Editing Gingham (section)

==History==
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It is speculated that the fabric now known as ''gingham'' may have been made at [[Guingamp]], a town in [[Brittany]], France, and that the fabric may be named after the town.<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Gingham|volume=12|page=28}}</ref> Some sources say that the name came into [[English language|English]] via [[Dutch language|Dutch]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=gingham|title=Online Etymology Dictionary|website=www.etymonline.com}}</ref> When originally imported into Europe in the 17th century, gingham was a striped fabric, though now it is distinguished by its checkered pattern. From the mid-18th century, when it was being produced in the mills of [[Manchester]], [[England]], it started to be woven into [[check (pattern)|check]]ed or [[tartan|tartan (plaid)]] patterns (often blue and white). Checked gingham became more common over time, though striped gingham was still available in the late [[Victorian era|Victorian]] period.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://quezi.com/4517|title=Did old-fashioned gingham always have checks?|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103192433/http://quezi.com/4517|archive-date=2010-01-03}}</ref>{{bcn|date=October 2024}} Gingham was introduced to France from Malaysia, where it started being produced in [[Vichy]], France, under the reign of [[Napoleon]] Bonaparte. In Spain the pattern is known as {{lang|es|estampado vichy}} or {{lang|es|cuadro vichy}}.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vogue.mx/moda/articulo/cuadros-vichy-historia-del-estampado-de-moda-del-verano | title=Los cuadros vichy y la historia detrás del eterno estampado de verano | date=July 2022 }}</ref>

In the United States, the mass popularity of men's blue and white gingham-patterned shirts in the 2010s led to critical media coverage of the phenomenon.<ref>{{Cite magazine |first=Alex |last=Fitzpatrick |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=August 22, 2014 |url=https://time.com/3159706/j-crew-gingham-shirt/?amp=true |title = In Defense of That J-Crew Gingham Shirt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/stop-dressing-like-every-guy-in-america-give-up-your-gingham-shirts-1520525214|title=Stop Dressing Like Every Other Guy: Give up Your Gingham Shirts|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=8 March 2018|last1=Gallagher|first1=Jacob}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |first=Jake |last=Woolf |url=https://www.gq.com/story/theres-an-entire-instagram-account-dedicated-to-one-jcrew-shirt/amp|title = There's an Entire Instagram Account Dedicated to One J.Crew Shirt |journal=[[GQ]] |date=August 21, 2014 }}</ref>