe, technically, in a textbook,
but I'd probably get in trouble for this.
- [Producer] This is actually her high school!
- Oh my god! (laughs)
Twist!
- It's way too short for my legs.
So, even though this covers my chest,
it's still too short.
I'm too tall.
- I mean, it's right there.
- I remember one time I got in trouble
and my dad came to school and yelled at everyone.
- That's rough. - Yes.
- So we all followed the rules by the book.
So we all don't have to wear the shirt.
- Yay! - We all win.
- Well, three schools left to go, baby!
Let's go!
Next we are gonna do Stratford High School
in Goose Creek, South Carolina.
No short shorts comma miniskirts
slash dresses are acceptable.
According to the bad grammar of
this dress code, it reads like
no short shorts, however, miniskirts
slash dresses are acceptable.
I understand that, like, this is a grammatical error.
But, like, be better at grammar, school.
- I think short shorts for me
would be, like, right here.
- If you don't consider it to be short shorts,
I guess it's fine?
- I think this and this would be too short.
- This is pretty short.
I'm self-censoring here, but I
truly don't know what counts as too short.
No tank tops, halter tops, fishnet shirts
or bare midriffs are permitted.
Okay, well, there we go.
- It doesn't have the fingertip rule,
so this dress stays.
- Who knows what rule it has?
Depending on the day and the person you get,
it could be fingertips, it could be knuckles.
♪ Love double standards. ♪
- ♪ Hey girl, I got rules for you ♪
♪ and different rules for me. ♪
(Kristin laughs)
♪ And that's just how it's gonna be. ♪
- I love this song!
- Double standards.
I actually wore this in high school
and I didn't know it was see-through.
- Here, wait, stop, one second.
I was interpreting it as no see-through stuff
but they only say no fishnet shirts.
I think the rule, much like the rule above,
does not make sense.
Some of these dress codes are so lazy.
It just makes me crazy.
- These have holes, does that mean it's see-through?
- That's fine, that's a knit.
The thing I usually do is if you hold
it up to your face, can you see me through it?
Yeah. (laughs)
Because this dress code isn't very specific,
a lot of stuff is still available.
Let's test it out.
School two, Stratford High School.
So there's actually no length requirement.
- Yes.
- And it doesn't say anything
about how low something can be cut.
I should be able to get away with this.
I feel like Mike's gonna try and ding me for it,
in which case, he will be wrong.
And he's gonna have to wear the yellow shirt,
which he hates.
- And for me, I tried to trick him last time.
You know, give him a little if, but this time,
like, I'm gonna be nice.
- Alright, let's go see!
- Hi. - Hi.
So, we're at Stratford High School?
So what does miniskirts slash dresses mean?
Okay, I think that mini's probably higher up, right?
- Probably, I'm following the rule as they're written, too.
I'm not, there's not like a secret extra rule.
- But the rules say that principals may create
further rules and I think that this principal
wouldn't want bras to be showing.
Yes, I'm going a little rogue,
but this is within the law.
- The Empire strikes back!
- I'm just, I
- I thought I was gonna get away with this
cuz I didn't think there's anything about bras.
I didn't read far down to the part
where principals can make their own rules.
I was not expecting this. (laughs)
- Twist!
- Alright, yeah, oh it has hair on it now. (laughs)
- [Mike] I hope it's your hair.
- Who knows?
- Joyce, you're up.
May I touch the fabric?
- Yes.
- Are these jeggings?
- They're Fashion Nova jeans.
- [Kristin] Are you touching your student
to try to figure out if they're jeggings?
- I thought they were jeans when I was looking at them
but I think that they are jeggings cuz it's stretchy.
And I don't know if that's
- [Kristin] Wow, you know nothing about women's jeans.
- I don't see anything in the rules about leggings,
so I say you do not have to wear the shirt today.
- Alright, well, I will go on my tour now.
I'll see you in a bit.
- Have fun - [Joyce] ♪ Here she is. ♪
Showing off your floor shirt.
- [Joyce] ♪ With her dress code shirt. ♪
♪ Walk around in shame. ♪
♪ It's a really lame game! ♪
♪ Kinda (bleep) up cuz you can't control how your bra shows! ♪
♪ But, oh well, it's your fortune! ♪
- Next we have Aiken High School,
part of the Aiken County public schools
in Aiken, South Carolina. - Alright!
Clothing should fully cover the torso
from neck to three inches above the knee.
