"Madras is a lightweight cotton fabric with typically patterned texture and plaid design, used primarily for summer clothing–pants, shorts, dresses and jackets. The fabric takes its name from the former English name of the city of Chennai, India.
One style popular during the 1960s was called BLEEDING MADRAS. It used dyes that were not colorfast "
from wikipedia. so thats one thing cleared up. the rest idk
"Madras is a lightweight cotton fabric with typically patterned texture and plaid design, used primarily for summer clothing–pants, shorts, dresses and jackets. The fabric takes its name from the former English name of the city of Chennai, India. One style popular during the 1960s was called BLEEDING MADRAS. It used dyes that were not colorfast "
from wikipedia. so thats one thing cleared up. the rest idk