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John Wilson Students Get 'Tacky' For A Day
And there's a slim-to-none chance they'll ever be seen dressing in those outfits ever again, although their parents may have worn some of the pieces when they were in style - 20-30 years ago. If the clothes didn't match, it made the outfit look good. If the shoes didn't match the clothes, the outfit was even better. If the hairstyle was something out of an old high school yearbook, the student approached perfection. "It was a day for normal people to look weird," said eighth grader Chidu-bem Nwabueze, resplendent in multicolor attire. Classmate Leawanda Herbert, who celebrated her birthday in conjunction with "Tacky Day" last Thursday, added, "It was unique and a chance to step out of the box." "It was fun not having to wear a uniform for a change," said student Carmel Agnant. "We just wanted to have a little fun," said Principal Buffie Simmons-Peart. "We relaxed our uniform dress code and let the students get as creative as they could with shirts, hats, hair and accessories." "I'm not going to say that everyone had great taste in matching clothing, which was the whole point of the exercise," the principal added, "but everybody really looked nice." Eighth grader Zaire Peoples summed up Wacky Tacky Day for his schoolmates, "Today was the day when every-one got to show their wild side," she said with a wink and a smile. It's unlikely any of the combinations of clothes worn at the East 100th Street school will be seen on models walking the runway during next year's Fashion Week.
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