And one design really stuck: a simple red-and-black-checkered plaid. Of course, in order for Paul Bunyan types to know what to ask for at their local mercantile, it needed a name. Turns out, the ...

The origin of buffalo check isn’t Minnesotan at all, or even American. It’s Scottish. The pattern, which alternates red checks, black checks, and dual-tone red and black checks, is listed in ...

PITTSBURGH — Fall is flannel season, we all know that. But what do you call that striped pattern featuring red and black often on plaid: buffalo check or lumberjack? According to the Scottish ...