Alabama's HOUNDSTOOTH HISTORY

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These houndstooth hats, donated by the family of Coach Paul W. ‘Bear’
Bryant, are on display at the Bryant Museum on the UA campus.
“There was also a line of
hats that had his name in it
in 1980 to ’81 with a reproduction
of his signature in
the band, so a lot of time
people mistakenly think
that was his hat,” Gaddy
says.
TREND ON THE RISE
Now, Gaddy adds, he
sees more houndstooth
sell at the museum than
in years past, as both men
and women pick up the
trend.
“You see houndstooth
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sometimes in the fashion
world. They were using it not with any connection with
Coach Bryant, but you see everything from women’s headbands
to rain boots and everything in between,” Gaddy
says. “Houndstooth scarves were big for the last couple of
years, and we’ve been selling a lot of those here. You see
men wearing those.”
Starnes, who started his business out of his apartment
when he was a sophomore at UA, got the idea at a Tide football
game. Nike had just rolled out a new houndstooth hat,
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