The Authentic Madras has the same pattern on both sides of the cloth; As a matter of fact, authentic Madras is the best example of a genuinely sustainable fabric that was also soft and breathable for the hot and humid climate of the coastal region. The cotton yarns were a short-staple indigenous variety. They were carded by hand and had visible slubs. These slubs or imperfections, which are also an innate beauty of anything handmade, added a lovely hand and texture to the fabric. Soon instead of block printing the cotton, the Indian weavers were dyeing the yarns in vegetable dyes and creating the handwoven madras check patterns. Due to the resemblance of Madras Checks fabrics with Scottish Tartans, there is a possibility that the look of the Madras Checks fabrics could be influenced by the tartan patterns worn by the Scottish regiments during their occupation in southern India in the 1800s. Although Madras fabrics were dyed with vegetable dyes, therefore they had an earthy look. Content courtesy : https://blog.marasim.co/fascinating-madras-checks-fabric/ Image courtesy: https://dip.flame.edu.in/projects/the-real-madras-handkerchief-squares-unravelling-stories/

It was with the arrival of the European colonizers that the mass production and export of Madras started. Dutch traders arrived in India in the early 1600s to trade in the local calico cloth. Soon the British East Indian Company arrived in India and identified the beautiful Madras Checks fabric. The East Indian company established a trading post in Madras in the mid-17th century. To secure a reliable labor supply, the English East India Company promised a 30-year exemption from duties for Indian weavers in the area. Thus, within a year, nearly 400 families of weavers had settled in Madras. Initially, it was the British trade that made Madras Checks fabric global. The fabric came to be known by different names in different parts of the world, far east or west. The Madras exported by the British to its other colony – Africa was locally called ‘Injri’ (meaning Real India). Injri became a vital part of the customs of Africa. It was gifted on childbirth or to the family of the deceased soul. Content courtesy : https://blog.marasim.co/fascinating-madras-checks-fabric/ Image courtesy: https://dip.flame.edu.in/projects/the-real-madras-handkerchief-squares-unravelling-stories/

THE ORIGIN OF MADRAS CHECKS FABRIC Around the 12th century, Madras Checks was a piece of handloom clothing for India’s peasant class in the village called Madraspatnam (Madras now Chennai). The local weavers would extract the soft fibers from the “tip-skin” of native trees to weave 36″ wide square handkerchiefs, which were then block printed with bright colored check patterns. They were worn as a garment similar to a sarong wrapped around the waist and extending to the ankles, called a lungi. By the early 13th century, the plaid lungi had traveled to the Middle-East and Africa, where it went from being bottom wear to becoming a headscarf. Content courtesy : https://blog.marasim.co/fascinating-madras-checks-fabric/ Image courtesy: https://dip.flame.edu.in/projects/the-real-madras-handkerchief-squares-unravelling-stories/

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Posted @withregram • @graziaindia “I always thought of Miss World as a wonderful platform that could get me great work, the kind I always dreamt of doing. Fame was never something I actively sought.” But fame did follow her triumph and with it, came the blinding spotlight. “It got overwhelming in the beginning because I had never paused to think what the victory would do to my life. I remember thinking ‘don’t they have enough pictures of me?’ It was only later that I began to see the attention for what it was – love.” Manushi is wearing an oversized blazer by @manishii_official; sequinned shorts by @hm; hoop earrings by @radhikaagrawalstudio; crystal necklace by @isharya; pendant necklace by @shopanatina Photograph: @keegancrasto Fashion Director: @pashamalwani Words: @anandxsigh Make-up: @vardannayak Hair: @georgiougabriel at animacreatives Assisted by (styling): @nishthaparwani, @nahidnawaaz Location and hospitality: @lohonostays_ #ManushiChhillar #GraziaIndia #Magazine #MagazineCover #Bollywood #Actress #Celebrity #CelebStyle #Manushi #FebruaryCover

Posted @withregram • @graziaindia “I always thought of Miss World as a wonderful platform that could get me great work, the kind I always dreamt of doing. Fame was never something I actively sought.” But fame did follow her triumph and with it, came the blinding spotlight. “It got overwhelming in the beginning because I had never paused to think what the victory would do to my life. I remember thinking ‘don’t they have enough pictures of me?’ It was only later that I began to see the attention for what it was – love.” Manushi is wearing an oversized blazer by @manishii_official; sequinned shorts by @hm; hoop earrings by @radhikaagrawalstudio; crystal necklace by @isharya; pendant necklace by @shopanatina Photograph: @keegancrasto Fashion Director: @pashamalwani Words: @anandxsigh Make-up: @vardannayak Hair: @georgiougabriel at animacreatives Assisted by (styling): @nishthaparwani, @nahidnawaaz Location and hospitality: @lohonostays_ #ManushiChhillar #GraziaIndia #Magazine #MagazineCover #Bollywood #Actress #Celebrity #CelebStyle #Manushi #FebruaryCover

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Posted @withregram • @ericvitalephotography Can't believe it's already been a year since this show. Runway and backstage during the Oxford Fashion Studio Autumn/Winter 2020 collection at @nyfw @oxfordfashionstudio @fashionmingle @mercury_management #EricVitalePhotography #EricVitalePhoto #EricVitaleFashion #EricVitaleModels #Fashion #Model #NYC #Style #FashionPhotography #Beauty #Sony #Designer #Hair #Makeup #MUA #FashionMingle #BTS #Backstage #OxfordFashionStudio #NYFW #Runway #FashionWeek #Collection

Posted @withregram • @ericvitalephotography Can't believe it's already been a year since this show. Runway and backstage during the Oxford Fashion Studio Autumn/Winter 2020 collection at @nyfw @oxfordfashionstudio @fashionmingle @mercury_management #EricVitalePhotography #EricVitalePhoto #EricVitaleFashion #EricVitaleModels #Fashion #Model #NYC #Style #FashionPhotography #Beauty #Sony #Designer #Hair #Makeup #MUA #FashionMingle #BTS #Backstage #OxfordFashionStudio #NYFW #Runway #FashionWeek #Collection