While walking down a city street, you pass a girl discussing an upcoming party with another girl. Or is it a boy? It's hard to tell through the long, thick hair tumbling down the teen-ager's back. A few moments later, you nearly trip over someone's extra-wide-legged jeans. You can't help but wonder whether you're in the '60s or the new millennium. According to Webster's New World Dictionary, fashi

Many teenagers are interested in fashion, at least as a hobby. But where would you go to learn if you wanted to make fashion a career? The High School of Fashion Industries, in New York City, is the only high school in the eastern United States to provide occupational classes in fashion as well as a complete academic program for its students. The public school is open to all city residents. Studen

With the warmer weather, many kids will toss away their winter clothes in favor of shorts and tank tops. But not students at Raymond Park Middle School. They have a dress code. Not only are shorts prohibited for both boys and girls, so are sweatpants, cargo pants and capris, plus anything made out of denim, leather or velour. Pants must be worn at the natural waist. Sleeveless shirts are out, as a

J elly bracelets first became popular in the 1980s, as they were worn by pop stars such as Madonna. They are a casual and trendy style of jewelry, usually rings of rubbery plastic. Colors vary, and some are translucent. Although many teenagers wear them to be fashionable, some use them to play a game called "snap," in which the bracelet becomes a "sex coupon," and the color symbolizes the sex act

For some middle-schoolers, ripped Hollister jeans, American Eagle graphic tees and big earrings are part of a look that defines personalities and are worn to impress their peers. Some might be able to wear such clothes to school, but not these private-school kids. And they don't really mind. Two Northside private schools enforce student dress codes, but with different criteria. At St. Richard's Sc