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2. Tweed - Wikipedia

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   Traditionally used for upper-class country clothing such as shooting jackets, tweed became popular among the Edwardian middle classes who associated it with the leisurely pursuits of the elite. [6] Due to their durability tweed Norfolk jackets and plus-fours were a popular choice [ 7 ] for hunters, cyclists, golfers, and early motorists, hence ...

3. Dunn & Co. - Wikipedia

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   Dunn & Co. was founded in 1887 by George Arthur Dunn, a Quaker, who started by selling hats on the streets of Birmingham.Forty years later he had two hundred hat shops and as many franchises in other stores.

4. Norfolk jacket - Wikipedia

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   Golfing costume consisting of Norfolk jacket and knickerbockers. Detail of a fashion plate from the Sartorial Arts Journal, New York, 1901. A Norfolk jacket is a loose, belted, single-breasted tweed jacket with box pleats on the back and front, with a belt or half-belt. It was originally designed as a shooting coat that did not bind when the ...

5. Sport coat - Wikipedia

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   A sports coat or sports jacket comes in a variety of fabrics such as wool, tweed, linen, corduroy and cotton. The most classic style of a sports coat is made from wool, in particular tweed . In Ireland, Donegal tweed is famously made in the Irish County of Donegal and used for sports coats and jackets.

6. 1900s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   Wool or tweed suit (clothing) called tailor-mades or (in French) tailleurs featured ankle-length skirts with matching jackets; ladies of fashion wore them with fox furs and huge hats. Two new styles of headgear which became popular at the turn of the century were the motoring veil for driving and sailor hats worn for tennis matches, bicycling ...

7. 1850s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   1859 fashion plate of both men's and women's daywear, with seabathing in background. He wears the new leisure fashion, the sack coat.. 1850s fashion in Western and Western-influenced clothing is characterized by an increase in the width of women's skirts supported by crinolines or hoops, the mass production of sewing machines, and the beginnings of dress reform.