Plaid or khaki, polos or button-downs, bow-ties or long ties: The look may vary, but the back-to-school clothes shopping experience in the New Orleans area is almost, shall we say, uniform.

Plaid has become a catch-all term in the US, but includes patterns with distinct histories, including tartan, from Scotland, which is more associated with Catholic school uniforms, and madras ...

As students return to school, one patterned textile now synonymous with uniforms will make its seasonal reappearance on pleated skirts, jumpers and ties: plaid. The design has long been a mainstay ...

One of the largest local players in school uniforms, ... Family-run school uniform business talks about plaid. BY KAVITA KUMAR • > 314-340-8017 Jul 29, 2011 ...

A Brooklyn school-uniform store’s business booms, as COVID wreaks havoc with the opening of public schools, and parents try the parochial route. By Casey Parks October 12, 2020 ...

Uniforms were only associated with parochial and private schools until the late 1980s, but public schools began piloting them as well, allowing plaid’s influence in American classrooms to spread.