THIS, as winters go, should be a banner season for Pendleton. Not only is it colder than blue blazes across much of the country, but plaid is the height of fashion. Pendleton Woolen Mills ...

Pendleton started making apparel in the 1920s, but it wasn't until the 1960s when one of its plaid shirts really took off, thanks to its unexpected popularity with some Southern California surfers ...

Shoemaker House of Vans produces a line of Pendleton shoes sold at the company's Disneyland store; the partnership is rekindled more than 50 years later, and plaid Vans are sold today. New Nike ...

Pendleton Woolen Mills, the venerable Oregon company known for its plaid shirts and wool blankets, says it's reshuffling its executive ranks amid the pending retirement of its longtime president.