Regional Uses of Tweed

[TRINI]

Originally Posted by patrickBOOTH

I live in New York City and I get comments too. Once I even got, "Who are you, Tom Ford's marsupialed brother?"

Do you look like a marsupial?

 

[Sanguis Mortuum]

Originally Posted by williamson

A tweed suit, perhaps not, but tweed jackets, as others from the UK have written, are very usual,
and, as in the USA, associated with the teaching profession in school and university (perhaps now mostly in the upper age-groups. Tweed jackets are certainly not an affectation.

+1

What with the BBC series and a general tendancy towards vintage/classic styles, tweed is undergoing quite a revival, as evidenced by events such as The Chap's 'Tweed Run':

 

[gdl203]

Yea I'm not sure that had anything to do with the tweed you were wearing...

 

[dv_indian]

Originally Posted by George

I think it also depends on the type of tweed, the patterns, colours &c. Certain tweeds are 'old fart' whereas others.

Which ones are old fart? Also, is the material very heavy?

 

[alliswell]

Check out the front page of cordings.co.uk for the old fart factor.

 

[Master Squirrel]

dupe

 

[caldervale]

The tweed run bike ride is not limited to London. There was one in NYC in the spring, and the second is coming up in a couple of weeks... I'll be there for sure.

 

[HHD]

Please click one of the Quick Reply icons in the posts above to activate Quick Reply. Eh? I don't know what came over me. What I meant to say was:

 

[gdl203]

Originally Posted by HHD

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ok will do...

 

[JLibourel]

I wear tweed jackets much of the time during cool weather here in Southern California. About the only comments I ever get are, "Nice jacket," or something similar.

 

[MBreinin]

I have many tweed SCs and several tweed suits. Generally, I am complimented. However, I have been called "The Professor" more than once.

Mike

 

[aznxjustin]

i love wearing tweed

 

[landshark]

I would wear a tweed odd jacket in the winter if I had one. I think the pattern and weave play a huge part in wether or not you look like an "old man" or a professor or something along those lines.

 

[DocHolliday]

Originally Posted by HHD

Lot of young kids will grow up appreciating tweed because of him. Really helped set off the tweed fad in the UK.

 

[Jan_]

I'm overgeneralising, but in Germany tweed (jackets) is associated with law scholars and hunters from Southern Germany. Coincidence? Think again...