The secret to its success? 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 ...

For such a lightweight cloth, madras is weighed down with cultural associations. Most famously, it’s the summertime fabric of choice for the summer-on-the-Cape set, who prize it for its bold colors ...

The V.I. Council on the Arts unveiled the territory’s official madras fabric to the public at a ceremony held Saturday at the Frederick Dorsch Cultural Center in Frederiksted. The fabric was ...

On the cover of Lisa Birnbach’s “The Official Preppy Handbook,” a tongue-in-cheek 1980s guide to looking, acting and thinking like a US prep school elite, a pattern along the border depicts a fabric ...

We’ve all done it. You spot a beautifully structured scarf in a high-street window and think Scandinavian minimalism. You see a preppy, crinkled shirt and your mind goes straight to The Hamptons. It’s ...