Posts with tag plaid

Rubber Duck is back with a fall collection filled with plaid. Fans like Lindsay Lohan, Sienna Miller and Hillary Duff will be excited to see that the LA/Copenhagen hipster line includes more choices of their infamous Snowjoggers, which are either tons better or a million times worse than Uggs, depending on your age and coolness orientation.

In addition to the Snowjoggers, you can also get tennis shoes and scarves in matching plaid. And to complete your Rubber Duck look, grab a pair of the brightly colored Wayfarer style sunglasses, or the porno-riffic "Las Vegas" goggle-style that we totally covet in white.

Need help putting together your perfect Rubber Duck outfit? In the gallery, a few of our choice favs, including those sexy sunglasses.

Gossip Girl has a wardrobe department we'd love to raid. As Tiffany pointed out, Rugby Ralph Lauren can help you create the look:

Men click here.

Women click here.

...and then click SHOP LOOKS.

What now? Steal their ideas. Below are some very fashionable finds from Target ("Tar-ZHAY") which you can substitute for the more expensive Rugby items, and voila!

Very Blake Lively. Click here for our Celebrity Style take on Gossip Girl.

We're excited for this fall's fashion. With many thanks to Gossip Girl, we're expecting plenty of preppy plaids to enter the scene. Hey, we might not be schoolgirls any longer, but that doesn't mean we're not planning to rock the prep school trends!

We are totally obsessed with this little plaid number Vanessa Hudgens wore on her TRL Appearance in MTV's Times Square Studios on July 1, 2008. The man-ish print and colors contrasting with the feminine bow and sweetheart neckline is pure perfection . Apparently everyone else loves it too because it is completely sold out on Saks.com.

Though you can tell this girl gathers inspiration from style icons like Kate Moss, she puts her own spin on everything she wears and is definitely one to watch. This dress is just proof in the pudding.

• Ports 1961 Drapefront Dress, $795, Saks.com

Gallery: Ports 1961 drapefront dress

Tracy Reese is known for femininity, with super-sweet dresses and lady-like lacy skirts. This dress, however, is a little bit of a departure from the frilly frills with a more aggressive color in bright sunny yellow, and a somewhat vintage-inspired plaid pattern. The Linen Strapless dress is made of of a silk/cotton blend fabric (natural fiber perfect for keeping cool in summer!) and features a wide waistband with a sharp contrasting pattern. More than anything, though, the dress has pockets, and you know how much we love the utility of a good set of pockets.

The dress would be perfect with a pair of patent leather Mary Janes.

Available from Revolve Clothing for $290.

We must confess: Deep in the pit of our black goth heart, we totally dig preppy stuff. Not just that punky plaid stuff. We're talking clothes that pair pink with green. Orange with turquoise. Bright yellow with more yellow.

It goes with the dream of a summer place on the Vineyard, preferably next door to Carly Simon. In the closet would be a vivid Lilly Pulitzer dress- and capri-filled wardrobe. We would also be pleasantly buzzed on G&Ts all day long, and tan without freckles or skin cancer.

Even if you don't know what a tartan is, you've seen one before. Tartans are those traditional plaid looking Scottish weaves that signify what clan you belong to -- kinda like a red bandanna signifies your belonging to the Bloodz -- except in kilt form. Anyway, the traditional garb is taking all sorts of new forms as the UK's immigrant population continues to explode.

Now immigrants are finding a way to show their Scottish pride in a way that still represents their foreign roots. Tartan turbans, skull caps, are apparently cropping up alongside kilts and scarfs in stores. Not only that, but among the 2,000+ registered tartans, a growing number of them signify the different ethnic groups. Scotch Chinese, Poles, and Sikhs each have their own register tartan, and Scotland's Jewish community is in the process of creating one.

Mixing and matching prints can be intimidating. Do it right, and you're a risktaker! With such fashion sense! However, do it wrong, and you'll look like you lost a bet. Fortunately, we found three tips at SheFinds.com that will help you mix up prints in style!

It's always fun to add a splash of color or an interesting pattern with your shoes, especially in the summer when your legs tend to be more bare. And, as we've mentioned before, we kind of love a preppy plaid. So what could be better than wearing a fun, bright plaid as a shoe?

