The owners of this successful cottage industry have provided local employment for over 200 at the factory where their madras products are made in India. Families are able to work locally instead of commuting more that 4 hours a day to find work. The woman pictured here is spinning yarn into thread Worn by kings and peasants, cotton madras has been around for 4000 years. Textile experts have called madras, "The best warm weather clothing fabric ever created." Our 100% hand-woven patch plaid madras is made of the finest yarn-dyed cotton in Madras, India.