So basically from here to here must be covered.
Basically anything low-cut too.
- This (bleep) takes my whole wardrobe at this point.
This is very low-cut.
This is my dominatrix dress, takes,
like, 45 minutes to get into.
- That's not allowed. (laughs)
These two things are not gonna work either.
- What if you wear a top under it?
- You don't have any tops that work anyway.
(Joyce laughs)
Leggings, jeggings and yoga pants may be worn
with a shirt that covers to mid-thigh.
- This one's a cardigan, that one's a jacket.
- So you're losing a lot of (bleep)!
- I'm about to be out the game in a minute, honey.
(Kristin laughs)
- All female shirts need to have sleeves
that are at least three inches wide.
All male shirts must have sleeves.
(crickets chirping)
- Three inches wide, what's that, three fingers?
- No no no no, I think they mean
that this has to be three inches wide up here.
- Oh, I think everything else is three inches wide.
I only have cardigans left.
- Is this three inches?
- That looks - No.
a little less.
- Everyone behind the camera is doing this.
I'm gonna keep it and see.
Any item that migrates on its own
has to be pulled up, tugged down,
stretched or otherwise adjusted
more to cover the body.
Oh my god!
- Welcome to my wardrobe.
- I'm so sorry.
I hate this.
- I hate this too!
- Dress codes really do target plus-size bodies
disproportionately. - Definitely.
- The fact that I have this many clothes
is just cuz I have a lot of clothes.
Because let's look at all the clothes that I cannot wear.
- That is true.
It makes me look at a lot of my clothes,
and I realize I'm so happy and
so blessed not to be in school anymore.
Let's test it!
- We're doing Aiken school now.
This school has the rule where
dresses have to be no more than three inches above the knee.
And then sleeves have to be wider than three inches.
I don't know if this is gonna work.
- This is obviously not three inches,
but I'm thinking the shawl, so I was like,
let me see if I can trick Mike.
- I don't think this works, but
I think Mike may not know that.
- Are you gonna do the counter attack?
- Yeah, listen, I had to wear the floor shirt.
Mike's gonna wear the floor shirt!
I'm just kidding, let's go talk to Mike.
(laughter)
- Hello hello hello!
- I've worn this for other dress codes episodes.
- That doesn't mean it's gonna work on this high school.
It's true, it won't.
Clothing should fully cover the torso
from neck to three inches above the knee.
Yeah, you're fine.
All female shirts need to have sleeves
that are at least three inches wide.
This isn't a shirt,
it's a dress, so does that count?
It doesn't look like a spaghetti strap
because this actually is substantial.
- No, this is like a lasagna strap.
- Okay! (laughs)
The one part that I'm not totally sure about
is where it says that clothing should
fully cover the torso from neck.
Cuz, like, you see, like, this
and that's not neck.
Here's chest, here's neck, oh there's skin!
I think it's time for floor shirt.
- God (bleep)!
(laughter)
- I've done literally, literally six of these videos.
Why - Oh, you were trying
to trick me? - do I keep getting tricked?
- Why?
- Oh, are you sick?
(Joyce coughs)
Let's stand up sweetie.
- I have the flu.
- I don't think you do.
How about you put your hands by your side, Joyce.
(Joyce laughs)
- [Kristin] Joyce, what are you doing?
- So, I think we're gonna have the
same issue here that we did with Kristin.
Here's chest, here's neck, a lot happening here.
I'm very sorry to say it Joyce,
but you're gonna have to wear the floor shirt too.
- How do we wear the floor shirt together.
- [Kristin] Keep going, you're not done.
- I'm in the shame shirt.
- Seriously?
- That's what I said.
- [Kristin] Listen, you broke the rules.
- [Coworker] You look pretty covered up!
- Compared to usually, see?
I really let it all out there for my coworkers.
- [Kristin] Joyce is giving me my turn with the shame shirt.
- I'm done with this.
I hate school. - Ugh!
- [Joyce] She's wearing her shame shirt
two times in a row!
- Why does this keep happening to me?
- [Joyce] I hear Principal Mike is just really intense.
- Mike is gonna wear the shame shirt next time.
I (bleep) promise it!
This is Bamberg-Ehrhardt High School
from Bamberg, South Carolina.
All shorts, skirts, and dresses
must be no more than four inches above the knee.
- And these are, like, shorts and pants too, right?
- It's a going out of business sale
for things that are less than four inches.
- So, all of my clothes.
