Tweed (cloth)

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Tweed is a rough, woolen fabric, with a soft, open, and flexible texture, resembling a cheviot or woven fabric, but a wider fabric. Usually woven with a plain weave structure, twill or herringbone. The effect of color on the yarn can be obtained by mixing the dyed wool before spinning.

Twenty is a traditional Scottish and Irish clothing icon, which is desired for informal outerwear, because the material is moisturized and durable. Tweed is made to withstand harsh climates and is commonly used for outdoor activities such as shooting and hunting, in Ireland and Scotland. In Ireland, tweed manufacturing is most associated with County Donegal.

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Etimologi

The original name of the fabric is tweel, Scots for twill, material woven with a slimmer pattern than plain. A traditional story has a name that appears almost by chance. Around 1831, a merchant in London received a letter from the company Hawick, Wm. Watson & amp; Sons, Dangerfield Mills about some "tweels". The merchant misinterprets his handwriting, understanding it as a trade name taken from the Tweed River that flows through the Scottish Borders textile area. The items were then advertised as Tweed and since then the name has remained.

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Association

Traditionally used for state upscale clothing such as shooting jackets, wool became popular among the Edwardian middle class who associate it with casual pursuits of the elite. Because their long-lasting wool jackets and plus-fours are a popular choice for hunters, cyclists, golfers and early riders, the Kenneth Grahame picture of Mr. Toad is in Harris's wool suit. Popular patterns include the houndstooth associated with the 1960s mode, Windowpane, tweed gamekeeper used by academics, the Prince of Wales check initially commissioned by Edward VII, and herringbone.

During the 2000s and 2010s, it was not unusual for long-standing landowners in Britain and America to wear the high quality heirlooms inherited from their grandparents, some of them ahead of the Second World War.

In modern times, cyclists can wear wool when they ride an ancient bike in Tweed Run. This practice has its roots in youth subcultures and young English hipster in the late 2000s and early 2010s, whose admirers appreciate both vintage tweed and bicycle.

Musical instruments

Some of Danemann's upright classical pianos have backing woolen fabrics to protect internal mechanisms. Occasionally, a Scottish bagpipe is covered in wool as an alternative to tartan wool.

The term "tweed" is used to describe the cover on instrument cables and classical or retro guitar amplifiers, such as Fender tweed and Fender Tweed Deluxe. Despite the general terminology, this cover is actually twill cotton, and not really tweed.

In fiction

Tweed is worn by many fictional characters from the Victorian and Edwardian periods, including Sherlock Holmes detective. Basil Rathbone and Jeremy Brett both wore the wool and Inverness wool deerstalker, but Sherlock's more recent depiction had left the hat. Despite the character of Robert Downey Jr. wearing a fedora, both he and Doctor Watson wore a woolen mantle, as it was then fashionable in Victorian England. Due to the popularity of Benedict Cumberbatch's portrayal of Sherlock , the wool mantle entered high fashion in the 2010s.

Intellectual or older male television actors often use Harris tweed, including Anthony Head on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal Lecter. Famous movie characters who have been wearing tweed include Sean Connery in Indiana Jones and Last Crusade, and Harrison Ford himself in the opening scene of Indiana Jones and Crystal Skull .

In addition, the windowpane tweed suit is often worn by actors depicting British upper class members, such as Hugh Fraser at Agatha Christie's Poirot, Peter Davison as Campion, or cast of Downton Abbey.

Tweed sporting suits are also worn by some of the Doctor Who's Incarnations of The Doctor Who, including Second Doctor, Seventh Doctor and Eleventh Doctor. For Matt Smith's Doctor, the BBC uses fabric sourced from China rather than the original Harris Tweed.

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Type tweed

• Harris Tweed: The only commercially manufactured hand-made wool in the world, defined in the Harris Tweed Act of 1993 as "Handwoven by islanders in their home in Outer Hebrides, completed in Outer Hebrides, and made from pure wool pure dyed and played in the Outer Hebrides ".
• Donegal tweed: Hand-woven produced in County Donegal, Ireland. Donegal for centuries has produced ingredients from local ingredients. Sheep flourish in the hills and swamps of Donegal, and native plants such as blackberries, fuchsia, gorse (whins), and lichens provide dyes.
• Wool silk: A fabric made of raw silk with specially colored spots of woolen wool.

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Gallery

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See also

• British Country Clothing
• Sports Jacket
• The Norfolk Jacket
• 2010 in
mode
• 2000s in fashion
• 1970s fashion
• Clothing of the 1960s
• 1950s clothing
• 1920 in
mode
• The eleventh Doctor

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Note

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References

• Dunbar, John Telfer: Scottish costume , London: Batsford, 1984, ISBN 0-7134-2534-2, 1984 (paperback 1989, ISBNÃ, 0-7134-2535- 0 )
• The Harris Tweed Authority
• Rupert Giles IMDB Bio
• What is Tweed - Good description of wool fabric
• Ã, Reynolds, Francis J., ed. (1921). "Tweed (cloth)". The New Encyclopedia of Collier . New York: P.F. Collier & amp; Son Company.
• Scottish National Library: SCOTTISH SCREEN ARCHIVE (archive film related to wool manufacture in Scotland)

Fiona Anderson, 'Tweed', London: Bloomsbury Academic Press, 2016 ISBN: 978-1-84520-697-0

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