The Bwog: Saturday Styles: The Prevalence of Plaid

Saturday Styles: The Prevalence of Plaid

The life cycle of plaid has grown to be just about as diverse as a material can get in the sartorial sphere. From its earliest appearance as the uniform of brawny lumberjacks to its mid-life incarnation as the inside of Burberry trench coats to its most recent development as the uniform of underfed hipster hims and hers alike, plaid survives with the fashion conscious and the fashion unconscious. But Bwog has noticed that Columbia undergrads are embracing plaid in never seen before styles and forms. From backpacks to mini-skirts - plaid is no longer just for Anglophile-inclined b-schoolers and grungy Bill-burghers. For how to best wear your plaid take a look at the casual styles of your fellow Columbians!

Plaid hoodie her with matching scarf.

Plaid knapsack.

Plaid cap with matching over shirt. There can never be too much plaid...

A plaid pair in a classy plaid overcoat and classic plaid over shirt.

Plaid party wear!

See also: Attractive People, Bwog Fashion, Fashion, Saturday Styles, Style, Trenchcoat, Trends

Posted by FANTASTIC SELLER! : #1 · reply · track

November 15, 2008 at 7:03 PM (from campus)

GREAT ARTICLE!!

WOULD READ AGAIN!!!

10/10!!

Posted by wow : #2 · reply · track

November 15, 2008 at 7:21 PM (from campus)

the girl in the last pic looks crazed

Posted by cupcake : #3 (in reply to #2) · reply · track

November 15, 2008 at 7:26 PM (from campus)

yea, that outfit is just fug.

Posted by last pic : #4 · reply · track

November 15, 2008 at 7:31 PM (from campus)

mwhahahaaha

Posted by word : #5 · reply · track

November 15, 2008 at 7:48 PM (from campus)

that girl looks preggers

Posted by oh come on : #6 (in reply to #5) · reply · track

November 15, 2008 at 7:59 PM

i'd hit that

Posted by unfortunately : #7 · reply · track

November 15, 2008 at 8:15 PM (from campus)

none of these hims and hers look underfed

Posted by Plaid wearer : #8 · reply · track

November 15, 2008 at 8:20 PM (from campus)

I like plaid, including on kilts. Pity it kinda too cold to still wear one right now

Posted by lordy! : #9 (in reply to #8) · reply · track

November 15, 2008 at 8:22 PM (from campus)

imagine the shrinkage!

Posted by ... : #10 · reply · track

November 15, 2008 at 9:24 PM (from campus)

it's 1992-1993 all over again!

Posted by Bobby brown : #11 · reply · track

November 15, 2008 at 9:42 PM (from campus)

I understand the use of plaid on all the pics except the last one. That is just a fashion disaster. On the plus side, the chick is pretty fuckable

Posted by 11010101010101 : #12 · reply · track

November 15, 2008 at 10:27 PM (from campus)

I would definitely fuck the last one, plaid skirt on and all.

Posted by well : #13 · reply · track

November 15, 2008 at 10:35 PM (from campus)

i would bone them all. especially the backpack. not the dude, just the backpack.

Posted by Hmmm... : #14 · reply · track

November 15, 2008 at 11:21 PM (from campus)

Was this at all inspired by a very similar article in the NYT Styles section on Thursday? Of course, its not very hard to notice but the timing does seem to be rather coincidental.

Posted by Come on. : #15 (in reply to #11) · reply · track

November 15, 2008 at 11:41 PM

The last one is the only one that is remotely fashionable.

Posted by bobby2 : #16 · reply · track

November 16, 2008 at 12:54 AM

now that I think about it. The last one looks like the love child of jessica puig and sara besnoff

Posted by Plaid : #17 · reply · track

November 16, 2008 at 2:43 AM (from campus)

Too bad It"s been plaid since 2000. Plaid CBHS!

Posted by hah : #18 (in reply to #15) · reply · track

November 16, 2008 at 3:46 AM (from campus)

they are all "fashionable" as they are prescribing to a "fashion trend"

fuck society.

the last girl's outfit is ugly.

Posted by endorsed by target : #19 · reply · track

November 16, 2008 at 11:10 AM (from campus)

yo, that first chick stole my hoodie! i've been tryina find that for weeks!

Posted by ... : #20 (in reply to #18) · reply · track

November 16, 2008 at 11:52 AM (from campus)

SUBscribing. not PREscribing.

Posted by oh man. : #21 · reply · track

November 16, 2008 at 1:17 PM (from campus)

Fucking hipsters.

Cept Billy. He's cool.

Posted by OMG : #22 · reply · track

November 16, 2008 at 1:19 PM (from campus)

BACKPACK

Posted by uhh : #23 · reply · track

November 16, 2008 at 3:02 PM

the thing is none of these people are fashionable.

that skirt has the potential to be fashionable, but she wears it so poorly!

Posted by haha : #24 · reply · track

November 16, 2008 at 4:21 PM (from campus)

knapsack? really?

Posted by HAHA : #25 · reply · track

November 16, 2008 at 6:17 PM (from campus)

lol d00d w glasses is kinda hott lol

Posted by gilbert : #26 · reply · track

November 16, 2008 at 6:19 PM (from campus)

FUCK THAT PLAID HAT

Posted by Grammarian : #27 · reply · track

November 16, 2008 at 10:41 PM (from campus)

I must register my strenuous objection to the misappropriation of the pronoun "her" in the first caption. That is all.

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