Vintage McGregor Plaid Shirt Multicolor 70s

A 1970s McGregor button-up in a bold green, blue, red, and yellow plaid — the kind of loud, joyful pattern only that decade could pull off with a straight face. Long sleeves, dual chest pockets, and a Scotset Permanent Press finish round out a shirt built for everyday wear, not a museum case.

McGregor had already built its name well before this shirt hit a rack. The label rose to prominence in the mid-20th century as one of America’s defining menswear houses, best known for the Drizzler jacket James Dean wore in Rebel Without a Cause. By the 1970s, McGregor had settled into producing exactly this kind of dependable, well-made sportswear — shirts meant to be worn hard, washed often, and handed down.

The Scotset Permanent Press tag is worth a second look. Permanent press was one of the era’s defining textile innovations, a chemical finish that let cotton-blend fabrics resist wrinkles without ironing — a small revolution for anyone who’d spent the 60s pressing shirts before work. It’s a detail that dates the garment as precisely as any silhouette could.

Plaid like this — four colors deep, unapologetically bright — has become shorthand for 70s menswear at its most confident. This one wore that confidence well.

A shirt with a story stitched into every seam.