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tweed

[tweed] / twid /


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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

Designed by her dressmaker Norman Hartnell, the Queen first wore her Harris tweed jacket and Balmoral Tartan skirt in the 1950s.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 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 were made from colorful tweed, iridescent fabric or patterned upholstery material.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025

The whole world before me was a dark herringbone tweed.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck




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