Houndstooth , checking teeth or hound's tooth (and similar spelling), also known as dogstooth , dogtooth , dog teeth , or pied-de-poule , is a duotone textile pattern characterized by a broken check or an abstract four-pointed form, often in color black and white, although other colors are used. The classic houndstooth pattern is an example of tessellation.
The smaller scale version of this pattern can be referred to as puppytooth .
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Design and history
The earliest known houndstooth appearance is Gerum Cloak, a garment found in Swedish peat swamp, dated between 360 and 100 BC. Contemporary houndstooth checks may come from woven wool fabrics from the Scottish Lowlands, but are now used in many other materials. Traditional houndstooth examination is made with alternating ropes of four dark threads and four bright threads in both warp and weft/filling in 2: 2 simple braid, two above/two below the warp, forwarding one thread each pass. In early reference to houndstooth, De Pinna, a New York City upper class men's and women's apparel was founded in 1885, including a houndstooth examination along with a Scotch club check and a Scotch plaque as part of a 1933 spring clothing collection. The oversize houndstooth pattern is also used prominently in the Alexander McQueen Fall 2009 Collection, titled Horn of Plenty . The patterns are a reference to a typical Christian Dior tweed suit.
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Usage examples
Australian department store David Jones uses the houndstooth pattern as part of his company logo. Branding - a black and white houndstooth pattern - is one of Australia's most recognizable corporate identities. A government-sponsored panel judged in 2006 as one of ten favorite Australian trademarks.
Houndstooth designs in black and white, brown and brown, and other earthtone weaves, are a very popular design in tweed materials used for sports coats and other casual wear. Houndstooth is a common design in casual hats and caps, perhaps the most prominent in deerstalker, the type of hat that is often seen in the illustrations and depictions of Sherlock Holmes. US college football coaching leg Paul "Bear" Bryant is often seen wearing a houndstooth or checkered houndstoard and houndstooth often seen worn around the University of Alabama, where he trains, as a symbol of school pride.
Ricky's character (Illustrated by Robb Wells), of the Canadian television show, Trailer Park Boys, is most often associated with his collared houndstooth shirt.
The makpoppe babywearing fashion house also brings this design to their limited edition wicker packs under the name "Tweed" in various colors and exotic blends.
Houndstooth check pants are sometimes worn with morning dresses as a slightly less formal alternative to cashmere stripe pants.
See also
- Checkerboard
References
External links
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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