LonDon't Spring 2010: Christopher Kane

I quite like this collection, actually. The use of gingham feels fresh, and ought to be trendsetting. Did you know that the origins of gingham is Indonesian?

Note: Gingham is a medium-weight balanced plain-woven fabric made from dyed cotton or cotton-blend yarn. The name is Indonesian in origin, assimilated into Dutch. Gingham may be distinguished because it is almost always a checkered pattern. When originally imported from Indonesia (in the 17th century), it was a striped fabric, but from the mid 18th century, when it was being produced in the mills of Manchester, England, it had become woven into checked patterns (often in blue and white). The name comes from the Malay word genggang, meaning “striped,” and thence from the French guingan, used by the Bretons to signify cloth made from striped colouring.