However as madras is unavailable elsewhere I would still consider the cloth they're discussing on IS.

Theres the crux though, no one really knows (or maybe, really cares) how product is sourced or made, or where it ends up. For all the good intentions of some. The chocolate industry is the same. Lots of talk from companies but they don't really know that child slaves haven't been used some where along the line. Not that I'm saying that about Kid2s workers.

http://www.foodispower.org/slavery-chocolate/

Excluding my opinions on the IMF, the rest of what I wrote is common knowledge amongst anyone who has done any research. There's certainly nothing subjective about it.

As for the David Wood or Grishkevich/Mercer shirts, $175 is pretty dang steep for me personally for any shirt.  Most of the shirts I've wanted to get from Mercer that are around that range still aren't in my closet because it's just really hard for me to justify it on my budget.  But I have no doubt they'll be really nice.

That one of mine is pretty muddy overall, but I still don't know if it is truly bleeding.  It's bleeding comfortable, I'll say that.

Oh, yeah, got that.  Madras shirts are great for my location for many months of the year, but like you YSR, I'm not one to really get all worked up over the bleeding aspect.  In any event, I'm interested to see what comes out of the Mercer factory.

Originally a flaw turned into a virtue by marketing. Bleeding Madras, that is. Okay, the IMF, too.