It doesn't really seem possible that JCPenney could already be discounting their brand new American Living clothing line. American Living -- a collaborative effort between JCP and Ralph Lauren -- has only been available for a week or so. You might remember those 50 commercials that JCPenny jammed down your throat throughout the course of Oscar night?

Anyhow, the sale is on, and one of the sweet deals is this lightweight, reversible jacket. I couldn't find a picture with the blue/green plaid side out and it's a shame. Plaid is pretty fashionable now, but this is more your 'prep school plaid' -- as opposed to 'lumberjack plaid.'

This jacket has a nice conservative look to it, but the plaid gives you something fun to work with -- it's basically a Ralph Lauren jacket. Plus, instead of a dorky Polo player, the insignia is a sweet eagle clutching an American flag in its killer talons. Colbert would be proud.

Buy for $69.99

Sometimes, lumberjack culture finds its way back into the mainstream, just as it did back in the days of torn flannels and Kurt Cobain. Sure, it's been a runway staple for a while now, but who'd have thought that you'd be buying a dorky lumberjack shirt for $60 at Urban Outfitters?

It seems like everywhere I turn, I see the previously nerdy pattern crawling its way back into everyday fashion. And I kinda like it. Aside from making you look tougher and more outdoorsy, plaid has the unique capability of combining lots of great colors while still bringing a traditional feel to your outfit.

Let's face it, plaid looks trustworthy. If I needed help with directions, or I needed to know where the best bar in town is, I'd probably ask someone wearing plaid.

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It's hard for men to find fashionable clothes that don't cost a fortune. We can either spend $40 on a t-shirt from our local vintage boutique, or suck it up and wear something lame from TJ Maxx.

Women, on the other hand, can just go to Target. Sure, everything they sell is a designer rip-off, and it's not like the clothes are Wal-Mart cheap, but their stuff is cute, trendy, and way less than other rip-off outlets (like Urban Outfitters, for instance).

Unfortunately, men's clothing at Target has always sucked. They didn't do a very good job mimicking their designs, or they copied Old Navy's collection (which was stupid-looking in the first place).

However, things may have changed. Over the weekend I discovered that Target's summer collection for men is actually very cool. They're selling these plaid shorts for $21.99, which I've seen all over town since it started getting hot back in April (and priced at around $70 in local boutiques), and these Judo-cut shorts for $19.99. A) guys in shorts is all the rage, B) plaid has been very in ever since the 90s started coming back, and C) I've been dying to try out long shorts (the Judo-cut), in an homage to my skateboarding brethren circa 1997 -- now I can!

So dudes -- while I never could've imagined that I'd be saying this -- if you want to look cool this summer without spending all your money on a new wardrobe, head to Target.

As Sarah mentioned a few weeks ago, plaid is a big trend in clothing this fall for women. But I would like to think that plaid is also a good direction for men this season.

Sure, a button-front plaid shirt from L.L. Bean isn't William Rast or John Varvatos, but then again, most men aren't Justin Timberlake or Josh Hartnett. (Thankfully -- I'd never get any work done if you were!) Knowing your limitations -- that you aren't a guy who wants to be trendy -- is the first step in honing in on a style that is truly your own.

When I go shopping with my male friends, one of the items that I always push them towards is a plaid shirt. Most of the time, they greet this suggestion with a little bit of skepticism -- isn't plaid kind of geeky? Didn't I wear that shirt when I was 8?

But the truth is that plaids are actually full of character. Tartan has an interesting history; the fabric itself has a great geometric design, not to mention the fact that plaids age extremely well. A classic cotton button-up shirt in a Dress Forbes tartan can be something very stylish in a totally unassuming way.

There is a revolution brewing within the design house of Scotland's most respected kilt-maker. Howie Nicholsby, who has outfitted A-celebrities like Madonna and Vin Diesel, has started creating hip kilts in fabrics that are making certain members of his kilted-clan roll over in their graves. Cut from denim, leather, camouflage, and pink see-through plastic, the new Nicholsby kilts are what would happen if Jean-Paul Gaultier got ahold of William Wallace of Braveheart fame. Of course, the only thing standing in the way of an all out international non-plaid kilt revolution is Howie's father, Geoffrey, who heads the old family business. But Howie isn't letting dear old dad get him down. With time, he hopes, his skirted-vision will catch on with a wider audience, and when it does, well, the revolution will ... not be wearing pants.