plaid
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For many, private school evokes images of elite academies, manicured campuses and plaid Catholic-school uniforms.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
At a Sacramento stop Friday, he bounded around chatting with about four dozen mostly union supporters, wearing trademark Nikes, this time a vintage pair with a tartan plaid swoop.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
The store’s front facade was wrapped in a giant plaid scarf made of 126,000 twinkling Christmas lights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
"Tartan and plaid are having a moment," says fashion stylist and writer Alexandra Fullerton.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
Uncle Arthur had grown a grizzly beard and was wearing a plaid flannel work shirt with paint-splattered jeans.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
Newsboy caps, button-down vests and a predominance of subtle plaids recalled "Peaky Blinders", while pocket watch chains consolidated the 1920s feel.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
There are also many things it isn’t: no bright green garlands, no mixing of plaids in the same room, and no gift bags under the tree.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
Come for the messy, backstabbing celebrities, but stay for Alan Cumming's show-stopping plaids.
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2025
It was wild; there were crazy prints — plaids, leopard spots — in my favorite colors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024
They wear stretch pants and panuelos, match polka dots with stripes, plaids with flower prints.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García