Bomb Story: At the root of it all, The Hundreds started with drawing lines. In fact, that's why our motto to this day is: ""Drawing Lines!"" The earliest representations of this step-by-step formation in creating a masterpiece were the kids' tutorials. We always thought it was hilarious how six steps later, you could go from a crudely drawn circle to a complex illustration of an anthropomorphic bomb. | 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.