The Probert Encyclopaedia of Costume

TWEED

Tweed is a soft, flexible, twilled woollen fabric, largely manufactured in Scotland, and formerly extensively worn by men although today it is more common amongst less fashionable middle-aged, middle class women. Tweed is often made in two or more colours, the yarn being dyed before weaving. Tweed gets its name from having first been made along the river Tweed in Scotland before spreading to other Scottish towns, Harris tweed being made in the Hebrides.
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