There is a pattern that has been doing the work for centuries. Not because it's trendy. Because it's considered — and a considered pattern reads immediately as a choice rather than a default.

19 plaid and check cardigans — warm blue check, autumn ombré plaid, pastel plaid, olive button, multicolor — every one chosen because the pattern tells the story before you've added a single thing.

You put it over anything. The morning already has a point of view.