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
She was already dressed in her red plaid gown, and her hair was twisted back in its usual perfect bun.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
The Velvet Gang’s aesthetic changes every sequence: preppy plaids, florals, raver neons and a swollen pink jumpsuit that makes Corvette look like a hyper-feminine Gumby.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
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
While we admired he brought more and the soft rich heap mounted higher--shirts with stripes and scrolls and plaids in coral and apple-green and lavender and faint orange with monograms of Indian blue.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
