How to Wear Tartan Plaid Pants: 7 Stylish Women’s Outfits

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A fail-proof way of spicing up your fall and winter ensembles is by wearing the coveted and much-loved tartan plaid pants.

Whether your style is preppy or grungy, you need a pair of tartan plaid pants in your wardrobe. Get ready to learn how to style them for this season and the next from the gorgeous and fashionable bloggers below.

1. Tartan Pants With Knitted Sweater and Oxfords

It has the right touch of preppy, don’t you agree? Marta from ‘Dear Diary Fashion’ shows us how to do it. Unfortunately, her fashion blog is no longer available online.

She mixed up her red tartan pants with a mustard yellow sweater and capped off the preppy look with black oxford shoes.

Marta shows how tartan pants can be effortlessly teamed up with a knitted sweater and oxfordsMarta shows how tartan pants can be effortlessly teamed up with a knitted sweater and oxfords

2. Plaid Pants With Leather Jacket

It’s leather jacket season once again! Why not combine these two timeless trends (leather and tartan)? It gives any look some extra edge.

Marianela from Marilyn’s Closet wore her trousers with a cute ribbed leather jacket and a button-down top. But she kept it feminine with classic black pumps.

Marianela toughened up her red plaid pants with a leather jacketMarianela toughened up her red plaid pants with a leather jacket

3. Tartan Pants With Band Shirt and Blazer

Like Rocio of ‘La Percha,’ inject the cool factor to your ensemble by wearing your pants with a graphic-printed shirt and a basic black blazer. Her fashion blog is unfortunately no longer available online.

It’s the perfect outfit to wear when you are feeling lazy but still want to look like a million dollars.

Rocio wearing tartan pants with a band shirt and a blazerRocio wearing tartan pants with a band shirt and a blazer

4. Plaid Pants With Long Vest and Shirt

If it isn’t that cold, a shirt with a long vest will do the trick. You can substitute the shirt with a fitted pullover when the days turn colder.

My Showroom‘s Priscila put together an effortless outfit capped off by cropped pants and sunnies.

Priscila put together an effortless outfit with cropped tartan pants and sunniesPriscila put together an effortless outfit with cropped tartan pants and sunnies

5. Collared Top Underneath a Sweater

Here’s another preppy outfit. Tatyana of ‘Secret Little Stars,’ who hails from the origin of the print, Scotland, rocked a red sweater with a white collared top underneath.

We also love her amazing kicks. Unfortunately, Tatyana’s fashion blog is no longer available online.

Tatyana wearing a collared top underneath a sweater with matching pantsTatyana wearing a collared top underneath a sweater with matching pants

6. Slouchy Tartan Pants With Printed Shirt

We chanced upon Kelli’s Kelli Murray, and we think her shirt and the slouchy pants combination is tres chic! Her fashion blog is unfortunately no longer available online.

It’s the kind of outfit that won’t bother you whether you are out shopping or having a get-together with friends.

Kelli kept the chic look relaxed with a printed shirtKelli kept the chic look relaxed with a printed shirt

7. Menswear-Inspired Outfit

We’ve been seeing a lot of tartan pants these days. The colors of Marta’s tartan trousers are enough to amp up the appeal of a menswear-inspired outfit. So, go ahead and sample this trend while it’s still hot.

Marta's menswear-inspired outfit with tartan pantsMarta’s menswear-inspired outfit with tartan pants

If you don’t own a pair of pants with a classy pattern consisting of crisscrossed horizontal and vertical bands, it’s not too late. Check out these choices from Shopbop and Farfetch:

Preen By Thornton Bregazzi Bo Pants, $1,090

Cut from classic wool tartan and punctuated with polished gold-tone accents, these pleated Preen trousers take on a cool, grunge-inspired element.

Cut from classic wool tartan and punctuated with polished gold-tone accents, these pleated Preen trousers take on a cool, grunge-inspired element

True Royal Tartan Plaid Pants, $430

Cool tartan lends a bold, modern look to classic True Royal trousers.

Cool tartan lends a bold, modern look to classic True Royal trousers

Creatures of the Wind Houndstooth Wool Pants, $650

These slim, straight-leg Creatures of the Wind trousers have sophisticated, vintage appeal in wool houndstooth tweed.

These slim, straight-leg Creatures of the Wind trousers have sophisticated, vintage appeal in wool houndstooth tweed

Moschino Plaid Trousers, $697.10

Moschino Plaid Trousers

Fausto Puglisi Tartan-Print Trousers, $1,838.76

Fausto Puglisi Tartan Print Trousers

Now, start planning your wardrobe for the fall and winter seasons with these pants!