https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tartan-vs-plaid Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 13 May 2026 17:43:00 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tartan-vs-plaid#post-493592 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:56:08 +0000 Laurel Pederson 493592@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah, Rachylou, I think someone referred to that. I have heard it before, but... do you mean that plaid = a bagpiper's kit? a kilt/cape thing? </p> <p>UK Tartan = US Plaid... even though it's probably a bastardization of the correct terminology. like usual! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tartan-vs-plaid#post-489235 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:30:51 +0000 rachylou 489235@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Did someone say already? Tartan is the patterned cloth, plaid is the garment. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tartan-vs-plaid#post-489209 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:28:22 +0000 Laurel Pederson 489209@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As an american who loves "plaid" and has lived in the uk, I think that when americans say "plaid" they mean what brits (and everyone else) means by "tartan" and when brits plus say "plaid" they mean something like "buffalo plaid" : <a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&#038;rls=en&#038;q=buffalo+plaid&#038;oe=UTF-8&#038;um=1&#038;ie=UTF-8&#038;hl=en&#038;tbm=isch&#038;source=og&#038;sa=N&#038;tab=wi&#038;ei=d-XqTuX_GYrWiALVxMHyAw&#038;biw=1419&#038;bih=787&#038;sei=euXqTsOgM-OtiQKDyMW9BA" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/search?c.....iQKDyMW9BA</a></p> <p>(which i think is less than attractive...)</p> <p>and I'm not sure where the term "checked" fits into this whole scheme. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tartan-vs-plaid#post-484192 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:26:22 +0000 RandomThoughts (Andrea) 484192@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Una! That blazer is darned cute. I had something a little louder in mind but that sure is tempting. The cut is exactly what I have in mind. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tartan-vs-plaid#post-484171 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:52:18 +0000 Freckles 484171@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's the difference between a certain kind of garment (plaid) and the pattern of cloth that the garment is made from (tartan).</p> <p>It's more complicated than that but basically that about covers it.</p> <p>This is my family's tartan:<br /> <a href="http://www.lochcarron.com/reiver/gunn.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.lochcarron.com/reiver/gunn.html</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tartan-vs-plaid#post-484091 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:29:38 +0000 Beth 484091@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, love the blue pants, whatever we end up calling the pattern:)</p> <p>I also think of "plaid" as a generic term and "tartan" as specific types of plaid related to Scotland~</p> <p>Jules, I love your family tartan! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tartan-vs-plaid#post-483976 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:55:30 +0000 RoseandJoan 483976@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Plaid is a term I stumbled across on YLF, I grew up with the terms tartan and heritage fabrics but through assimilation I now think of tartan as being a form of plaid. Being married to a scotsman I just had to share the family tartan.<br /> <a href="http://www.lochcarron.com/reiver/johnstone.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.lochcarron.com/reiver/johnstone.html</a><br /> Having thought some more I would say that tartan depicts a clan/family/area whilst plaid is somewhat more generic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tartan-vs-plaid#post-483830 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:00:34 +0000 catgirl 483830@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Andrea, check this one:</p> <p><a href="http://us.asos.com/ASOS-Tartan-Blazer/wzgc4/?iid=1702740&#038;SearchQuery=tartan%20blazer&#038;sh=0&#038;pge=0&#038;pgesize=20&#038;sort=-1&#038;clr=Navycheck&#038;mporgp=L0FTT1MvQVNPUy1UYXJ0YW4tQmxhemVyL1Byb2Qv" rel="nofollow">http://us.asos.com/ASOS-Tartan.....VyL1Byb2Qv</a></p> <p>Love the colors too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tartan-vs-plaid#post-483773 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:15:32 +0000 goldenpig 483773@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That blue one would be perfect for you! That would be cool to be fraternal pant twins! I just hope I don't look totally silly in mine! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tartan-vs-plaid#post-483713 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:44:00 +0000 JennyAnne 483713@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah, I think of tartan as one of the specific clan plaids from the British Isles. A plaid can be any pattern with criss-crossing lines. So a non-UK scholar maybe wouldn't be able to tell the difference, so I just guess. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tartan-vs-plaid#post-483680 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:04:45 +0000 Marley 483680@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't know the difference for sure between tartan and plaid - but I do know that I WANT THOSE PANTS! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tartan-vs-plaid#post-483677 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:41:36 +0000 Fruitful 483677@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Awesome pants AG and I LOVE that blue.</p> <p>I grew up in Australia saying "tartan". The grungy shirts Americans call plaid, we don't - we call them flannelette shirts after their texture, but everyone knows that means the plaid pattern.</p> <p>These days after cultural/language borrowing, I tend to say "tartan" when the pattern is reminiscent of a kilt, and "plaid" when it's somehow less kilt-y and more just a basic checked-with-lines vibe.</p> <p>No idea what's "correct" though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tartan-vs-plaid#post-483670 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:57:47 +0000 RandomThoughts (Andrea) 483670@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If you turn up any cute, fitted plaid blazers LET ME KNOW! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tartan-vs-plaid#post-483668 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:46:57 +0000 londonkiwi (now back in NZ) 483668@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I thought that plaid was simply the American English of tartin. Couldn't see the pants on my iPhone, but will have a look later. </p> <p>When I was reading the title I was thinking about the definition of tweed as well and what the interpretation of that word was and if it differed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tartan-vs-plaid#post-483666 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:40:21 +0000 catgirl 483666@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't know the difference, except the searches turn up different, and led me to these pants on ASOS, which may be the solution to my plaid woes. What do we think (Natalie, I know what you'll say - hope we'll be non-identical twins soon!)...</p> <p>And I promise to stop hogging the board now.</p> <p><a href="http://us.asos.com/Tripp-NYC-Tartan-Skinny-Pants/wvtwt/?iid=1828493&#038;SearchQuery=tartan&#038;Rf-700=1000&#038;sh=0&#038;pge=1&#038;pgesize=20&#038;sort=-1&#038;clr=Bluetartan&#038;mporgp=L1RyaXBwLU5ZQy9UcmlwcC1OWUMtVGFydGFuLVNraW5ueS1Ucm91c2Vycy9Qcm9kLw" rel="nofollow">http://us.asos.com/Tripp-NYC-T.....cy9Qcm9kLw</a>.. </p>