Salvatore Rules Rue Ste-Catherine In His Gingham

Salvatore is trying to quit smoking, but his job is just too easy. As for quitting Gingham? Not that simple.

"Hey, check out Salvatore over there!"

2nd April, Twenty-twelve (Montreal) Rue Ste-Catherine in Montreal is one of the more famous streets in the world [see more]. That's where we met our friend here Salvatore, which means he is one of the more famous Salvatore's in the world. Taking a break from his job of simply having to duck watching the Gingham fly off the racks at Zara [see more], Salvatore wanted to say hello to all you springtime Gingham Getters getting ready for the sunshine. Very few can carry off this look of Gingham shirt and tie, but on St-Catherine Street, anything goes. We soon spotted a crowd of guys heading after Salvatore and trying to adopt his 'look.' Can't blame them. Want to, but can't. They've Got Gingham.


Another Amazing Source of Gingham:

Justice Pirate is one Gingham Dreamscape after another [see more].

Baby, You Can Drive My Car:

Thank our man "Ray:)" over at Pbase for this sweetie pie. No wonder this Beetle is smilin' --it's Got Gingham.

More Gingham in the Springtime:

Sometimes staring down at a spot on the pavement requires a bit of stylish embellishment.

Shouldering the blame for the Gingham proliferation.

Gingham is on the hood.

Chilenita's in Montreal is packed with Gingham and empanadas.

Students on St-Laurent back when there was snow... and Gingham

Gingham outside Patati Patata in the Rachel Foodie District.

More Gingham with Talibah in the Foodie District, this time at Romados.

Further down Rue Rachel: Cafe Neve is a hotbed of Gingham.

Trade Secret #46...How do we get these shots? Talibah pretends to strike a pose...

Another Hoodie in the Gingham Hood. This time it's the Mile-End Crucial Crew.

Another meeting of the Crucial Crew at the Nouveau Palais around the corner.

Jenny Kang shown at All The Pretty Birds, a source of an enormous amount of Gingham [see more].

SPECIAL UPDATE*

This just in:

Old Believer's Brendan Birkett [see more] warming up for his April 9th show at Casa del Popolo [see more].

Old Believer? When it comes to Gingham we're called Brainwashed Cult-members.

Skeptics disperse when a close-up view reveals the REAL THING. Now they believe in Gingham.

Got any Gingham? Going to the show on April 9th? Send it to gotgingham@gmail.com

Today's caption: "Who said that?" is brought to you by all of those people who make us paranoid.

* Asterisk's have no meaning at Got Gingham.

QUEBEC MUSIC SCENE TAKEN OVER BY GINGHAM

Special cuffs allow for dancing to Les Cowboys Fringants in Paris, par example.

Misteur Valaire, before they left the Argyle Regiment.

28th July, 2011 (Montreal)--We bring you Chris in a Mediterranean Blue Gingham Barcelona-Style Vichy by Zara, which means no way was it available any longer three weeks after he purchased it. That's the deal with these Eighth Wave Gingham makers, they've actually turned this current wave of Gingham into little mini-waves. Chris often wears this shirt to go crowd-surfing amid the major pool of talent that's rippling the Quebec music scene these days, saying "Make sure you tell 'em I mean French Music." For all the notoriety brought on by the Oscar-thingy given to Arcade Fire, major acceptance abroad has come ashore for several Quebecois acts of late: Coeur de Pirates, Misteur Valaire..., and pretty much any musical accompaniment to Cirque du Soleil. So next time you're in Dallas or Austin and you hear Malajube coming out of a Honky-Tonk, thank people like Chris in their Gingham, who helped get it all off the ground in the first place. Just for good measure we include an exclusive shot of Misteur Valaire from 2007 while they still had day jobs and hadn't got into Gingham yet.

Scientific fact:Gingham Getters tend to want to stay alive longer.

Rock 'n' Roll is cool and everything, and doing it in Gingham is a great recommendation, but you don't wanna be joining the 27 Club. Stay out of trouble Gingham Getters, and you might one day be a Granny or Grandpa in style.

Send your Gingham Gets to gotgingham@gmail.com