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.