It's usually the length of a skirt that puts schoolgirls at odds with teachers over uniform policy. But the headmistress at one primary school has issued a fashion clampdown – on frilly socks.

A school has banned its pupils from wearing frilly socks. Kingsholm Primary School in Gloucester wrote a letter to parents outlawing the socks after a girl tripped over, Metro reports. What to Read ...

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been married 33 years. A year ago, my husband started wearing girls’ frilly socks and pink nail polish -- the pinker, the better. He thinks it is great. When we go out, he has to show ...