Plaid coordinates with most other patterns and the layering adds ... Royal Stewart is perhaps the most iconic tartan, and its red and green color palette is perfect for holiday decor.

There are many different tartan designs representing different clans and names; there is a pattern for most Scottish names as well as my own. Red, green, blue and yellow tartans are the most common.

but this coat usually fastens with a matching tartan waist belt. The contrast of the deep green velvet fold-down collar against the blue, green and purple check pattern was so striking.

There are thousands of officially registered Scottish tartan designs, but only one is dedicated to the “witches” of Scotland. Certified earlier this month, the tricolor pattern is intended as ...