Fashion limits for preschoolers

Recently a preschool in Sweden banned its students from wearing stripes or polka-dots to school per this article.  They cite that the patterns on the clothes cause one of the teachers to develop migraines.  I am no fashion guru or doctor, but it seems to me after working in a classroom (and raising preschoolers) that there could be many other reasons she is getting migraines.  What do you think?

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[letha albright]

This report sounded bizarre enough that I did a bit of online surfing to see if it might be an urban legend. However, the story popped up from several different sources -- many of them written in Sweden for English-speaking audiences.

So, it sounds legit. I'm not sure what to think about it, though. How far is an employer obligated to go to protect the well-being of its employees? On the one hand, it seems like a simple request to ask parents to dress their children in solid-colored clothing -- kind of like school uniforms. On the other hand...I'm not sure there is an other hand. The teacher deserves to work and make a living. I doubt that she chose to have migranes.