Editor’s Note: Examining clothes through the ages, Dress Codes is a new ... herself attended two different Catholic schools in Philadelphia, wearing plaid uniforms through high school).

The stereotypical Catholic school uniform — plaid skirts, stiff dress pants and ties — is still the standard in the Northeast. But elsewhere in the country, it's getting a little more comfortable.

For 14 years, they have outfitted many of the region's Catholic school students with the appropriate jumpers, polos, skirts and pants that are part of their school's dress codes. Their retail ...

The reasons for the wool textile’s success as both a national identity marker and school dress ... family’s Catholic leadership to the British throne. “(He) made tartan the plaid of the ...