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How to Wear Madras - The Preppy Summer Fabric for Men

All you need to know about MADRAS: https://gentl.mn/all-about-madras GUIDES THAT MAY INTEREST YOU: OCBD Shirt Guide: https://gentl.mn/31IQs1i Chino & Khaki Guide: https://gentl.mn/2KqmI4a Seersucker Fabric: https://gentl.mn/2ZDoaDP What To Buy From Ralph Lauren: https://gentl.mn/2WSgPmF Want to stay updated? Sign up here for free: https://gentl.mn/2Xf44Cn Want to see more videos? Subscribe to our channel!    / thegentlemansgazette   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gentleman's Gazette https://www.gentlemansgazette.com/ https://gentl.mn/2L4fimJ Facebook:   / gentlemansgazette   FREE eBook: https://gentl.mn/2Xf44Cn --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #madras #summerfabrics #notsponsored HISTORY OF MADRAS: The Madras pattern became really popular in the 1960s in a form of slacks, jackets, and shirts. However, it has been around for much longer and it has its roots in India, specifically in the city of Madras which is now known as Chennai. The Madras fabric has a really long history stretching all the way back through the 2nd century. By the 1630s, Dutch traders would export the Madras fabric to the West, they liked it so much that they offered duty exemptions and in no time was the whole city converted into a weaving center for Madras fabric. The original Madras fabric was basically a cotton muslin that was either over printed or very richly embroidered. At this point in time, all printed patterns were made out of vegetable dyes which caused them to be not very colorfast. Eventually, it was not just the Dutch who grew fond of the fabric but also the British colonialists and so they went back to their home country. Madras plaid, as we know it today, probably first appeared around 150 years ago. It was partially a result of the tartan craze that started to hit off after King George the fourth visited Scotland in 1822 and when he fell in love with Tartans and plaids and because they were so popular, they also found their way into the Madras fabric. Today, you'd be hard-pressed to find a Madras fabric that doesn't have the typical plaid or check structure. Madras first appeared in the US in the late 1800s. For example, in the 1897 Sears catalog, you can already find that fabric. The cloth also gained some popularity with Americans in the 1930s who would travel to the Caribbean. Also, magazines like Apparel Arts or Esquire would praise the summery casual elegance of the madras fabric for jackets, for slacks, and for shorts. Madras probably reached its peak during 1960s when Brooks Brothers created a bunch of garments in that fabric. At the time, Brooks Brothers wasn't aware of the bleaching vegetable dyes and so when customers first bought it and realized it was not colorfast, they got furious. Now, Brooks Brothers responded in a very smart way and turned it around in a marketing stunt; they now called it guaranteed to bleed and customers couldn't wait for their garments to bleach out fast enough. MADRAS DEFINED It's basically a very thin cotton muslin fabric with a range of checks, usually multiple different colors, and very rarely, you can also find it in stripes. If you can still find the original madras fabric from Chennai, it's usually hand woven, it is made out of cotton, and you can find the pattern on both sides so it is potentially reversible. TYPES OF MADRAS: 1. YARN DYED FABRICS The yarns are dyed in different colors and then they're woven in this specific pattern. 2. PATCHWORK A bunch of different madras samples from different patterns and colors are all combined into one fabric. That is even louder and bolder than the regular madras fabric already is. 3. BLEEDING MADRAS HOW TO WEAR MADRAS Basically, it's a lightweight summer fabric and because of that, it's out of place during the fall, the winter, and even during in the early spring. Even though most of the time the madras colors are more muted, it still is a very bold pattern that draws the viewers attention to it. Because of that, you should only ever wear one garment in a madras pattern, otherwise, it's over the top. Personally, my favorite way to incorporate Madras into my wardrobe is through shorts during the summer. First of all, they're really lightweight, comfortable to wear when it's really hot outside but they also combine very easily with solid polo shirts and boat shoes or canvas shoes.