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
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
She wore a slipover jersey sweater and a tweed skirt, and her hair was brushed back like a boy's.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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