tartan

Athletes shivered their way through their media interviews and high jump champion Eleanor Patterson of Australia was wearing a tartan scarf while officials struggled to clear water from the runway.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

We took into account everything from expected goals to local weather conditions to gigantic parades of sweaty supporters in tartan kilts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 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

Grooms have shown Boston-based wedding planner Keri Ketterer Walter a specific tartan, a herringbone fabric swatch and “wallpaper that kind of looked like the scales of a trout” for decor inspiration, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

Then we checked the latest issues of Ingenue and Mademoiselle and Seventeen and decided we’d get box-pleated skirts in tartan plaid—green—for the first day of school.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English

The new tartan has been registered with the Scottish register of tartans, which is administered by the National Records of Scotland.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2023

Weekends and holidays at Balmoral in Scotland allowed her to shine a light on Scottish tartans and English tweeds.

From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2022

There’s a similar blend of heritage and fashion in the Highlands, where tweed acts as a foil to the more ceremonial tartans.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 14, 2021

The rain, the roaring fires, the tartans all serve as a welcoming embrace for a season that has felt a bit far afield. 

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2016

They were like the devices that held our tartans together, unremarkable, dull, but necessary in their way.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides