So instead, they showed up to school in plaid skirts to protest the academy’s uniform policy. “We’re not allowed to wear shorts, and I’m not sitting in trousers all day,” one of the ...

This is partially due to the fact that such a skirt is much too reminiscent of my high school years where a uniform, which included a plaid kilt, was part of daily wear. However, despite my ...

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 ...

Wearing plaid is ... length blue plaid skirt. So why does this work exactly? It's longer, not pleated, and is a larger print, so it's basically everything that your school uniform in high school ...

Editor’s Note: Examining clothes through the ages, Dress Codes is a new series investigating how the rules of fashion have influenced different cultural arenas — and your closet. As students ...