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The United States of Plaid?
From lumberjack shirts and pajamas to ‘90s grunge and high fashion, plaid is the pattern that doesn't quit. Like many of the people who wear it daily, it hangs around. People have claimed to be sick of the pattern for years now, only to keep wearing it.
It's preppy, it's street, it's fashionable, it's low-end, it's hip, it's bro, it's GQ, it's QVC. It's so ubiquitous it's almost not worth commenting on.
But what is it about criss-crossing lines that appeals to so many? Is plaid the glue that holds this fractured nation together? Quite possibly. See a slideshow for some of the places that plaid's popped up on GOOD in recent months.
In a recent post from our Dealbreaker series, the plaid shirt embodies Bush-era hipster apathy.
The Occupy movements have been a carnival of plaid. See a slideshow of 98 other 99 percenters to get a fuller sense of populist fashion statements.
In Kanye West's case, his $355 Givenchy plaid but
Attempting to make condoms cool to plaid-loving college students, Sir Richard's tricks out its van Lucy with pixelated plaid.
Porn's boy next door James Deen knows how to get cozy in his Woodland Hills, California mansion: plaid pajama bottoms.
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