Spring fashion for men is alive with lumberjack checks and dainty floral, masculinity and femininity vying for top spot, we know who will win. This seasons floral patterns are reminiscent of the 70’s, and checks, well if you think lumberjack checks originated in America, sorry to spoil the party but their roots can easily be traced back to the Scottish tartan.
“You take the high road and I’ll take the low road and I’ll be in Scotland afore ye, but me and my true love will never meet again on the bonny, bonny banks of Loch Lomond”
This old Scottish tune has been around a wee while, but the Kilt and the tartan check have been around far more than a wee while. Certainly long before any whiskey toting lumberjack swung an axe through the air Rambo style and sunk it into the heartwood of an old pine, no sire, “shiver me timbers”
The cat walks are a blaze with checks and floral. Soon to be conservatively washed down for the high street stores and, no doubt they’ll all look pretty much the same, it’s just another name. Certain styles are never far from the fashion cycle, like tweed, checks, floral, they just go into orbit for a while and then coming crashing back to earth. Westwood realised the longevity in Tartan. For many years she has used its patterns and colours wisely, more recently in some great looking tote alls.
