History is a circle, and at some point, it closes in on you. The cloth I saw that day in Bamako turned out to be madras fabric. Named after the coastal city in India now known as Chennai ...

The checked fabric Madras was adopted by the affluent elite of 1950s America, and has been an "old-money" wardrobe staple ever since. But the fabric's origins go back to a South Indian fishing ...

(Chennai was known as Madras during British rule.) Originally worn by Indian laborers, the cloth almost sparked a corporate scandal for American textile importer William Jacobson in 1958 due to ...

(The fabric has been produced in India for centuries, but OTMC can be credited with popularizing it stateside.) Madras, which could be easily identified by its colorful checked patterns ...

This is the fifth collaboration between the trendy New York menswear label and the British titan of waxed cotton outerwear. Noah has a talent for reimagining Barbour’s classic Bedale jacket in bold ...

The original Original Madras Trading Company has been in the game for five decades, since the grandfather of present owner Prasan Shah emigrated from Chennai to New York City to sell the lightweight, ...