UK-based fashion retailers Asda, Sainsbury’s and Tesco have been receiving flak for the range of their school uniforms.
The uniforms, reportedly, showed that girl’s skirts and shorts are significantly shorter than boy’s dresses.
The parents, in particular, have come out and lashed at the aforementioned retailers for selling school uniforms that intend to ‘sexualise’ girls.
As per the media reports, earlier this year, Asda had come into limelight for selling girls’ shorts that were 8 cm shorter than shorts made for 7 to 8-year-old boys.
Meanwhile, Asda has said that its apparel brand ‘George’ offers more variety than offered by any other school wear retailer, including longer skirts, shorts and skirts for girls.
Tesco too has been criticised for Tesco F&F girls’ pleated skirts that have an outside leg measurement of 32 cm, which is much shorter than 36 cm on boys’ regular fit shorts.
Though Sainsbury’s too received flak, it’s also being making some girls’ clothes that are longer than boy’s clothes.
In 2018, Sainsbury’s – founded in 1869 – had planned merger with Leeds (England)-based Asda, which was blocked by the Competition and Markets Authority over concerns of increased prices for consumers.
