It’s that great time of year where you’re not quite sure what to do with your entryway. This Buffalo Plaid Farmhouse porch vignette to the rescue! Maybe the Halloween stuff needs to come down ...

Big, bold buffalo-check plaid is impossible to miss this season. Ralph Lauren refined the rugged pattern, showing it on crisp-collared button-down blouses, elegant long skirts and “Ricky” bags ...

This season has brought plaid of a more restrained stripe just for die-hard chromophobes: shadow plaids — that is, subtler patterns rendered in blacks, grays and whites.