Houndstooth
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Houndstooth is a pattern of alternating light and dark checks used on fabric. It is also known as hounds tooth check, hound's tooth, dogstooth, dogtooth or dog's tooth. The duotone pattern is characte
Red and white houndstooth pattern
Aoi Yamazaki wearing a colored houndstooth dress
A car interior with Glen plaid pattern upholstery
Gingham
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Gingham, also called Vichy check, is a medium-weight balanced plain-woven fabric typically with tartan, striped, or check duotone patterns, in bright colour and in white made from dyed cotton or cotto
Houndstooth
…pattern is characterized by a tessellation of light and dark solid checks alternating with light-and-dark diagonally-striped checks—similar in pattern to gingham plaid but with diagonally-striped squares in place of gingham's blended-tone squares. Traditionally, houndstooth uses black and white, although other…
Gingham cloth with green and white checks
Gingham patterns in a 1911 Macy's catalogue