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Bleeding Madras was a fabric that was all the rage in the 1960s and widely worn in the west. It had its origin in the humble lungi. The Dutch called the fabric Pallaicatta Checks and exported enormous quantities from their trading stations at Sadras and Pulicat. The British called it Madras Checks.

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Image attributions:

1. Madras Plaid Fabric
MadrasFabricPreppy, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

2. Handkerchief with Madras Pattern
Milliped, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

3. Shirts
https://www.stockvault.net/photo/1546...

4. Ancient Times, Roman
by Albert Kretschmer, painters and costumer to the Royal Court Theatre, Berin, and Dr. Carl Rohrbach., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

5. Dutch East-India Trading Ship 1600
Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

6. Flag of Coromandel, Dutch
Himasaram, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

7. India, Tamilnadu Location Map
Maximilian Dörrbecker (Chumwa), CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

8. Handloom Lungi Weaving at Dohar
Pervez Robin, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

9. A woman with a basket of fish on her head
See page for author, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

10. Checked Scarf
Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

11. Cotton, carriages etc., the Great Exhibition, 1854
Joseph Nash, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

12. Brooks Brothers Logo
By https://books.google.com/books?id=i-I..., Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...

13. Brooks Clothing Store 1845
G. Hayward, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

14. Patchwork Madras Fabric
MadrasFabricPreppy, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

15. Book Cover - Confessions Of An Advertising Man by David Ogilvy

16. Polo Ralph Lauren Madras plaid shirt
Menswear Market, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

17. 1926 day dress by Jean Patou, green plaid silk
Staff photographer, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

18. plaid 50s shirtwaist dress
www.castawayvintage.etsy.com

19. Person holding plaid shirt
Dayvison Tadeu https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-h...

20. B & W Photo of a woman in a plaid shirt
https://garystockbridge617.getarchive...

21. Fashion Photo by Erik Holmén ca 1955–1960
Erik Holmén, Nordiska museet, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

22. Coat, glasses, plaid shirt
FOTO:FORTEPAN / Erdei Katalin, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

23. Checked design
https://pxhere.com/en/photo/496140