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The idea is break the class divide so rich people don't have better clothes etc. and also create a sense of belonging. Which I don't totally disagree with.
But due to cost that's exactly what happens as poorer people buy second hand.
I would be happy if each school picked from a selection of colours and then you could buy them from anywhere creating decent competition for sales.
I can't say I've ever seen uniforms do anything to combat the class divide. Better of kids had clean, well fitting uniforms and poorer kids had ill fitting hand-me-downs full of holes. Then there is bags, pencil cases, football boots and all the other bits and bobs that go along with school. If anything it's a just a myth that certain people keep telling themselves to pretend the class divide doesn't matter in education.
I think it's to prepare them for wearing a uniform at work more than anything.
As you say it doesn't really help the class divide at all.
Which is itself a bit anachronistic now. Dress codes are much more casual in today's workplaces, especially for more modern companies. Even those that do have uniforms are often a lot simpler.
I think that if kids voted on whether to have a uniform, you'd find that very few schools would have one.
I think that the reason that the state doesn't mandate uniforms in general life for adults on the same grounds is because the adults have a say in the matter and wouldn't tolerate it.