VICHY SURE CAN BREAK THE ICE BUT MARIE-LYNE WILL MELT IT off the hook!

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7th November, 2011 (Montreal) Autumn is out and in full glory now that Day Light Savings Time has kicked in and the sun goes down before dinner time. Away go the shorts and the winky-dink t-shirts and time to bring on the real deal. The coming of winter in Montreal or anywhere north of the Mason Dixon Line means keeping your edge while all about you fall in the muck. That's where our model Marie-Lyne comes in. You don't get to where she is today by carrying around some mamby-pamby sit-on-the-fence attitude. Seeing Marie-Lyne you know she lives and breathes the words freedom and control which is the magic combination seekers the world over have troubled themselves with down the ages. Not Marie-Lyne. She proves it in this dazzling NYC-Style Gingham Autumn Whiplasher she must have stolen from Off the Hook, that famous boutique on Ste-Catherine Street [see here]. We use the word stolen here because no matter what she paid to our friend Angelo and the gang, it wasn't enough. Thanks Marie-Lyne, you are well and truly OTH.

This time four years ago: Rockabilly Baby

Fred Perry is keeping the Gingham zipped shut [see here].

Montreal Fashionights Got Gingham All Over!

Fashionights have great street shots with lots of Hot Dogs and Gingham Poutine [see here].

If Hot Dogs Ain't Your Thing Tumblrs Got Hot Red Gingham With Hot Red Lips

 "Loose Gingham, sinks ships, so come aboard for a pleasure trip."--Brian Johnson, AC/DC, 1982.  

More of "This Time Four Years Ago" this time from Pregnant Goldfish

Sorry Waldo, but Gingham beats stripes every time [see here].

Waiting on the a bench for more Gingham in Montreal

Don't worry, Gingham is like the bus service, there'll be a whole bunch coming along in a minute.

 You Got Gingham? Send it to gotgingham@gmail.com

All that Glitters is Not Goldie, It's Gingham too. 2011 Chicago Gingham Festival Update.

Smooth Oprah-rater, Goldie's tellin' us the way it is in Gingham Junction Chicago.

Baby you can drive my car, but not my Gingham.

23rd August, 2011 (Montreal)--The Chicago Gingham Festival hit the peak on Millwallkee Avenue Friday last as more and more people got wind of the affair. People have come from the world over to participate. Have a butchers at our mate Goldie here, all the way from Epping, East London in this classic Basildon Blue Fine Hatch FRED PERRY Original All-Niter. Goldie was a wealth of Gingham folklore as he held court outside the Double Door in Wicker Park, guiding us through the subtleties of Gingham only a Hammer from the East End would know. Goldie is the perfect spokesman for Gingham, and the perfect spokesman for Chicago. "I love this city. The only drag has been having to wait eighteen years for this Festival. Finally the world is coming to grips with the Chicago School." To see the man work the crowd and hustle the Gingham Gospel made me think of Jesse Jackson, or what's her name? Or I don't know, that other guy from here who just made big in D.C. So raise an eyebrow to Goldie, who comes from the East End. No matter how great Chicago is compared to London, it'll never have an East End. That's too bad. But to more than make up for this, it's most assuredly Got Gingham now. And even better for it, Chicago's Got Goldie.

EXPERTS TEND NOT TO SHOW THEIR FACE.

English Gingham, American calves.

Dissertations in Gingham at Northwestern.

There is among certain street types the attitude of "Hey, we just came here to hang out in our Gingham, not become rock stars." In almost all cases they were brainiacs who knew more about Gingham than any of us. Of course they're not going to show their face. These are academics that have reputations to uphold. They can't be caught using slang and making pronouncements that might be misconstrued and then ruin their chances of funding. But they all have cool shoes. Street Style fact: nobody minds having their shoes shown to the world. Once we convince them to show us their shoes they no longer mind if it catches some of their Gingham. Trust me, there is a fortune in Gingham here, these people are private collectors and so it is quite understandable they'd hold back a bit. We're going to turn these guys into a regular feature: Stompin' on the Gingham Nation.

Gingham stops traffic from up here.

Detours do not deter the Gingham faithful.

And here are some more Street Style Gets of those on their way to the event.
Some were in a rush to get into the thick of things while others preferred to contemplate the intricacies of the Chicago School.

                                          Of Gingham.....

Tomorrow: The French Connection to The Gingham City and more from the 2011 Chicago Gingham Festival. Send your Gingham Gets to gotgingham@gmail.com