Madras

 First made in Madras, India for sailors' headdresses. I. Soft, cotton fabric for shirts. May be white, yarn-dyed or printed. Usually mercerized. May contain rayon. Many fancy effects in weaving as corded stripe or small figure. Uses: shirts, blouses, pajamas. Weave—plain or fancy. 

Fake effects

Basic and fancy fake effects 1
Basic and fancy fake effects 2
End to end - fil à fil
Houndtooth
Madras
Prince of Wales

Yarn dyed

Tartans and checks
Yarn dyed (colored fabrics)

Checkerboard weave

Long ribs (reps)

Alternative long ribs or Alternative Cord (reps alternatif)

Weft patterned long ribs or Weft patterned Cord (reps lancé)

Régence

Taqueté

Rep(p)s or piqué Côte de cheval

Piqué
Côteline anglaise et française
Long ribs L. Serrure

Fil à fil - end to end

Fil-à-fil comes from the French for "thread-on-thread." Lightweight fabric, usually cotton, with the warp alternately formed by a coloured and a white thread. The optical effect is a vertical microscopic mille rayé or a grid.

Shirts made with the Fil-à-fil fabric are very versatile so that they can be matched with jeans or a formal suit and thus can be worn both for leisure and the office.

It is a suitable fabric for all seasons and its "thread-on-thread" workmanship produces many different colours.

Yarn dyed (colored fabric)

Colored figured fabrics - fake effects 2