Native Americans called it "plaid" after interacting with fur traders and outdoorsman. Sometime in the late 1880s, the term "plaid" went mainstream, referring to what others would call tartan.

Plaids are having a fashion moment as retailers and designers play with the classic pattern. But the apparel and footwear industries are sharing the love: Fresh takes on plaid have made headway in … ...

In the mid 1800s, Pennsylvania company Woolrich Woolen Mills began producing the red-and-black Buffalo Check Plaid shirt, which became a hit with workers braving the cold outdoors.

A Brief History of the Plaid Shirt: ... practical button-up and its red-and-black checked pattern. 1916: ... Claire Danes and her squad immortalize the look on TV in My So Called Life.

A wide plaid with a metallic shimmer was on sale, a plaid throw in red and green was called Cratchit, and Crate & Barrel also built a crosshatched plaid into the handcrafted iron wire front of a ...

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Pinterest is awash with ways to decorate a home using plaid, including wallpaper in red to anchor a cozy, book-filled study, and building a plaid design in contemporary bathroom or kitchen wall tile.

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NEW YORK -- Plaids are having a fashion moment as retailers and designers play with the classic pattern. But the apparel and footwear industries are sharing the love: Fresh takes on plaid have ...

RALPH LAUREN: Plaid is alive and well for apparel and for the home at Ralph Lauren. A red tartan was used for a porcelain cup-and-saucer set trimmed in gold, along with dinnerware in the same pattern.