Taimei Elementary School was previously under fire for introducing an expensive uniform designed by high fashion brand Armani. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Almost all students from Taimei Elementary School in Tokyo’s upmarket Ginza district are now decked out inThe school first introduced the uniform, which is optional for its students, in 2018.due to the uniform’s steep price tag. Officials said the education board received over 60 complaint cases at the time.
But five years on, almost all of Taimei Elementary School’s students can be seen wearing the white and navy blue Armani uniform. School officials said they explain the uniform policy to parents and guardians before their children are admitted.
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