Bleeding Madras and Pallaicatta Checks

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 creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
2. Handkerchief with Madras Pattern
Milliped, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
3. Shirts
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 creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
8. Handloom Lungi Weaving at Dohar
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9. A woman with a basket of fish on her head
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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 books.google.com/books?id=i-I..., Fair use, 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 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 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
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19. Person holding plaid shirt
Dayvison Tadeu www.pexels.com/photo/person-h...
20. B & W Photo of a woman in a plaid shirt
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21. Fashion Photo by Erik Holmén ca 1955-1960
Erik Holmén, Nordiska museet, CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
22. Coat, glasses, plaid shirt
FOTO:FORTEPAN / Erdei Katalin, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
23. Checked design
pxhere.com/en/photo/496140

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My heart was bleeding, just watching this . Truthful bled story.😊😊 Thanks 💪👍

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Very informative 👏 👍

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[@hariunnithan9]

That was cool!

[@sriramr2437]

Wow!!! This story is an absolute treat

[@ThunivuChilla]

Harry mama thank you

[@venkateshwaranv6897]

Interestingly the facade of the eastern entrance to VR mall features these madras checks design as a tribute to it .

[@durgakrishnamurthi264]

Nice story. However shouldn't it read "Pulicat was the Dutch name for Pallaicatta"?

[@Bhuv-]

I think Superman should wear it. He doesn't bleed either.