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 in ...

My first year in Assumption wasn’t exactly rosy like the uniform, but the stuff that teenage telenovelas are made of. It was 1981. I was a freshman and transferee from St. Paul Pasig, which the mean ...

Think you can still spot a Catholic school girl by her rolled-up skirt? Many school administrators are giving up the fight over skirt lengths — either by issuing a traditional jumper or eliminating ...

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 return to ...