Bomb Story: For a moment there in 2012, we thought we were headed towards the apocalypse (little did we know...), and so The Hundreds' Fall and Winter collections were themed around the end of the world. As an epilogue, in early 2013, we introduced another custom The Hundreds camouflage print called Burnt Camo. This time, we parodied the real-tree, woodland-style camos that mimic the forest floor, except the trees had now been reduced to black ashes. In the aftermath, there was regrowth and hope with fresh flowers beginning to bloom. | 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 the West Coast and Polo's influence on the East. In fact, every plaid speaks to a different subculture. Buffalo plaids were woven into the early New York hip-hop lumberjacks. Shadow plaids on swap meet Pendletons. And The Hundreds plaids, for all.