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Harris tweed, herringbone pattern. Harris tweed (Scottish Gaelic: Clò mór or Clò hearach) is a tweed cloth that is handwoven by islanders at their homes in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, finished in the Outer Hebrides, and made from pure virgin wool dyed and spun in the Outer Hebrides. This definition, quality standards and protection of ...
The Harris Tweed Orb is a registered trademark and must not be used or reproduced without the permission of the Harris Tweed Authority. For Autumn-Winter 1987/88, Westwood presented the 'Harris Tweed' collection which launched her long-standing relationship with the Scottish cloth, Harris tweed, and the Harris Tweed Authority. The collection is ...
Harris Tweed woven in a herringbone twill pattern, mid-20th century. Tweed is a rough, woollen fabric, of a soft, open, flexible texture, resembling cheviot or homespun, but more closely woven. It is usually woven with a plain weave, twill or herringbone structure. Colour effects in the yarn may be obtained by mixing dyed wool before it is spun ...
In January 2023 a private funeral was held at Christ Church in Tintwistle, Derbyshire, the village where Westwood grew up, where the church was decorated with 45 metres (148 ft) of MacLeod Harris Tweed tartan, worth around £45,000. [citation needed] A memorial service for Westwood was held, at Southwark Cathedral in London, on 16 February 2023 ...
Crofter Hand Woven Harris Tweed Co Ltd v Veitch [1941] UKHL 2 is a landmark UK labour law case on the right to take part in collective bargaining. However, the actual decision which appears to allow secondary action may have been limited by developments from the 1980s.
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Harris Tweed is a textile, made on Harris, Western Isles, Scotland. Harris Tweed may also refer to: Harris Tweed (character), a character in The Eagle comic; Harris Tweed, a character in The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde; The former name of the South African music group Dear Reader
In the late 2000s, 1950s [118] and 1980s fashions became popular: Letterman jackets, black leather jackets [119] like the Perfecto, windbreakers, [120] dashiki [121] or Hawaiian shirts, [122] ski jackets, [123] slim and straight leg jeans, [124] wool topcoats, [125] Ed Hardy T-shirts with low necklines, neon colors inspired by the rave scene ...