Sept
8
2010
By
The Staff
of Valet.
 
Provenance

Donegal: A birds eye style tweed, made in Northern Ireland.

Houndstooth: Like TV, it started out black and white, but can now be found in various colors.

Herringbone: The classic chevron stripe pattern, and the signature of Harris Tweed, handwoven on the Western Isles of Scotland using local wool.

  • Fender used tweed to cover its amplifiers from 1948 to '64.
 
A
60-Second Guide
to

Tweed

Unassuming and hard-wearing, tweed started out as all-weather hunting gear with a slight camouflage effect. Its signature heathered coloring is obtained by twisting different colored wool threads into a multii-ply yarn. And it's back this season, in slightly lighter weight versions of the traditional woolen patterns.

How to Wear It

Skip the suit and pair a blazer with items that are as rugged as they are refined—a fisherman's sweater, dark denim, gray flannel pants and/or some boots.

Whitman sportcoat, $265 at J.Crew

 

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