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The burberry "plaid" is a tartan recognized by the Scottish Tartan Authority (WR1239). But most people confuse the terms tartan and plaid. In modern terms, a tartan is a weave of coloured threads registered with the Scottish Tartan Authority as a clan or district tartan, a national or corporate tartan, designed to denote a group of people.
For example, the Scottish Parliament recently authorized the use of a new tartan to commemorate its 10th anniversary. Canada and its provinces have official and unofficial tartans to represent their populations. The tartan recognized widely as that of the province of Quebec is, in fact, a corporate tartan designed by a clothing manufacturer.
Similarly, the burberry plaid was designed by the Thomas Burberry company, first for use as lining for its trenchcoats in the 1920s. It is a corporate design used in clothing manufacture but has become so popular that it is one of the most copied trademarked designs in existence.
Historically a plaid had very little to do with tartans, as it was the term for a large piece of cloth worn draped by Highland men and women. Clans began to weave these cloths in patterns that came to represent membership in that group and eventually the terms became synonymous.
So, the Burberry plaid is a tartan. Only in North America, though, are the terms plaid and tartan mistakenly interchanged.
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What makes Burberry fabric distinct?
Burberry fabric is distinct due to the companies tartan pattern. Other than the tartan pattern found on most of its products the Burberry Group is relatively plain.
Is burberry french?
No, Burberry is a British luxury fashion brand founded in 1856 by Thomas Burberry. It is based in London, England, and is known for its distinctive tartan pattern and trench coats.
What is called 'tartan pattern'?
Plaid
What is the definition of tartan?
Tartan is a regular plaid pattern in a fabric, usually applied to Scottish kilts.
How can you tell burberry jackets?
Look for the lining. The pattern should be of copyrighted Burberry check.
What is a scottish pattern beginning with tar?
Tartan
What is a tartan skirts?
Women might wear a skirt with a tartan pattern on it and that would still be a tartan skirt. You are probably thinking of a man's Highland outfit and that is called a kilt.
Is there a difference between plaid and tartan?
Generally, we think of tartan as the name for the cloth and plaid as the name for the particular pattern, but the words are often used interchangeably so that tartan can mean any checkered pattern and plaid can mean any checkered fabric. Plaid's original definition is 'as a woolen cloth having a checkered or tartan pattern'. It evolved to mean any such checkered or tartan pattern. Tartan's first definition is a 'woolen cloth woven in stripes of various colors at right angles to form a rectangular pattern; also, the pattern and design of such a cloth. Both words were first recored around the same, c.1500.
What is a diamond pattern tartan from Clan Campbell?
argyle
Why is tartan referred to as 'plaid' in North America?
Tartan is referred to as plaid in North America incorrectly. A plaid in Scotland (the country where the pattern originated) is an accessory to the kilt (traditional Scottish dress). The woven pattern is called "Tartan" everywhere outside North America
What is tartan of Scotland made of?
Anything - "tartan" is a pattern. Usually Scots tartan clothing is made of wool.
Can you sell a shawl with the burberry pattern if the tag does not say its burberry?
No you can't. See the legal page of the Burberry website: http://www.burberryusaonline.com/helpdesk/index.jsp?display=corp&subdisplay=terms
