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My plaid fad

I have a problem and it’s getting serious. Don’t worry Mum, it’s nothing bad. It’s plaid. Yes, seriously. I am obsessed with plaid. I’ve always had the odd check shirt in my wardrobe but in the last couple of weeks this love has consumed me. My heart actually beats faster when I see plaid.

Last night my flatmate (who works in fashion) gave me a men’s plaid shirt to give to Nick and I was thinking “NUHUH! I don’t care if it doesn’t fit. This baby is MINE.” And then I put it over my dress and wore it for the rest of the night. Seriously, I am out of control.

So I thought I would post about it here and get you all to tell me I’ve lost it. And then I thought I should probably look for some kind of visual reference… and now I am a little bit sweaty and in love and want to go shopping:

1. Checked green cotton shirt, £25 from Topshop
2. Block check shirt, £25 from Topshop
3. Check dress from Coton
4. Fred Perry gingham shirt dress, £90 from Urban Outfitters
5. Lux high plain drifter dress, $48 from Urban Outfitters
6. Lux Nashville skyline dress, $48 from Urban Outfitters
7. Lux Western buttondown shirt, $29.99 from Urban Outfitters
8. Fred Perry Gingham pencil skirt, £80 from Urban Outfitters
9. Kimchi & Blue ruffle front shirt, $34.99 from Urban Outfitters
10. Kimchi & Blue Mackenzie plaid blouse, $34.99 from Urban Outfitters
11. Madras smocked sundress, $200 from Built by Wendy
12. Madras Dirndl skirt, $148 from Built by Wendy

Filed by vic at March 8th, 2008 under fashion

i have the same obsession! i actually have one of those shirts you posted. and if i had a top shop near me, i would own many more.

Comment by jen — March 8, 2008 @ 7:02 am

This happened to me once. Last summer. I even toyed with starting a company with a friend. ‘Plaid Girls Managment’. But thats another story. My favourite plaid shirt has gold metallic thread through it and a little tie at the front. My favourite plaid skirt is affectionately referred to as the ‘picnic blanket skirt’. You are not alone. x

Comment by sarah — March 9, 2008 @ 8:49 pm

what a lovely little blog you have here!

xx

Comment by art4friends — March 9, 2008 @ 10:03 pm

i have this same problem

Comment by katrina — March 10, 2008 @ 9:58 am

this made me laugh out loud. yes, plaid is back in a big way. xo

Comment by joanna goddard — March 10, 2008 @ 10:29 am

oh my gosh! are you kidding!
i wanted to make that next but im nervous about making a cake after my last disaster. haha. but you have totally motivated me to give it a go!
thats amazing! well done! someone famous commented on my blog. hehehe
xx

Comment by art4friends — March 10, 2008 @ 10:10 pm

The carrot cake is pretty fool proof! Just make sure it doesn’t burn! You should also try my friend Nadia’s polenta cake which is delicious.

And shoosh! My friend works at Frankie, that’s how it happened!

Comment by vic — March 11, 2008 @ 1:36 am

MY FAVORITE IS THE PLAID DRESS…im actually thinking about getting it soon.

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Comment by jennifer ramos — March 14, 2008 @ 12:08 am

My old school uniform was plaid… thus I have a very unhealthy fear of it. But I love your two plaid/gingham choices on the bottom right!

Hm… I wonder who would win between plaid vs gingham? Or plaid vs paisley…

Comment by ellyy — March 16, 2008 @ 1:02 am

Elly, that’s so funny you mentioned your school uniform. Just yesterday I was telling my friend that for a very brief moment I had considered tracking down my plaid (or tartan, technically) school uniform and seeing if it still fit me. That’s how bad this plaid obsession’s getting. She just laughed at me and told me there was no way she was ever going to let me do that.

Paisley will never win as far as I’m concerned.

Comment by vic — March 16, 2008 @ 1:31 am

Must agree with you regarding paisley. Bleah.
My school uniform was also tartan! It was kind of vom: tomato red and bottle green.

Comment by Joy — March 17, 2008 @ 3:46 am

Mine was blackwatch tartan: bottle green and navy! I actually don’t think I could’ve gone through with wearing it. Too weird.

Comment by vic — March 17, 2008 @ 7:55 am

Actually Vic it all started when you went to Seymour College. The black watch tartan was really YOU!

Comment by cyndy — March 26, 2008 @ 10:41 pm

Interesting…. I have the same obsession but mainly with blue plaid. I have so many I’m working on a catalog just to show them off.

Comment by ecain — August 13, 2008 @ 12:54 pm

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