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 ...

One standout trend this season is the pleated skirt, but not the schoolgirl, mini version you might be thinking of. These pleated skirts are longer and fuller and come with a grown-up, modern twist.

(CNN) — 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 ...