Girl Scout Uniforms
July 20th, 2008
Just some thoughts as I browse through the “shop” section of the Girl Scouts of the USA site.
- There is a big flower on the Daisy tunic now! And what’s this? A Daisy VEST? Nooooo! They wear tunics! For some reason they even sell a set of iron-on petals…that can’t be because they still sell plain tunics, can it? Nah, it’s for the hand-me-down tunics, I guess. Oh, and for when a Daisy’s petals fall off.
- Brownies are wearing brown again, that’s good. But it’s paired with powder blue. When I was a Brownie, we wore brown and ORANGE and we LIKED it! Can’t beat THAT for classic 70’s/80’s style. But what’s this?! NO FLASHES?? Those were SO COOL when I was a Brownie, I really wanted flashes for my socks! At least the Brownies aren’t wearing that floral pattern anymore. God that was awful…I think it was the late 90’s when they came up with that one?
- I’m not sure that the green of Juniors is quite as IN YOUR FACE as it used to be. Man, we wore BRIGHT green.
- Khaki? Older girls wear khaki now? Blue was so nice! But, erm…what is an ambassador?
- Adult uniform stuff is just as boring as always. Oh well.
Before you think this is some new thing that I’m obsessing with, I’d like to note that I was obsessing over Girl Scout uniforms back in November 2001 when I wrote this article.
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Yeah, what they’ve done with uniforms over the years has me up in arms in some ways–although I have to say I’m not too upset with the powder blue for Brownies. The khaki is so the older girls feel more cool and b/c the daisies wear blue.
As for the Ambassador thing? I think it’s ridiculous–it’s just like their new-ish ’studio 2B’ program for the older girls where they earn pins instead of badges (they are easier too)