Crazy about Houndstooth

Ferragamo

McQueen

McQueen

Ferragamo

Ferragamo

Ferragamo

Ferragamo

I have been updating this post since Oct 25th 2011, when I first published it, because I kept stubbling across new celebs in amazing Houndstooth garments (mostly Ferragamo). This is my last updated post lol.

Houndstooth checks originated in woven wool cloth of the Scottish Lowlands, but are now used in many other materials. The traditional houndstooth check is made with alternating bands of four dark and four light threads in both warp and filling or weft woven in a simple 2:2 twill (two over - two under the warp, advancing one thread each pass). In an early reference to houndstooth, De Pinna, a New York City based men's and women's high end clothier founded in 1885, included houndstooth checks textile pattern along with gun club checks and Scottish plaids as part of its 1933 spring men's suits collection.

Houndstooth has been around for ages... We have seen designers from Alexander McQueen ('09) to Salvatore Ferragamo ('11) make beautiful garments using this print fabric. All we can say is that its fabulous!!!!