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2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. Houndstooth - Wikipedia

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   Contemporary houndstooth checks may have originated as a pattern in woven tweed cloth from the Scottish Lowlands, [4] but are now used in many other woven fabric aside from wool. The traditional houndstooth check is made with alternating bands of four dark and four light threads in both warp and weft/filling woven in a simple 2:2 twill , two ...

6. Magee of Donegal - Wikipedia

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   The current proprietors of Magee are Howard Temple's son Lynn and Lynn's children Charlotte and Patrick. Magee continues to be the largest and most famous producers of Donegal tweed. [4] In 2015, Donegal Bay Group purchased Robert Noble, a Scottish weaver owned by Moorbrook, Ltd., and whose sister mark, Replin, was sold to AW Hainsworth. [11] [1]

7. Pringle of Scotland - Wikipedia

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   Initially the company produced hosiery and underwear, and have been producing cashmere since 1870. [4] Otto Weisz was appointed as the first full-time designer in the knitwear industry in 1934. [ 4 ] The twinset and the ancient-Scottish Argyle adapted pattern were designed under Weisz's direction, which became popular with Jean Simmons ...