Robby Demonstrates the Tradition of (Canadian) Thanks Gingham.

Each year so many extra bottles of beer get produced in Canada, they stage a grand cull whereby they beat them over the heads with... bottle openers. We'd like to say this is an annual event, but actually, this savagery happens pretty much every day.

10th of the 10th, 2011 (Montreal) You need to take a quick step back and think about what on earth you're doing with your life, and just give absolute thanks for waking up with lungs full of air and a brain full of thoughts and a day full of food, every now and then. Today across Canada the citizens have been doing just that. Unfortunately, we can't be out there documenting this particularly private affair in all the dining rooms of the nation, so we have to thank photographer Jessica Petunia (see here) for getting behind the Maple Curtain and seeing what exactly these Canadians have to be thankful for. You got it: Gingham. Jessica managed to snap our man Robby here in a Gingham Thanksgiving Special which Robby is fortifying with a brave shot of WD40 or Colt 45, or perhaps it's some lethal homebrew? The great thing about this is we get to let YOU choose what colour Robby's shirt is. That's the magic of black and white photography, counting our blessings and drinking regular amounts of alcohol.

USA bows out of Canadian Thanksgiving in favour of Memorial Day:

Philly's Streetgazer has a long memory. That's why we credit him with this snap. And Columbus for us requiring an eventual Memorial Day.

Montreal Proving Thanks Gingham is in full gear:

Purple Gingham is rare. Shorts in October on the streets of Montreal is rare. Every Get is a gift. Thanks Gingham.

Striping out on his own:

Fact: Sunshine is attracted to Gingham. Skeptical? Where ever there is sunshine, you will find Gingham.

GERMANY CELEBRATES TOO: 

Photo Credit: Irwin Kee via twitter at Oktoberfest (Gingham Month) in Munchen, 6am.

 Our Bavarian step-uncles have long been celebrating Gingham on an annual basis. They don't like to confuse people by calling it Thanksgiving or Columbus Day or
Tag der gingan (Gingham Day). Instead they make it easy on everybody and name it after the month it occurs in.



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ANDRE'S GOT GINGHAM

Andre's carefree in Gingham and changing the world one smile at a time. Que sera, whatever Trilby.

6th September, 2011 (Montreal) Got Gingham recently moved it's offices (which explains the sporadic frequency of Got Gingham reports lately) so it's time to get back on track and start feeding you Got Gingham fans some more Gingham.

Meet our man Andre here who was waltzing down Avenue Duluth with his girl and not a care in the world. How can he not have a care in the world, considering all the hazard, fear and suffering going on around us? Can't Andre see we need to do something about it? Listen, when you've got Gingham, something comes over you. Take this sharp hat Andre's wearing, notice how it produces just the right amount of shade, just the right amount of tension and just the right angle of aerodynamics. This black and white Gingham Santiago Trilby Andre's got therefore acts as a capital exclamation of carefree ease as he wades his way comfortably through the waves of life. Sure, there's something that has got to be done about some of the big questions around us in the world, but why do it with your beard on fire while throwing parking meters at policemen?

A true life-changer walks the streets in peace and self-governance, and if he's like Andre here, with a huge dose of self-love. How can we tell Andre has self-love? One of the first things my grandmother talked to me about was the importance of self-love. "It all starts with Gingham," she said before trailing off into another of her dance hall ditties. Thanks Andre, we all need a lesson in being carefree and a reminder of my granny's wisdom.

More Gingham Gets from the Streets of North America

Mr. Ruben at Streetgazers in Philadelphia shot this:

A bag-strap is almost a must, with Gingham.

Here's another from Denim Therapy

Claudia Schiffer pounding the pavements, giving out her CV. In Gingham.

And another great candid in Montreal from Isabelle Chiasson:

He's giving her five reasons why she should wear Gingham.

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