tweed
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In a bedroom near pictures of her champions, Calvacca has laid out two St. John tweed skirtsuits, one pink and one purple, both with metallic-thread accents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
"I wanted to see whether, when you strip away the usual Chanel signatures - the tweed, the jewelled buttons - you can still get to that essence," he told WWD.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
Costelloe often used traditional Irish fabrics and textiles in his designs, including Irish linen and tweed.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
Another is Harris tweed, the manufacturer of a fabric handwoven in the Outer Hebrides, which has risen from near death and now employs hundreds, selling its products all over the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Some are respectably dressed, in tailored Harris tweed coats and matching gloves and tidy no-nonsense hats with small brisk feathers jauntily at one side.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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On the Scottish island of Harris, the setting for this novel, expensive tweeds are a costly commodity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
With stars from Nicole Kidman to Dua Lipa looking on, the first outfits made abundant use of sheer silk muslin alongside Chanel tweeds before the arrival of more whimsical, avian-inspired styles.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
As frost crystallizes on the windows, velvet, silk, wool, faux fur and tweeds come to the fore inside.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
Giambattista Valli switched things up for his fall runway show at Paris Fashion Week, taking a step back from his signature, airy floral styles to focus on tweeds, which he also offered for men.
From Reuters ● Mar. 3, 2023
At die moment, their choir coach, an enormous woman in tweeds, was advising them to open their mouths wider when they sang.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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