He's wearing a madras hat, plaid women's slacks that go down only as far as his shins, and a plaid jacket with two drooping flowers in his lapel. |
The costume features madras fabric, introduced from India after Antigua won independence. |
Stripes and plaids, mostly madras style, were in both prints and yam dyes. |
The woman wore a tignon of brightly colored madras cotton and a dark kersey shawl over a long dress of coarse linen. |
They wear a George, or madras, wrapper and carry brass bells. |
It consists of a madras head-tie and a skirt with lace petticoats draped at the sides. |