Constitutional Right to Wear A Strapless Dress?

I realize that it's been 31 years since I graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont, and at times my memory isn't as sharp as it once was. Nevertheless, I'm pretty sure that no where in the United States Constitution was there the right to wear a strapless dress!

Yet, that is what some parents in New Jersey are claiming!  A New Jersey principal's ban on strapless dresses at a junior high school dance because they would be "distracting" to boys has enraged parents, who have called for its reversal on the grounds it violates their daughters' constitutional rights. Readington Middle School's principal, Sharon Moffat, said in a letter last month that a "dress with straps" was the only style that would be allowed. But the dress code shreds the 14th Amendment right to equal protection since girls for the past six years have been wearing sleeveless fashions to the dance at said parent Charlotte Nijenhuis. Another parent, Michelle D'Amico, said she was "livid" that her 14-year-old daughter was being prevented from wearing the same strapless dress that her older daughter had worn six years ago. "It's completely unjust," D'Amico said. Parents have petitioned the school board to overturn the policy before the June 12th dance. Meanwhile, the Readington Township School District said in a statement that it "has a policy regarding dress code which is being universally applied to the school day and school events. We regret that a small number of families are upset by this and we welcome their input and communication."

(Source - Reuters)