Bomb Story: As most artists can attest to, lined notebooks were used more for doodling and daydreaming than actual schoolwork. Over the decades, I'm sure many classroom pages looked like this for The Hundreds fans, a timeless graphite sketch on blue-lined paper.| Background Story:
Originating in Scotland as ""tartan,"" we now call this pattern of crisscrossed lines ""Plaid."" Growing up in Southern California during the '80s and '90s, plaid beach volleyball shorts were always in our purview, thanks to labels like Mossimo and Stüssy. When we elevated to making cut-n-sew apparel like button-ups in the early 2000s, plaids made their way into our language as a nod to both the surf culture of t...