TikTok trends are usually short lived, but the popular winter 2025 #RalphLaurenChristmas trend reflects the steady, upward trajectory of consumer desire for year-round cozy, nostalgic and luxurious homes. Key to the Ralph Lauren look is
TikTok trends are usually short lived, but the popular winter 2025 #RalphLaurenChristmas trend reflects the steady, upward trajectory of consumer desire for year-round cozy, nostalgic and luxurious homes. Key to the Ralph Lauren look is plaid (also known as tartan) – a pattern that features symmetrically crossed horizontal and vertical lines. But plaid isn’t just for traditional interiors. Read on for a few tips (rugs included) to style a room with classic plaid, but also how customized playful plaid ideas from fashion icon Harry Styles can be adapted for non-traditional interiors.
The influence of fashion on interiors is growing and consumer desire for customization is too. Plaid is popular across diverse cultures, which is one reason why it’s a great bridge pattern for different interior design styles. Because there is no one “correct” plaid, it’s a pattern that welcomes customization. Plaid’s customized cousins include madras, Buffalo check, windowpane check, checkerboard, tweed and argyle. Plaid’s history demonstrates its staying power. Woolrich invented lumberjack-style Buffalo check shirts in 1850. In the 1950s madras fashion was a status symbol of “old-money” Americans. In the 1960s Pendleton’s “Beach Boys” plaid shirts were popular. Vivienne Westwood pioneered British punks plaid in the 70’s, and in the 90’s grunge fashion featured flannel plaid shirts.
The unstoppable popularity and versatility of classic plaid is thanks to Ralph Lauren whose home brand uses tartan patterns to channel a classic English look, and bold Buffalo check for cozy cabin-style interiors. The escalating popularity of customized plaid and its cousins is thanks in no small part to musician and actor Harry Styles who excels at wearing unexpected variations of plaid and its cousins: “grandad” argyle sweater vests, a pink madras Vivienne Westwood suit, and his Ha Ha Ha collab with Gucci that includes a tartan kilt, plus plaid, check and checkerboard fashion in unforgettable colorways.
If you’re drawn to classic Ralph Lauren plaid look for accessories in combination colourways that feature green, red, and black. Ralph Lauren Home interiors often include classic Persian rugs as accents to pair with plaid. We suggest our stunning hand knotted wool “erased” Ottoman-style rug. Its “transitional” design bridges traditional and contemporary design in the same way as classic plaid. If you’re more into “Styles” plaid then look for unusual or “clashing” color combos. Each of these two looks can be styled with mobile accent pieces that can be swapped in and out of a room: plaid lampshades, wool throws, accent pillows and rugs. For a unique full-on “Styles style” why not work with us to customize the colors of our cut and loop hand loomed wool checkerboard rug?
Whatever the look you want, we can help you achieve it. We wish you a cozy, happy and restful holiday season and a very happy year ahead.