That Same Stack, But Less Plaided? (kind of)

I’m always loving Steven Alan’s standard stacks of wovens. They don’t really change much over the years, but the colors always catch my eye when I hit up the Venice Annex or Los Feliz Outpost in LA. He’s been the go-to designer for the plaid shirt for the past few years. Yet, lately, Mr. Alan has been reported saying that that the squared-out patterns are increasingly beginning to bore him. From the look of the Fall 2010 Menswear Collection, he hasn’t quite put the crosshairs to death (not even close), but could we see something truly different, come Winter or Spring?