NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Haspel, the originator of the seersucker suit, will celebrate National Seersucker Day on Thursday, June 11, with a two-venue celebration honoring America’s most iconic warm-weather fabric. In partnership with the legendary Grand Hotel in Mackinac Island, Michigan, and the historic Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans, Haspel will host simultaneous celebrations dedicated to all things seersucker, complete with cocktail receptions and a celebration of clothing made for a good time. The festivities will bring together seersucker enthusiasts, Haspel customers and guests at two of the country’s most celebrated hotels. Attendees are encouraged to don their favorite seersucker looks and raise a glass to the fabric that has defined summer style for more than a century.
At Hotel Monteleone – located in the heart of Haspel’s birthplace – guests will enjoy a spirited reception honoring the city where Joseph Haspel Sr. transformed seersucker from a practical workwear fabric into an American style icon.
“National Seersucker Day is a celebration of style and the joy of dressing well,” said Laurie Haspel, fourth-generation owner of Haspel. “A tradition my great-grandfather started nearly 120 years ago. Partnering with two historic hotels that embody hospitality and timeless charm makes this year’s celebration especially meaningful.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Every summer, U.S. senators wear seersucker as part of a longstanding Senate tradition. But few people may know that the fabric at the center of the annual observance traces its origins to India.
This week, U.S. Senators Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana led the Senate’s observance of National Seersucker Day, celebrating a fabric that has become synonymous with Southern style and summer attire in Washington.
June 11th is the 30th year of National Seersucker Day, and Haspel will celebrate the occasion at two iconic locations: Grand Hotel in Mackinac Island, Michigan, and the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans, Louisiana. The events will honor America’s most iconic warm-weather fabric.
This year’s event will see Haspel return to the legendary Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island and add a second venue with the New Orleans addition. Celebrations at both venues will feature cocktail receptions and clothing made for a good time.
Washington — U.S. senators from both parties marked National Seersucker Day, celebrating a fabric with origins in India that has become a longstanding symbol of summer tradition and bipartisan camaraderie on Capitol Hill.
Sens. Raphael Warnock and Bill Cassidy introduced a resolution designating June 11 as National Seersucker Day and encouraging lawmakers and Americans to take part in the annual observance.
NEW ORLEANS — Haspel, the Baton Rouge-based company founded in New Orleans and credited with popularizing the seersucker suit in the United States, will celebrate National Seersucker Day on June 11 with events at two historic hotels: the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island in Michigan and Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans.
The simultaneous celebrations will include cocktail receptions and gatherings focused on the history and continued popularity of seersucker clothing. Organizers said guests are encouraged to wear seersucker attire to the events.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) introduced a resolution designating Thursday, June 11th as National Seersucker Day.
It’s been a hectic time in American politics, to say the least, but even the most devoted CSPAN junkies might have missed Resolution 254 when it hit the Senate floor at the end of May. The resolution was interesting, for one thing, because at a time when lawmakers can’t seem to agree on whether grass is green or water is wet, its co-sponsors were Senator Bill Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana, and Senator Raphael Warnock, a Georgia Democrat. More notable, though, is the resolution’s focus: seersucker suits.
“Designating June 12, 2025, as ‘National Seersucker Day’,” the resolution reads, “designating every Thursday after National Seersucker Day through the last Thursday in August 2025 as ‘Seersucker Thursday’’, and designating June 2025 as ‘‘Seersucker Appreciation Month’.”
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) today introduced a resolution marking Thursday, June 12th as National Seersucker Day. This marks the 12th year that Cassidy has led National Seersucker Day since he revived the tradition in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2014.
“Seersucker Day honors the New Orleans invention that’s made America fashionable—and the summer heat bearable—since 1909. For one day a year, the Capitol looks a little more like the French Quarter,” said Senator Cassidy. “We might not always agree on policy, but we can all agree: wool in June is a mistake.”
“I’m excited to return as the co-chair for the annual Seersucker Day in our nation’s capital and continue celebrating this iconic Senate tradition,” said Senator Reverend Warnock. “Seersucker is more than just a fabric, it is a material deeply woven into Southern culture. National Seersucker Day is a proud bipartisan tradition, and I look forward to working alongside Senator Cassidy to carry it on.”
Seersucker suits were popularized by a New Orleans businessman in the early 1900s. Former U.S. Senator Trent Lott (R-MS) brought Seersucker Thursday to Congress in 1996. After the tradition went unobserved in 2012 and 2013, Cassidy revived it and has continued the tradition in the Senate.
Cassidy invites Americans from all over our great nation to don their warm weather finest on this National Seersucker Day. All senators are invited for an official photograph at the Ohio Clock in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, June 12, at 12:30 p.m. ET.
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Sen. Bill Cassidy knows a thing or two about the persistent southern heat. You would, too, if you grew up in on the banks of the Mississippi in Lousiana’s lower half.
The South is stubbornly heat tolerant, with southerners coping by saying “it’s not the heat that will get you, it’s the humidity,” and by maintaining an ever-ready pitcher of sweet tea or Cheerwine. Southerners know that there’s no sense in trying to beat the heat (This North Carolina reporter will tell you, you simply can’t).
