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  2. Harris tweed - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Tattersall (cloth) - Wikipedia

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    Tattersall shirts, along with gingham, are often worn in country attire, for example in combination with tweed suits and jackets. Traditional waistcoats of this cloth are often used by horse riders in formal riding attire, and adorned with a stock tie .

  4. 1930–1945 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1930s, new forms of summer evening clothes were introduced as appropriate for the popular seaside resorts. The waist-length white mess jacket, worn with a cummerbund rather than a waistcoat, was modeled after formal clothing of British officers in tropical climates. This was followed by a white dinner jacket, single or double-breasted.

  5. Harris Tweed Authority - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Catherine Murray, Countess of Dunmore - Wikipedia

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    Recognising the sales potential of the fabric, she had the Murray family tartan copied in tweed by the local weavers and suits were later made for the Dunmore estate. Proving a success, Lady Dunmore sought to widen the market by removing the irregularities, caused by dyeing , spinning and weaving (all done by hand), in the cloth to bring it in ...

  7. Harris Tweed (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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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

  8. Tweed - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Ian Taylor (British businessman) - Wikipedia

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    Harris Tweed [ edit ] In 2005, at the request of former Labour Party minister Brian Wilson , Taylor rescued the historic clothing brand Harris Tweed from the brink of collapse, [ 2 ] purchasing the derelict Shawbost mill on the Isle of Lewis for a reported £500,000, rebranding it as Harris Tweed Hebrides and investing a further £2 million ...