History Main / OverallsAndGingham

* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gothic American Gothic]]'', the ''extremely'' famous painting by Grant Wood, portrays a farmer and his daughter. The former has overalls and a pitchfork.

There's a certain amount of TruthInTelevision here. Denim is a practical fabric for farm work, as it's washable and can take abuse. Gingham for the ladies isn't as tough a fabric, but it's still washable -- and usually a woman in a gingham dress is working around the farmhouse, not plowing. It may have become popular because it's a little more fancy than a solid-colored fabric while still being very easy to make (and therefore cheap). 1800's farmers commonly wore a straw hat ... but so did most men during the summer. And baseball caps can be seen ''everywhere'', city as well as country.

* Megan dressed like this in the first of the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials''. She's a farm girl who gets picked up by a talking pegasus and sent on an adventure to save her pony friends from the evil Tirek. By ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'' she had received a GirlinessUpgrade that gave her overalls with frills and a white puffy shirt.

** Pete's second DistaffCounterpart, Claire from ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature For Girl'' (pictured), wears overalls over a red gingham shirt.

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* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4331 Satan dons overalls to plant a crop.]]
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* * The perfect and sweet farm girl Lila on ''[[WesternAnimation/HeyArnold]]'' wears puffy sleeves with a gingham style on them on her green dress.

* Judy in ''Literature/DaddyLongLegs'' wore low-quality gingham dresses while she was in the [[OrphanageOfFear John Greer Home]] before she started high school. She completely hates gingham as an adult.

* ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'': Dorothy Gale is usually depicted wearing a blue and white gingham dress. [[note]] In the novel, it was a minor plot point. Blue was the color of Munchkins and white was only worn by magic users. Based on her size, attire, and the fact her house dropped out of nowhere and flattened the Witch, she was mistaken for a unknown Munchkin sorceress. That's why they called the Witch of the North for backup in case she turned out to be an ''evil'' sorceress. [[/note]] In the [[Film/TheWizardOfOz 1939 film adaptation]], Dorothy's blue gingham dress is almost as iconic as the ruby slippers. In the illustrations to future ''Literature/LandOfOz'' books, she usually doesn't wear gingham, but this varies DependingOnTheArtist.

* In ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'', Judy's father, Stu Hopps, a farmer in Bunnyburrow, wears denim overalls and a gingham shirt and her mother, Bonnie Hopps, wears a gingham shirt. Gideon Grey, wore overalls as child and a gingham shirt and jeans as an adult. Even Judy herself is seen selling produce in a gingham shirt and jeans during her [[spoiler:TenMinuteRetirement]] scene.

* ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'': Dorothy Gale is usually depicted wearing a gingham dress. In the [[Film/TheWizardOfOz 1939 film adaptation]], Dorothy's blue gingham dress is almost as iconic as the ruby slippers. In the illustrations to future ''Literature/LandOfOz'' books, she usually doesn't wear gingham, but this varies DependingOnTheArtist.

* In the flashbacks in Film/{{Husk}}'', Farmer Comstock and his sons Corey and Alex are dressed in bibbed overalls and check shirts. Looking closely, Alex is still dressed like that under [[SackheadSlasher the burlap sack over his head]] in the present day.

** The classic protagonist Pete wears a backwards baseball cap, a kerchief around his neck, and denim overalls.

** Ann from ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon64'' is a farm girl who wears overalls.

* ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'': Dorothy Gale is usually depicted wearing a gingham dress. In the [[Film/TheWizardOfOz 1939 film adaptation]], Dorothy's blue gingham dress is almost as iconic as the ruby slippers.

** The male protagonist of ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonSkytreeVillage'' on default dresses in yellow gingham, blue overalls, and a handkerchief around his neck.

* ''Series/{{Letterkenny}}'': Squirrely Dan's choice of outerwear, although he's the only one of the Hicks to wear it [[note]]Wayne wears plaid tucked into regular jeans, Dary has his mechanics' jumpsuit, and Katie... well, wearing clothes is [[MsFanservice not her forte]]. Unfortunate.[[/note]].

* ''Series/{{Letterkenny}}'': Squirrely Dan's choice of outerwear, although he's the only one of the Hicks to wear it [[note]]Wayne wears plaid tucked into regular jeans, Dary has his mechanics' jumpsuit, and Katie... well, wearing clothes is [[MsFanservice not her forte]]. Unfortunate.[[/note]]