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Recent Examples of madrasStraight teeth and sandy hair, Izod T-shirts and madras skirts and boat shoes.—Christian Livermore, Longreads, 11 Oct. 2022 Standalone cotton twill, madras, linen, rayon and poplin are light, airy and breathable—and therefore should be avoided at all costs.—Barry Samaha, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2023 Robbie Kendall was waiting on the steps of the tomb in madras shorts and a light blue polo shirt, his blond hair worn just long enough to suggest surfer without actually looking disreputable.—Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2022 So the signatures of his brand, honed carefully over the decades, were all there: adorable children and debonair old folks walking in the show, preppy Polo classics like V-neck sweaters and madras pants.—Rory Satran, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2022 There is perhaps no greater patchwork proselytizer than Ralph Lauren, who scaled up from scraps to reliably mass-produce tweed and madras iterations with each season.—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 10 Mar. 2022
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