About

What I Would Wear As A Teacher, also known as Teacher Outfit Parodies, is a TikTok trend where fashion vloggers show a series of outfits they would theoretically wear on each day of the week if they were a teacher. While the trend has existed alongside other "outfit of the day" style videos, it was repopularized in late 2022 due to viral debates about the appropriateness of some outfits for a school setting. The trend has also led to parody videos where people show obnoxious and inappropriate outfits as possible teaching garb.

Origin

On June 30th, 2020, TikToker^[1] @misscarinab posted the earliest known "What I Wear As A Teacher" video, gathering over 100,000 plays and over 16,000 likes in nearly two years (seen below).

On February 2nd, 2021, TikToker^[2] @wisdm8 then posted a "Outfits I'd Wear If I Was Your Teacher" video similar in style to @misscarinab's, gathering over 6.2 million plays and over 1.2 likes in approximately 19 months (seen below).

Spread

On August 31st, 2022, TikToker^[3] @nico1eodeon uploaded a similar video showing her outfit choices for a possible teaching job. The post gathered over 7 million plays and 1.2 million likes in nearly two weeks (seen below). From this, the concept became a more notable trend on TikTok, subsequently inspiring similar videos in the following days from other creators.

On September 3rd, TikToker^[4] @idontknowhowtodothisapp Duetted @nico1eodeon's video and commented on which of the outfits would actually be allowed to be worn in a school by a teacher. This video gathered over 15 million plays and 2.9 million likes in nearly 10 days (seen below). The creator went on to continue this series, commenting on the aforementioned @wisdm8 video, as well as several others.

On September 8th, TikToker^[5] @officialguaplord posted a parody of the "What I Would Wear As A Teacher" video format, dressing in cocktail dresses and pajamas as a joke. Her post gathered over 3.7 million plays and over 700,000 likes in nearly five days (seen below).

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