Harris Tweed

American

Trademark.

a brand of heavy, handwoven woolen fabric made in the Outer Hebrides.

Harris Tweed British

noun

a loose-woven tweed made in the Outer Hebrides, esp Lewis and Harris

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Now staff remove all the Harris Tweed handbags from the shop windows before closing.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2024

She had worked with Scottish fabric makers including Harris Tweed and Johnstons of Elgin, and enlisted the help of Samantha McCoach from Le Kilt to develop her designer pocketed kilts.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2024

Often looking to history, her influential designs have included corsets, Harris Tweed suits and taffeta ballgowns.

From Reuters • Dec. 29, 2022

Her signature items are bags fashioned from Harris Tweed jackets, incorporating the lapels as a design detail.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2022

It had all the digestibility of tripe with an added aroma of Harris Tweed.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, May 27, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

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