tweed

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Boxy tweed boucle jackets with fringed trims and structured brightly coloured handbags were the order of day, with various materials including lace also on display.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

“He was wearing a tweed jacket and looked like a professor,” said Raskin, now at investigations firm Nardello & Co.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 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

The guy in the tweed jacket is back at the door of the room.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements