Tartan patterned shirts/flannel shirts

[Adam Elliott]

I grew up in the 80's and 90's and can remember a succession of tartan patterned flannel shirts which I, and my brothers, wore during the winter. In particular a red one which reminds me of the MacGregor tartan. That red one was almost always available over the years, but I think these kinds of shirts have fallen from popularity since then. Some of the others, one of which was all muddy and muted colors, really never seemed like much of anything except a warm shirt to wear during the long cold (average 45 degrees farenheit) winters.

I still wear checkered shirts today as I prefer a patterned collared shirt to just a plain white or blue oxford for office wear. At least one I have now vaguely resembles the Scotland? tartan pattern.

So, for the colonials on this board (USA, Canada, NZ, Austraila, etc.) do you remember any favorite 'tartan' shirts or do you weart them now?

For folk from the Isles (Brittania and Hibernia) what do folks in your part of the world think of people wearing plaid shirts as opposed to kilts or trews? No lumber jack jokes, I grew up in the DC suburbs.

[Mael Coluim]

Well my favorite was offered by LL Bean in the early eighties that was a dress shirt in Malcolm tartan. I got one for all the family. Worn out long ago. Although one of my residents a retired Air Force Colonel has managed to preserve his from then. I'ved asked him to pass it on to me instead of the Goodwill Thrift.

Yeah, I have a few plaid flannels in my closet that I wear in the cooler months.

[ctbuchanan]

We have been lucky that Buchanan has been a favorite tartan for shirts off and on for many years. L.L. Bean, Land's End, Eddie Bauer to name a few have all made both flannel and dress shirts in the tartan. But for warmth and shear wearability Pendleton and Woolrich are hard to beat

[rondo]

I had 2 LL Bean flannel, quilted shirts, one in Black Watch the other In Stewart...great shirts lasted a very long time...I think my youngest daughter still wears the Black Watch which now approaches 25+ years old.
Rondo

[Singlemalt]

Another nod of the head to LL Bean. They have produced flannel shirts, lined and unlined, pajamas and house coats in my family tartan for years. They have been a staple under the Christmas Tree for my sons and I for many years.

[Riverkilt]

Have a bunch of tartan shirts - like to wear them with solid color kilts. Have the West Point, Navy, Air Force, and Leatherneck military tartan shirts from LL Bean. Also have a nice Scott tartan shirt from Bean.

Have the classic Royal Stewart tartan shirt from J. Peterman

And just got a Pendleton catalog today that offers the State of Oregon tartan in a shirt.

http://www.pendleton-usa.com/catalog...=50002&x=0&y=0

You may need to do the dropdown tartan list to get to the pic.

And hit zoom to get the best look at the tartan.

[California Highlander]

Always have loved tartan, so I have lots of it. For current shirts, I have at least 6 Black Watch. Everything from dressy pinpoints and oxfords to LLBean flannels and a Sir Pendleton wool. 4 Royal Stewart shirts (Sir Pen wool, 2 cotton, 1 flannel), Dress Gordon, Dress Stewart, a MacKenzie, a MacLaren in button down, Black and Grey Stewart flannels. A Buchanan oxford and a flannel. Throw in a MacCormick heavy Pendleton (invented Irish tartan), and an as yet unidentified "favorite tartan" flannel I've had forever. It's red/green/navy with a thin yellow stripe.

Quite a few....but I never wear them with my only kilt...a Black Watch.

[madmacs]

Dress stewart and stewart hunting by Ralph Lauren, another I havent figured out yet by Barbour

[Tobus]

I grew up in the 80's and 90's and can remember a succession of tartan patterned flannel shirts which I, and my brothers, wore during the winter.

I've always worn "plaid" flannel shirts in fall/winter/spring. Thankfully, some of the horrid fashion plaids that I wore in the 1970s are now just a memory, but the more classic-looking ones survived. I find in most cases, these shirts are not actual tartan patterns, but are just generic patterns (usually with the warp and weft not having the same sett), intended to generally resemble known tartans like Black Watch or Royal Stewart. It's actually pretty hard to find 'real tartan' shirts like LL Bean makes.

I don't care, though. I love them all. I've always loved flannel shirts in a simple check pattern or more complex "plaids" or tartans. I can't even recall how many I've owned over the years that were worn until they frayed right through. Even now, 1/4 of my closet space is dedicated to my flannel shirts. I just wish I lived in a place where the weather allowed me to wear them all year round!

And, like Riverkilt said, I do like to wear these type shirts with solid-colour kilts. Traditionalists may shudder at the idea, but I think it's a nice (contemporary) look.

[Riverkilt]

Well sprung for the State of Oregon tartan shirt from Pendleton...guess I'm still hooked on tartan shirts too.

I remember back in the 70s Lands End offered a shirt in the Dress Macdonald tartan. Was all over that one, but in time I "outgrew" it.