John Kelleher, president of R.J. McCarthy, Ontario's biggest supplier of school uniforms, agrees that he has seen "a mild trend away from kilts" in recent years.

Hathaway's character, Mia Thermopolis, wore her school uniform — plaid kilt and all — quite a bit in the first film, eventually trading it in for regal ballgowns and elegant skirt suits.

This is all to say, it might be time to dig your old private school kilt out of your closet (or invest in a new pleated skirt if you were lucky enough to avoid uniform-mandated schooling).

In response, the school created five “gender neutral” options, including shorts, long pants, culottes, a kilt and long trousers, with pupils free to choose any of the options, regardless of ...

Nataliya Bomchyk, 14, and her mother, Oksana, shop for a kilt at R.J. McCarthy uniform store in Toronto. (Aug. 27, 2009) ...

Burnside High School year 12 students in their kilts, from left: Hridi Shokonya, Molly Brown, Sam Rankin and Maddy Horton. Burnside High is phasing in a new uniform without the kilt option.

The skirts have become an issue in recent years for many schools, administrators, parish communities and parents at the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board. There’s concern about the manner ...

A girl’s skirt or kilt from the high street cost £6.75, boys’ shorts were priced at £5.71, and trousers cost £8.15. Girls’ ...

School uniform changes would have a big impact . By Mary Barry. March 28, 2017 — 1.27pm. Save. Log in, register or subscribe to save articles for later. ... culottes and a kilt, ...

Grade 12 student Laura Jabbour likes everything about her uniform. The 16-year-old enjoys the number of options that Appleby College, a co-ed school in Oakville, Ont., offers – blue or white ...