Seersucker’s a weird word.

If you break it down, what are we seeing and why do we want to suck it?

Well, seersucker’s etymology is a little more complex, and since we are officially in the seersucker season (what with the Kentucky Derby, Seersucker Day in D.C., and every hot day thereafter until Labor Day), we think it’s a great time to look at how this now-standard fabric got its strange name.

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