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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. Flat cap - Wikipedia

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    The hat is also known in Ireland as a paddy cap; in Scotland as a bunnet; in Wales as a Dai cap; and in the United States as an English cap or Irish cap. Various other terms exist (scally cap, [ 1 ] cabbie cap, driver cap, golf cap, [ 2 ] longshoreman cap, ivy cap, train engineer cap, sixpence, etc.) Flat caps are usually made of tweed , plain ...

  4. Isle of Lewis - Wikipedia

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    Harris Tweed is now defined as "hand woven by the islanders at their homes in the Outer Hebrides, finished in the islands of Harris, Lewis, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist and Barra and their several purtenances (The Outer Hebrides) and made from pure virgin wool dyed and spun in the Outer Hebrides."

  5. List of hat styles - Wikipedia

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    Flat cap: A soft, round wool or tweed men's cap with a small bill in front. Gandhi cap: Typical cotton white cap named after Mahatma Gandhi 'father of nation' of India. Mostly worn by Indian politicians and people. Garrison or Forage cap or side hat: A foldable cloth cap with straight sides and a creased or hollow crown. Gat

  6. 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 ...

  7. Lewis and Harris - Wikipedia

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    Others come for the dramatic landscapes of Harris, to experience the Gaelic traditions or the sense of history, for example at Dun Carloway or the 5,000 year old Callanish Stones. [27] [14] [28] A major industry on the island is the production of Harris tweed fabric (Clò Mór or Clò Hearach in Gaelic) [29] which is made by hand on the island ...

  8. Harris Tweed (comic strip) - Wikipedia

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    A John Ryan panel from the 1959 Eagle Annual No. 8: Harris Tweed in Man Eater!. Harris Tweed was a British comic strip series, fully named Harris Tweed, Special Agent, later retitled Harris Tweed – Super Sleuth, which appeared in the British comic strip magazine The Eagle (1950–1962).

  9. 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