Professional Image: All Future Professionals must adhere to the following professional dress code while in attendance:
- Future Professionals should wear solid-colored scrubs with the same color tops and bottoms. Clothing should be clean.
- Shoes should be professional, practical, and comfortable. Shoes must be close-toed to protect the feet from spilled chemicals, hair slivers, and overall cleanliness and foot health. Shoes may be any color.
- Hair should be styled prior to arriving at school.
- Any cosmetics should be applied prior to arriving at the school.
- Paul Mitchell branded tops may be worn with solid-colored scrub bottoms when a scrub top isn’t worn.
- If worn, capes, smocks, and aprons must be a solid color or Paul Mitchell branded.
- Name tag, as provided by the school. All Future Professionals are required to wear a name tag while in attendance. Students who lose their name tag will have to pay a fee to replace it. Temporary name tag replacement $1.00, Replacement name tag $10.00.
- Solid-colored long-sleeved undershirts can be worn under a scrub top.
- Solid-colored cardigans/zip-up jackets or Paul Mitchell branded sweatshirts may be worn over scrub tops if needed for warmth.
- Baseball hats, stylish hats, caps, stylish head wraps, or beanies may be worn but may not contain political messages or branding, profanity, or other industry-related logos.
- Paul Mitchell or school-branded apparel that otherwise meets the requirements.
The following is a list of unacceptable attire for all Future Professionals in attendance:
- Foot thongs, flip-flops, beach sandals, and slippers or shoes that look like slippers.
- Sunglasses—we want to see your beautiful eyes.
- Bonnets and Velcro wraps.
Future Professionals who fail to comply with the Future Professional dress code may be coached and may receive an advisory.