School Uniform Magazine

Dickies Adds Plaids to Lineup Dickies has expanded its school uniforms product offering for the upcoming back-to-school season to include new plaid styles for girls.This is the first time Dickies will be adding plaids to their assortment. “We felt that it would be a good way to round out our assortment of schoolwear and provide [...]

Stratton-Crooke Offers Quality Nancy Stratton, owner of Stratton-Crooke, said it’s the quality that sets her company’s products apart. The 25-year-old company custom designs ties, scarves, and emblems for several markets including schools, universities, employee uniforms, golf clubs and country clubs. Stratton reported that, unlike most tie makers, her jacquard-woven products are all manufactured out of [...]

Changes at Educational Outfitters North Carolina-based Educational Outfitters has added two senior executives and equity partners to its management team. Michael Gallagher will serve as the company’s chief executive officer. Gallagher brings “management, mergers, acquisitions and business development experience as a former managing director of Denver-based private equity firm Gallagher Industries,” the company said in [...]

Executive Apparel will expand beyond the children’s uniforms market with the launch of two products for teachers: a new blazer and a new pant in their Elite Schoolwear line. Both products are made of 75 percent polyester and 25 percent wool, and will be ready for shipment in the first quarter of 2009. The blazer [...]

Allura Offers Knit Dresses Manhattan-based Allura Imports has extended its list of available products to include knit dresses under its Carters Watch the Wear school uniform license. With over 50 different designs available, the company decided to add the dresses because of high demand from retailers. The design is available in basic navy. Although the [...]

New at Jumping Jacks Hot Springs, Ariz.-based Munro & Company has added four new leather-based styles to its Jumping Jacks line of children’s shoes. The Cheerleader III, the third generation on Monro’s classic girls’ saddle shoe,  is fully leather lined, made with scuff resistant leather uppers, a soft padded insole and a non-marking outsole, said [...]

Hoodies Reign for Longstreet For Longstreet its all about hoods this fall season as hoodies continue to be very strong in both five and seven gauges, as well as hoodies with cable or zippers. The New York-based company reports hoodies continue to do very well because of the strong sportswear look that has become a [...]

Last year Stewart & Strauss, Inc. (JacketShop.com) celebrated its 30th year in the jacket industry, and this season, the Nevada-based jacket company is looking forward to another banner year of selling stylish jackets for young adults worldwide. Their Varsity Letterman jackets are constructed of rich 24-ounce wools and genuine leathers, with the ability to create [...]

Charles River Gets Sporty Outerwear specialist Charles River Apparel has launched its first line of shirts, complete with a new three-years-in-the-making moisture-wicking technology. The Charles River Sport line features tees and polos in both men’s and women’s styles. Each is made with TopShield moisture management fabric, a lightweight polyester Charles River says moves perspiration away [...]

JanSport Goes Stylish Backpack expert JanSport continues to revamp its classic image with two new, very fashion-forward lines. The Mashups collection, which launched this fall, features four limited-edition, ’80s-inspired bags that mix bold, eclectic colors with JanSport’s classic shape and style. Unique details include bright color blocking, shoelace style zipper pulls, two-tone zipper teeth, color [...]