plaid
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He’s in a plaid button-down and long shorts that stop above a leg tattoo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
For many, private school evokes images of elite academies, manicured campuses and plaid Catholic-school uniforms.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
The red, white and grey plaid shorts have become iconic in tennis circles, and the surviving pairs have found good homes.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
Not long after, Gray, in a plaid mini, is also posing at the photographers’ request, switching effortlessly between signature Gen Z stances, chin resting atop a bent hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
But then the door to my parents’ bedroom nudges open and out shuffles my dad, wearing plaid flannel pants and yesterday’s T-shirt.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
Ken Billington’s lighting and Constance Hoffman’s costumes, which featured swirling flared skirts in different candy-colored plaids for the female chorus, added to the effect, as did Ms. Zambello’s direction, which emphasized thrust rather than sweetness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 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
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
The children had erected an amateur tent over their heads, out of the plaids, and under this they were lying close together, telling a story.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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