Summary
Students at famous universities in America began wearing it, making it popular.
Now designers worldwide love it, while the people who weave it hope to keep their work alive.
Key Points
5 points1
Madras checks are a colorful cotton fabric with square patterns.
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The fabric began on the Coromandel coast of India.
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Ivy League universities in the United States started wearing it.
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Fashion designers around the world are using it again.
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Handloom weavers who make the cloth are trying to protect their jobs.
New Words to Learn
5 wordsMadras checks
A bright cotton cloth with small square designs.
handloom
A simple machine that people use to weave cloth by hand.
textile
A piece of cloth or fabric.
Ivy League
A group of eight famous colleges in the United States.
Coromandel coast
A coastal area in the south part of India.
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