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#2 2015-01-16 22:36:37
- Jivy
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Re: Resurrecting bleeding Madras
This is definitely one of the coolest things I've ever read. I hope bleeding madras makes a comeback.
#3 2015-01-17 02:36:00
- 4F Hepcat
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Re: Resurrecting bleeding Madras
For some of us, it never went away!
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#5 2015-01-17 04:24:09
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Re: Resurrecting bleeding Madras
I have an Indian friend who was asking his family about sourcing BIM - he keeps saying he can get it but he has a pretty vivid imagination, reading this I would gather you actually can't.
Have yet to see him after his trip home for Christmas so will feedback if he got any samples, though I think this unlikely.
#6 2015-01-17 04:30:23
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Re: Resurrecting bleeding Madras
I think the fact the fabric supplier that I, H, O'Connell's and JS have used can't get it seems to prove that unless you want to do what Leith have done I doubt you can source it.
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#8 2015-01-17 04:58:44
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Last edited by Yuca (2015-01-17 04:59:29)
some sort of banal legitimacy
#9 2015-01-19 16:27:56
- chatsworth osborne jr.
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Re: Resurrecting bleeding Madras
I'm not sure what the point of bleeding would be in a jacket.
I had a madras sportshirt from Gant in the late 80s that absolutely bled. It was a slightly different shirt every time you wore it. Until it barely existed anymore. Fun while it lasted.
Modern dyes are either stubbornly fade-resistant or they fade rapidly at first and level off. The constant fading and blending is something else.
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#11 2015-01-19 16:56:07
- Jivy
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Re: Resurrecting bleeding Madras
I would imagine with too much washing, they would eventually turn into a not so pleasant brownish color. Though, I also imagine they were much cheaper in the 50s/60s, so they could easily be replaced when needed.
#13 2015-01-30 16:20:49
- Jivy
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Re: Resurrecting bleeding Madras
Mmm... madras juice. Looks tasty.
#14 2015-01-31 00:32:34
- Bop
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Re: Resurrecting bleeding Madras
It gets the Shooey seal of approval the vegetable dye is rich in flavonoids and a range of healthy antioxidants
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#16 2015-01-31 09:04:55
- Oliver
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Re: Resurrecting bleeding Madras
The vibrant red and blue picnic blanket check modern madras patterns need to be put to rest for good!
Wake me up if anyone ever comes across any genuine bleeding cloth in a muted olive and navy like this killer Brooks Brothers...
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=141362421675
#17 2015-01-31 09:11:04
- Oliver
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Re: Resurrecting bleeding Madras
I don't want to see any more reds in madras cloth period!
#18 2022-02-02 09:04:04
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Re: Resurrecting bleeding Madras
I didn't want to start a new thread on this subject, so bumped this instead.
I wore Madras and seersucker jackets about fifteen years ago. I guess I went off them, going for a plainer look in around 2010, but, trawling Ebay last evening, I chanced upon a nice Corbin, made an offer and it was accepted.
Will it bleed? I don't object to it not doing so.
#19 2022-02-02 09:19:59
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Re: Resurrecting bleeding Madras
I note a pair of shorts on Ebay Com. where Bleeding is in inverted commas. So, what does that tell us? What must we look for? 'Absolutely 101 per cent Guaranteed To Bleed'?