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The fabric that wrinkles on purpose so you don't have to iron your dignity.
means A lightweight cotton fabric woven so that some threads pucker and others lie flat, giving it a crinkled, striped texture that keeps it off the skin in hot weather.
from From Persian 'shir o shakar,' literally 'milk and sugar' — a poetic name said to evoke the fabric's alternating smooth and rough stripes, as if one were milk and the other crystallized sugar. The phrase traveled into Hindi/Urdu as 'sirsakar' and was carried into English through colonial trade with India, where it picked up its anglicized spelling.
- name origin
- Persian for milk and sugar, smooth versus puckered
- built-in cooling
- Puckers lift cloth off skin for airflow
- southern uniform
- Worn by gentlemen too proud to sweat
- senate tradition
- Politicians hold an annual Seersucker Thursday
- no iron needed
- The wrinkles are a feature, not failure
seersucker suit — traditional summer suit fabric with alternating smooth and puckered cotton stripes, worn in the american south since the 1800s
brooks brothers seersucker — iconic american menswear brand that has sold seersucker suits and shirts as signature items since 1818