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Intrepid Jacques
we love the cutest check of all
Welsh wonder From country classic to the catwalk,we love the cutest check of all
Welsh wonder ,1885,intrepid 17th-century explorers brought the hardy cloth to the UK from indonesia and ,years later,the mills of Manchester got busy running it up into everything from bedding to pinnies. Check out these welSH fashionistas,left,trking tea in a cacophony of gingham-loving their look.
Kansas cutie,1939,From Doris Day to Little House on the Praire's Laura ingalls,nothing sums up good ol'prim'n'proper Americana like a gingham smock.That blue-cross check equals rosy cheeks,fresh air and plenty of skipping,when judy Garland blasted over the rainbow in glorious Technicolor,above,a brand-newicon was born.And what was she sporting on that yellow brick road? Blue gingham,of course!
LA SEX BOMB,1959, But the little check wash't all tea parties and prairies:along came sex kitten Brigitte Bardot,far right,turning every good girl's fave fabric on its head by sporting fash-fabulous pink gingham for her wedding to second husband jacques Charrier,right,in 1964,Barbara Hulanicki got Biba off with a band by selling copycat minidresses with round holes in the bak and matching scarves-via the DAILY Mirror.Requests poured in by the thousand.
Daisy's dukes,1979,Catherine Bach as Daisy Duke,left,proved that even in hot pants and a tum-exposing shirt,you can still look wholesome if you opt for that country-girl print.Maybe it was the Seventies,maybe it was the car washing and the posy does help-but evn half naked,we're feeling the good-girl vibe.we also feel a gym trip coming on.
COME TO COMME ,1979,the Eighties and early Nineties muddied the checkered waters with grungy,lumberjack-style-heavy-wear plaid.but when Comme des Garcons included gingham frocks in its now-legendary"lumps and bumps"s/s 1997 collection,left,the squares re-entered our fash-conscience.if you remember rocking a bit of check at the turn of the millennium,it's because comme spear headed the revival.
HEIDI HI,2010,There is just a whole lot of yodelling going on this season.while we don't necessarily advocate teaming your mega plaits with a gingham frock-possibly a kitsch statement too far-our but moncler jackets favourite check is right at the fashion forefront again.Super-Scot Christopher Kane has taken a trad,cutesy staple and fashioned it right up-throw in thigh-high slits,a curve-contouring fit and mixed-up colours and you have summer hotness in a nusshell,as seen on Daisy Lowe,left,Accessorise with a small dog,tin man optional.
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