I was having a clear-out of my wardrobe about a year ago and  to my horror I suddenly realised that I had an awful lot of checked Plaid shirts, so I stopped wearing them for a while, I just had a mental block about them, thinking that I had become some guy that was conforming to some kind of cookie cutter sameness. But when I saw this cool looking guy with this zipped plaid top I breathed a sigh of relief and think I may well be able to wear the plaid again with pride.