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Teacher Wears the Same Dress Every Day for 100 Days – The Reason Why Will Move You
Jul 15, 2025
Teacher Wears the Same Dress Every Day for 100 Days – The Reason Why Will Move You.
It felt like everyone was watching her. Whispering after she’d passed by and behind her back. It wasn’t just the students anymore either, some of the other staff members were darting their eyes over towards her during recess. Others were less discrete. “Is she still wearing that dress?” She’d heard a hundred variations of that question and she knew the day was coming when someone would call her out. It wouldn’t be long before millions of people across the globe were asking the same thing. Her answer left them silent.
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Her pupils were not the only people who
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started to notice something odd about
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this teacher. When she walked down the
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hallways, she would feel eyes on her.
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"Is she still wearing that dress?" One
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of the girls would ask before
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snickering. She knew that the question
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was about to come any day now. It would
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be time to explain her actions. Even
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though she was aware that it was only a
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matter of time, she had no idea that it
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was going to be this big of an issue.
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When it was time to explain herself, she
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left everyone in shock. But before we
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start, smash the like button, subscribe,
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and ring the notifications bell so you
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never miss our upcoming stories. At the
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age of 34, Julia Mooney accepted the art
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teacher position at the William Allen
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Middle School in Morstown, New Jersey.
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She planned in advance and dressed for
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the job. Her new gray Jasmia dress
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looked pristine as it lay in the box.
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When she ordered it, she had no idea
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that it was going to cause this much
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controversy. She was excited to start
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the new job, but her nerves had been in
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an even poorer state than usual. Since
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she was starting in a new school, she
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knew that everyone was going to be
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looking at her. After preparing her two
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little kids for school, it was time for
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her to start at her new workplace. The
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fit of the dress had been perfect on
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her. She was thrilled with this dress,
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which cost her 50. In fact, she felt
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optimistic because of it. She introduced
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herself to the sixth and seventh graders
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in her class and felt that everything
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would go smoothly. However, the problem
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started when the temperature started to
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go up. She stood beneath the air
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conditioning unit. But this was not
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enough to make her feel better. She
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started to flush and realized, "Oh no,
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I'm sweating." The horror. As she found
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herself using a book, she felt
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embarrassment bloom inside her. She had
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to continue teaching, but she was
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distracted by the summer heat. The
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temperature had already passed 90° by
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then. For hours, she introduced herself
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to the students and asked the kids to do
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the same thing. It felt endless. As new
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classes of pre-teens entered the doors,
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she knew that this was her chance to
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make a good impression. However, she
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could not help but feel as if she was
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blowing it. At long last, it was time to
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go home. Julia was glad that the day was
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over, but she was embarrassed to see the
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way the dress clung to her like it was
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wet cheesecloth. She reassured herself
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that she could do better the following
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day. When she got home, she scrubbed the
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dress in the sink and let it air dry.
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When she got to school the following
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morning, her pupils must have realized
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that there was something different about
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Mrs. Mooney. The observant kids had been
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the ones to figure out why this was the
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case. At the age of 13, girls typically
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start to get more conscious of their
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looks and clothes. They want to wear
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fashionable pieces and follow trends.
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This explains why the first one to
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notice her faux paw was a girl. After
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some time, she became the talk of the
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town. The kids at William Allen Middle
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School talked about the fact that she
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wore the same gray dress every single
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day during that first week. They started
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to speculate what it could possibly
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mean. Her fellow teachers had also been
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concerned. Could she be struggling with
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money? The children started to wonder if
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this was the case. Sadly, we all know
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how cruel kids can be. Julia had been
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very careful to avoid the elephant in
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the room. She simply kept teaching. Even
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though the kids whispered and snickered
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amongst themselves, one of the other
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teachers started to treat her in a
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different way as well. This person acted
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as if Julia was fragile, but refused to
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ask her about her outfit. Even though
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this could not have been easy, she
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decided to just wait. At the very least,
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she needed to stay for the duration of
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the course. By the third week, people
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could no longer contain the curiosity
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that they felt. Julia could see the
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question written all over their faces.
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It was clear that it would soon be time
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for her to address the issue. But what
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exactly was going on here in the first
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place? Why did she wear that gray dress
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that often? No one knew that she
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actually had a trick up her sleeve. She
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actually planned the entire thing with
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precision. There was a reason. She wore
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the plain gray dress every single day.
