Did you ever come across men’s plaid dress shirts? We are sure most of you have already come across this fall season’s favourite fashion! These shirts are quite popular all across the globe for ages and continue to be of the same craze. Why not! They are quite flamboyant, and the patterns are various to fit different styles and preferences, including business occasions at best. Those who like classic styles and preferences, one must not miss out on these emerging new trends of plaid shirts in India. Let’s get in and explore the famous and best trends with plaid looks and how one can style them.

Plaid Shirts for Men: Features

The most distinguishing features of unique men’s plaid shirts are as follows.

• Plaid shirts come in different colours and patterns. The most popular colours include red, blue and black/white
• The fabric used for plaid shirts mostly ranges around soft wool, yarn, and tartan look.
• The plaid shirts also have different variants within the same, with short to long sleeves, and different fits.
• You can also find the plaid shirt variety in other forms, such as blazers.

Types of Plaid Patterns:

If you assume that all of the men’s plaid shirts are of a similar fashion, you are wrong! You won’t believe us when we say there are near to ten varieties of plaid patterns. Here are a few top ones.

• Tartan: a set of vertical and horizontal lines meeting each other at right angles to form checks and squares
• Madras: Originated from Chennai, India and is made with different routes with varying widths to create boxes or checks
• Houndstooth: Also known as dog’s tooth, made with pointed stars appearing like a dog’s tooth
• Windowpane: Only in two-colour, with thinner and uniform lines
• Graph Check: Looking formal with classic small squares
• Gingham: Dainty plaids with thicker lines and darker colour
• Checkerboard: With uniform size squares and with alternating colours
• Glen plaid: With a combination of lines and houndstooth
• Argyle: Overlapping diamond-shaped pattern in a unique way
• Dupplin: Complex form of design with bigger boxes and squares
• Buffalo Check: Bigger squares with broad intersecting lines

These are only the common types of plaid patterns; most of us come across. However, other ones are found in different places across the globe. Don’t be shocked – now let us see the top trending varieties in India which you can surely put your hands on!