back in college i went through a plaid phase. i don't think it was as much a love of plaid as it was a love for old man pants. whenever i'd hit up the thrift store, i'd make sure to peruse the old man polyester plaid pant section for new duds. it lasted a few years (in fact there was one year where i think i wore exclusively plaid old man pants, dumb t-shirts and cardigan sweaters), and then it went away. it wasn't sudden, but one day i realized the plants had all been phased out. my plaid
a few years ago, i found this pair. and they weren't used, or old, and they're actually cut for women. i don't wear them that often, because for some reason people notice when you're in plaid pants. but every time i put them on, i think about being young and hanging around doing nothing in particular.