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I'm walking down the halls and they're
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like, "Is she still wearing that dress?"
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All the curiosity just made her smile. I
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needed to pick a dress that was going to
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be versatile because I'm going to be
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wearing it through the winter. And when
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we started the school year, it was 90°.
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Julia said later on. At long last, some
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of her students had been brave enough to
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ask her about the dress. When they asked
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her why she wore it for weeks on end,
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she told them to check out her Instagram
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page. It had the answers to their
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questions. The first post on the
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Instagram page said, "For at least 100
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days, I'll be wearing this dress through
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ceramics projects, blizzards, whatever.
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Boring? Sure. This is a challenge. I
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love to express myself through what I
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wear as much as the next American. The
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account is called one outfit 100 days.
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We know that this does not exactly
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explain the reasoning behind it just
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yet. She had four reasons to do this.
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Why would anyone wear the same outfit
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for 100 days? The first reason is
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simple. It saves her a lot of time.
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Julia has two toddlers, so she wants to
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save as much time as possible. By
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following a minimalist lifestyle, she
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can say goodbye to the what to wear
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question that ate up so much of her
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time. She did this so that she can spend
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more time with her loved ones. But this
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is not the only reason she did this.
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Aside from that, she also considers
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herself a slow fashion advocate. In case
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you are not familiar with fast fashion,
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it involves the production of cheap but
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trendy clothing items that are not meant
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to last long. We demand lots of clothes
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cheap, so retailers have to produce in
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foreign factories where US labor laws
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don't protect workers. She said, "We
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have slow fashion on the other end of
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the line. It promotes fair labor
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practices and promotes good quality. But
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there is another problem that Julia
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wants to address. A lot of clothes are
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produced abroad to meet the demands of
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the growing market for cheap goods.
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These companies tend to employ underage
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factory workers to cut corners. This is
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already bad enough as it is, but these
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children are not protected by the law.
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Julia wants to help callull the demand
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for cheap labor by buying fewer items of
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clothing. It is the main reason for her
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decision, but it is not the only one.
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Julia wants to be a conscious consumer
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in the hopes of fighting the
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environmental impact of the fashion
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industry. Did you know that clothing
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consumption is the highest it has ever
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been? This is part of the reason the
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valuable resources of the planet have
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been depleting. How did the kids react
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to her project? For one thing, it takes
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713 gallons of water to make a cotton
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t-shirt. On the other hand, a polyester
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t-shirt uses less water but emits twice
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the amount of carbon dioxide. Julia
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wants to lower her carbon footprint,
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which is why she bought a fair trade
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hemp dress from Thought, a clothing line
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based in London. When people find out
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about it, disgust is the most common
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reaction. Right away, people assume that
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it is not hygienic to put on the same
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thing every single day. I wash it as
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needed. I come to work clean. I just
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tell them this is not a project about
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hygiene. Lots of people wear uniforms
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and they are not assumed to be dirty,
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she said in response to this line of
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thought. What else can we take away from
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this? Do we really need so many new
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outfits? Are we just perpetuating a
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culture that defines us based on what
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we're wearing rather than what we're
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doing? What if we spend our energy
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trying to be good, interesting humans
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instead of trying to look good and
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interesting? When the story got out, it
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shocked a lot of people. Fortunately,
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most of the responses had been
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supportive of her. After this, her
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Instagram page blew up. She has since
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gained more than 6,500
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followers. One of them said, "All for
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integrating sustainable strategies into
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everyday items. What a movement this
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teacher started. In fact, 17 teachers
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joined the cause." Not long after that,
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some of her pupils and co-workers
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followed in her footsteps. This includes
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Patrick, her husband, who works as a
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history teacher. He pledged to wear the
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exact same shirt for a 100 days. Local
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news stations soon got wind of the
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story. I like to wear clothes. I like to
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express myself. I know that we are all
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looking at what the other person is
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wearing. The art teacher explained in an
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interview. It's weird, but because it's
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weird, it's making us all think. She
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went on to wear the same thing every day
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is uncomfortable because we have this
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deeply ingrained cultural expectation to
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change every day. But what do you think?
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Are you willing to do the same thing and
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wear a single outfit for a 100 days?
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