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Tue 04 Apr 2007Lock up your daughters' hemlinesTeenage girls' alterations to their school uniforms are proving too hot to handle for some, but the home-made tailoring is all to match their peers, writes Finola MeredithThe humble school skirt must be the most constantly modified garment in history. For generations, teenage girls have diligently applied their creativity to transforming stodgy A-line knee-length skirts into cheeky little minis. Those girls unfortunate enough to be saddled with calf-length swathes of pleated tartan - beyond all remedial intervention - can only look on in envy.