tweed
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“He was wearing a tweed jacket and looked like a professor,” said Raskin, now at investigations firm Nardello & Co.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 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
John scored quarter-zip sweaters for himself and his father-in-law, and his wife splurged on a tweed jacket for Christmas Day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025
Costelloe often used traditional Irish fabrics and textiles in his designs, including Irish linen and tweed.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
She burped richly and patted her great tweed stomach.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
On the Scottish island of Harris, the setting for this novel, expensive tweeds are a costly commodity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
With stars from Nicole Kidman to Dua Lipa looking on, the first outfits made abundant use of sheer silk muslin alongside Chanel tweeds before the arrival of more whimsical, avian-inspired styles.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
There were tailored women’s coats in wool, checks and earth-toned tweeds, and chunky cable knits and mini-dress polos in cashmere.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
At the Conservative Party conference there really were young men in pin-striped suits or tweeds, as well as women of a certain age wearing pearls.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2022
He was dressed in very well-cut English tweeds, and might have been taken for an Englishman had it not been for the length of his moustache and something in the line of the cheekbone.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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