When I think back to my private school days in the suburbs of Chicago, it isn’t the assignments or even my teachers that I remember so much as my uniform: a red-and-navy plaid jumper that was only ...

Sometimes portrayed with an ironic edge and sometimes literally, school aesthetics are a constant in fashion and media. In addition to Miu Miu’s viral skirt, icons like Gossip Girl's Blair Waldorf, ...

Content Warning: Mentions of body dysmorphia. For 13 years, I wore a school uniform. From kindergarten to fifth-grade things were pretty lax — jeans and a school T-shirt sufficed. In sixth grade, the ...

High school is a time when many young people discover their individuality. They pursue sports, arts and academics and figure out who they are, who their friends are and where they fit in. In past ...

In film and on television, the school uniform can be a surprisingly important blank canvas. Just look at the style on display in the recent (and, yes, short-lived) reboot of Gossip Girl: In place of ...

Armed with nothing but an incurable yawn, I greet the students entering my urban high school in a residential neighborhood of Boston at 7:30, as I do every morning. My welcome is warm but brief—none ...

This bride’s in a class of her own — and she’s got the schoolgirl ‘fit to prove it. While most little girls dream of one day sauntering down the aisle towards their mate in lavishly luxe, all-white ...

There’s something about a student in uniform, muses Principal Rudolph Saunders as he scans the busy lunchroom here at Stephen Decatur Middle School. Under Decatur’s policy, all students wear the ...

From hair length to skirt length, school uniform policies, or dress codes, dictate many aspects of a student's appearance. They're sometimes challenged by students and parents — with varying outcomes ...

Let’s face it: shopping for school uniforms isn’t exactly at the top of anyone’s “fun summer activities” list. But unless you ...