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Aaron--

Hate to be the one to tell you...
...but "Modern" or not, this isn't plaid -
- these are stripes.

(And Yes, they're rather pretty.)

they are lovely, but most definitely not plaid.

bepsf and twenty twenty-one, as weird as it seems, Scholten & Baijings actually refers to them as colour plaids. Just click on their website link and you will see.
They are nice. Any mention of price??

Plaid (pronounced /ˈplad/) is a Scots language word meaning blanket, usually referring to patterned woollen cloth.
Plaid is also American English for tartan.
Tartan is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours.
who knew? thank you wikipedias. and AT.

So these are striped plaids.

Hmm. But they are pretty.

Tartan can be turned sideways and the pattern will remain the same. On the other hand, plaid cannot. I still fail to see the direct connection to plaid as a pattern.

the way some of the colors subtly go from dark to bright and vice versa is so pretty!

They seem to be modern reinterpretations of the traditional blankets sold throughout Latin America. Nice.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1107/1330360495_589f5dba26.jpg

In Europe this type of blanket is referred to as a "plaid" (even here in France). So "plaid" is not referring to the pattern of the object, but the object itself. Hope that clears the confusion up a bit.

LOVE these!

Not a fan. Sorry guys. Color combinations aren't doing it for me. Cheap look.

Very Missoni.... Love!