- Not all your clothes, but probably a lot of them.
Bye babies, bye skirts, bye every skirt!
This is too short, I know this is too short.
- Oh, this is cute!
Please wear this to work on Monday, thank you!
- Okay, but it's too short for this school!
(Joyce laughs)
Halter tops, low-cut blouses,
tank tops, t-straps, tube tops,
a-shirts and cut-offs are prohibited.
- Okay, let's (laughs)
♪ I'm losing all my clothes cuz ♪
♪ No one will let me dress the way I want. ♪
- Get on there!
How're you doing over here? (laughs)
- And, again, I have nothing to wear to school.
- Leggings, jeggings, yoga pants, and tights
may only be worn with a shirt
or skirt that extends to mid-thigh.
- ♪ Once I was afraid, I was naked on the street ♪
♪ I will survive, hey hey ♪
- I'm, like, personally mad about the jeggings rule.
- Yeah, oh I've gotta take my jeggings too.
Oh, there we go, naked.
- I think, like, there might be
a couple of schools here where
you're just gonna have to break the rule.
- Yeah.
- And that's just gonna have to be the deal.
- It is.
- Because you just don't have things to wear.
- And then, it's, like, fashion.
So, what, I'm gonna wear this Adidas jacket
that covers mid way with these pants?
- Actually, that'd be pretty cute.
- I know, dammit.
(Kristin laughs)
She has a whole wardrobe.
- I do, here's the thing.
I know the usual suspects, I know the stuff
that's gonna stay on the good side.
And I know the stuff that's not.
Alright, let's go test it out.
Now, we're doing Bamberg-Ehrhardt.
This school actually says you can't
have things that are shorter than
four inches above the knee.
I'm gonna pull this dress a little bit down
and then surprise (bleep)! (laughs)
He's gonna wear that floor shirt!
He's not gonna know what (bleep) hit him!
I love Mike, he's one of my best friends.
- Technically, it said that we
couldn't have anything, like, sheer blouses.
But it's technically a sheer sweater
if you look close enough.
- What are you wearing underneath it?
Just a bra?
- I'm wearing the onesie.
- So, you are technically covered.
I'm curious whether or not he'll be,
I feel like yes.
- We'll see.
Let's go back to the principal's office!
Principal Mike!
- You look so sad.
Let's take a look at what is happening.
No more than four inches above the knee.
I think this is fine?
Yeah, it's fine.
No, okay, that's the other garments.
Alright, Kristin, you actually behaved yourself this time.
- I passed?
- You passed.
(Kristin laughs)
- Okay, I tricked you!
- No!
How did you make it seem like it was longer?
- I pulled it down.
- Oh my god!
(Mike groans)
- I got you! - I hate it.
- Okay, that feels, like, dirty, but okay.
- Listen, dirty shirt, dirty rules.
- Alright Joyce.
I see, I can see bra strap.
- It's not a bra, it's a one-piece.
- [Kristin] Wait, did you get double tricked?
- We only have one floor shirt.
It's not like I can double bag the floor shirt.
Okay, all straps on blouses must
be at least three fingers wide.
- [Kristin] You can't see it, though.
You can't move - Okay, okay.
- Okay, okay, well I have to wear a floor shirt anyway.
So, you pass this time
but I still resent you.
- Floor shirt!
- [Mike] You're so pleased with yourself.
- I did it, I said I would and I followed through!
- Oh, you got a little bit of
floor hair on your forehead.
Imma pick the floor hair off your forehead.
Floor hair.
- Let's get this over with.
(Kristin laughs)
- He's wearing the floor shirt, floor shirt.
- Yeah, that's my reaction, too, Matt.
- What's he doing?
- [Joyce] Floor shirt!
- What is a floor shirt?
- [Producer] We are doing a dress codes video, and he lost.
- Sorry Mike!
- [Mike] You should be.
- Alright, we did it.
- We did it!
- I had to wear the shirt twice.
You had to wear it once, Mike had to wear it once.
So, ultimately, I am the loser.
However, Mike had to wear the shirt
and that was all that mattered.
- Yeah, we did get him.
- Were you surprised at how hard it was?
- Yes, and how much of my clothes didn't work!
- Every time I keep thinking I know enough and yet
- They get you again!
- Next episode we are going to feature
the very special woman who has never been on this before.
I mean, by process of elimination,
you probably can figure it out.
- Y'all ain't ready.
- It's Devin!
(upbeat music)