It all began with Gudrun’s idea for a dress. The yarn-dyed pattern would go from checked to striped on the same piece of fabric. The result is a sleeveless style in airy voile. And of course, the lower edge of the dress has an accent-colored selvage. As we saw these beautiful checks emerge, we decided to make a blouse featuring them, too. And so we welcome our affordable checked and striped “KATE.”