Already the people 4000 years ago who lived in the Celestial Empire seemed to know that the checked pattern had a good potential to become big. Finds of mummies pointed to the very first use of plaids back then. Today however, we would rather relate plaids to Scotland – mainly because of the national costume. And of course, the Scottish folks majorly contributed to the pattern’s popularity as well. Hence, they originally gave color to plaids as they worked with different colored threads. Hopping on to the fifties, the British preparatory schools and their neat uniforms introduced another cliché for plaids.

Today this style is known as preppy look and it not only comes around in “Goossip Girl” or “Clueless” but also in movies such as “Harry Potter” or “Wild Child”. However, a look back into the times of the punks in the 70s or the grungers in the 90s makes it clear that plaids can show up less chic as well. So probably, the checks will go down in history as eternal classics. Even though it’s a structured form, you cannot overdo it with its versatility. It stands for clear lines and simultaneously, it shows that any way of categories are very old hats. Checks are fore everyone. So yes, our society might learn one or two things from the good, old, trendy pattern.