And now a contest on dress code

Our people never fail to capitalise on situatuions.After anna university brought up this issue on dress code, there has been much ado on whether it makes any sense to have a dress code at the college level...We had students ranting and raving about being victmised in college for not sporting the right attire . We had activists speaking about why the decision was a bad one.. And now, we have an essay competetion on this topic of whether imposing a dress code in college was a right decision...
Well, personally I believe that as an educational institution every college is an epitome of values. As a means of formal education, colleges also teach its students how to conduct oneself in the real world. So it does differ from a discotheque or pub of a hangout in some way. So it does make sense to expect that students sport respectable attire in the college premises.But who defines what "respectable attire" is ?There are institutions that expect girls to wear only sarees to college.And then a good cross section of the colleges allow girls to wear Salwars. And the remaining colleges- the ones for the elites let girls come in Jeans and other western clothes... So whats wrong with jeans.... I have seen Kiran Bedi in interviews wearing Jeans and shirt... she looked as respectable as she would in a saree..And then whats right with Indian clothes? I haveseen some of the tinsel world vamps abusing the Saree and Salwar by the way they wore it... So who decides what is respectable or otherwise...
I think... if a person of the opposite gender can look at you and feel respect for you, without entertaining any basal thoughts, then what you are wearing is respectable...
What do you think?