Pairing Tartan with Solid Colours — tartan illustration

Pairing Tartan with Solid Colours

The easiest way to wear tartan without it fighting the rest of an outfit is to pull one colour out of the sett and repeat it in something plain — a solid sweater in the same green, a belt in the same red.

Keep everything else neutral. Tartan is already doing the pattern work; a second pattern nearby competes with it rather than complementing it.

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