There's a scene I really love, so I occasionally rewatch the movie "Almost Famous." Actually, when I was creating the OLD FLANNEL series, the vague image I had in mind was William's room from this movie. William, the protagonist, is a boy who's only interested in music, not at all cool, and his room is far from stylish, yet, in that small room cluttered with records, the checkered patterns were what truly stuck with me. Rather than a clear idea, it was more like "a room with this kind of atmosphere," something I kept...