If threads of different colors are intertwined perpendicularly, a checkered fabric is obtained. Things made of checkered fabrics are always relevant, they do not go out of fashion. This is especially true of plaid skirts, which have become classics thanks to their inclusion in school uniforms in many countries. The plaid skirt is associated with tradition and decency. She can turn a woman into a blue stocking or a cutesy matron, or, conversely, make her stylish and sexy. Let's talk about how and with what to wear a plaid skirt.

Plaid skirt: variations

In our time, very popular skirts made of such a fabric, which was used for sewing traditional Scottish kilts. The color of the fabric can be different - literally all the colors of the rainbow. This fabric is distinguished by a traditional ornament " tartan", Which cannot be confused with anything: there is not so much a cell as stripes and rectangles filled with color.

Tartan ornaments

Ornament that has become a business card burberry brand, is just a typical tartan.

Burberry tartan

It is the tartan that is the most popular ornament for plaid skirts. However, no less interesting are skirts in the usual two-color or three-color cage, in a rhombus, in a perpendicular strip, etc.

Classic plaid tartan skirts are made of rather thick woolen fabric. These skirts are considered winter, warm, so they are worn only with tights.

Plaid a-line skirts, including pleated skirts, can be worn without tights. Schoolgirls wear such skirts with long socks. The fabric from which short plaid pleated skirts are sewn can be quite thin.

Now skirts are also made from fine checkered fabrics. These skirts in a cage can be worn in the summer, especially if it is not a tartan.

As for the styles of plaid skirts, the most popular of them are a-line skirt, pleated flared skirt(often on a yoke) and pencil skirt different lengths from mini to midi. Retro style option - elongated sun skirt, sometimes pleated. The length of such a skirt is from the knee to mid-calf.

Very long plaid skirts are also worn, but not all stylists approve of this garment, saying that a woman in a long plaid skirt looks like she is wrapped in a blanket.

A lover of mini-skirts should definitely include at least one short skirt in a cage in her wardrobe. The checkered print allows the girl to look moderately strict and quite respectable, despite the small length of the skirt. The reason for this is the traditionality of the cell and the stereotypes associated with it. In the perception of many people, things in a cage are worn by decent ladies of strict views.

Checkered skirt: what to wear

Combination. Stylists recommend wearing a plaid skirt with plain clothes. The maximum that is acceptable is a small neutral print. For example, a shirt with an inconspicuous low-contrast stripe or a small flower can go with a plaid skirt. Combining two pieces of clothing in a cage is not worth it. However, you can add checkered accessories and decorative elements - for example, tie a check scarf or wear a wide checkered bracelet.

A dense woolen skirt with a tartan ornament and a classic check is worn with tights, often dark. Above - a monochromatic thing: in cold weather it is a very simple jumper, sweater, turtleneck. Over the fitted top, you can wear a solid-colored, fitted blazer or jacket.

Wear classic plaid skirts and short cardigans for a feminine, retro look. This ensemble can be supplemented with a beret, beads, reticule, etc.

In a warm season, not very dense plaid skirts can be worn with simple blouses and shirts.

This is how Victoria Beckham wears a plaid sheath skirt

In cold weather, a plaid skirt can be worn with a blouse, if a warmer thing is thrown over it - a jacket, coat, etc.

Short flared skirts in a cage with pleats a la schoolgirl can even be worn with simple T-shirts and alcoholic T-shirts - this is a youth fusion. Well, a plaid pleated skirt with a white shirt is a classic of the genre.

Shoes. A thick check wool skirt is worn with boots or boots. Neat stiletto heels are not very suitable. But if this is not a winter version of a plaid skirt made of thin fabric, then shoes are acceptable.

Young people wear short skirts in a cage with pleats both with boots and shoes, and with ankle boots and coarse lace-up boots.

Long, flared, but not very fluffy, plaid skirts are usually worn with high boots, with the skirt covering the top of the boots. A simple jumper or a narrow short blazer is worn with the skirt. This combination turns out to be simple and strict, but at the same time, it speaks of a woman's good taste.

If such a skirt in a cage is fluffy, and even with a petticoat, then this is more of a retro-style weekend option (hello to dudes!). It can be worn with smart blouses and high heels.

A color scheme. Talking about with what to wear a skirt in a cage, one cannot but say about the correct combination of things in color. Tartan skirts most often include red. Such skirts in a cage are usually combined with black, less often with white things. This combination is considered optimal and absolutely win-win.

The Middleton sisters in plaid skirts

However, the same applies to plaid skirts made of any other fabric and any other color.

If you want something fresher and brighter, choose a blouse, bag and shoes of those colors that are present in its ornament to the skirt. If, for example, there are yellow stripes in a plaid blue skirt, you can wear such a skirt with a yellow blouse.

Tartan skirts usually have several colors woven into them, so you can always find suitable clothing companions.