(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 ...

Oh Scrap! Madras, which has carved a niche for itself by upcycling fabric scraps to make clothes, jewellery, home decor, toys and a variety of other fabric-related creations is officially shutting ...

But the architect and designer was doing more than buying lungis; which were actually fabric in Madras Checks; termed so regardless of whether they are manufactured in villages in Tamil Nadu and ...

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