{"id":1192,"date":"2014-02-11T21:54:05","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T21:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/?p=1192"},"modified":"2024-09-26T09:18:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T13:18:07","slug":"tartan-shirt-fabrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/tartan-shirt-fabrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Tartan Shirt Fabrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While tartans originated as wool fabrics, they have become popular fabrics for sport shirts over the years&#8211;especially for fall and winter. Tartans are particular styles of plaids associated with Scottish clans. Some of the most popular styles are Black Watch, Royal Stewart, Gordon Dress, and Wallace.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2690 size-full\" title=\"Tartan Fabric Pattern\" src=\"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tartan-reference.jpg\" alt=\"Tartan plaid Scottish dress shirt fabric.\" width=\"945\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tartan-reference.jpg 945w, https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tartan-reference-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tartan-reference-500x265.jpg 500w, https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tartan-reference-700x370.jpg 700w, https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tartan-reference-196x104.jpg 196w, https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tartan-reference-140x74.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tartans can be made in a variety of weaves including broadcloth, twill (especially flannel twill), and oxford. We typically suggest sticking to a solid tie and\/or suit with a tartan&#8211;additional pattern can make your look seem overly busy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/fabrics\/casual\/plaid\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Tartan and casual plain custom shirt fabrics.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While tartans originated as wool fabrics, they have become popular fabrics for sport shirts over the years&#8211;especially for fall and winter. Tartans are particular styles of plaids associated with Scottish clans. Some of the most popular &hellip; <a aria-label=\"Read full article\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/tartan-shirt-fabrics\/\">Read <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[71,60,59,396,70,394,395,780],"prod-type_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-1192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-fabrics","tag-flannel","tag-pattern","tag-plaid","tag-scottish-plaid","tag-tartan","tag-tartan-dress-shirt-fabrics","tag-tartan-dress-shirts","tag-tartan-plaid"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tartan Shirt Fabrics - Proper Cloth Help<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Get to know the different types of tartan shirt fabric. 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