Editor’s Note: Examining clothes through the ages, Dress Codes is a new series ... which is more associated with Catholic school uniforms, and madras, from India, which became a staple of ...

The crisp yellow dress shirts are ... change aims to modernize the school’s look and “is reflective of uniform trends across the Archdiocese as well as Catholic schools nationwide.” ...

School uniforms are a standard form of dress set by an academic institution. Though they often include some options, such as pants or shorts for boys and skirts, pants, or shorts for girls ...

The Catholic faith is rich with symbolic clothing: the priest’s Roman collar, the nun’s habit, the Pope’s white cassock and cap. They invest the church with a sense of timelessness and gravity.

The reasons for the wool textile’s success as both a national identity marker and school dress code are one ... brought to market by major Catholic school uniform suppliers at the time ...