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Tweedgarments are the traditional choice of men, women and children of all agesinvolved in country-side pursuits such as shooting and hunting. Tweedoriginates from Scotland and the colours are usually subdued greens, browns,greys, blues and heathers. This meant that tweed was useful for blending intomoor lands when shooting or beating. Different estates often have their ownpattern or mix of colours to distinguish their staff and to act as a uniform.Smart and practicable, it is hardwearing and protects against the elements.
Some are even coated to repel water or contain drop liners made from materialssuch as GoreTex, keeping the wearer dry and snug on the inside even if thetweed is soaking on the outside making it an ideal choice for professions such as gamekeepers. The warmth of tweed depends on its weight, with the thickesttweeds being up to 800 grams. Tweeds only used to be dry-cleaned but moremodern tweeds are machine washable.
To make tweed, wool is gathered, washed and dyed. Traditionally, carding wasdone by hand to straighten the wool out before it was spun by hand into yarn.The yarn would them by woven into tweed on a loom. The material would then bestretched and dried before being used. Tweed is traditionally a rough woollenfabric with a flexible texture. Many of the more modern tweeds are softer woolmixes to provide a higher standard of comfort or some are even lined with acotton layer to prevent itching.
A versatile fabric, it is used for tweed shooting jackets, hunting jackets, coats,breeks, skirts and hats. It is also increasingly popular with men as aninformal country jacket to wear with trousers or jeans. Therefore since tweedis smart, can be waterproof and also survives the everyday wears and tears ofthe countryside such as brambles, it is of no surprise that tweed is stillpopular today.
Tweed breeks are now making a comeback in the fashion world but although theywere initially intended to look smart, breeks are extremely practical as well. Any golfer or shooting person that has been out in a rain storm will tellyou, tweed breeks will dry off again very quickly. Tweed breeks are oftenreferred to as plus two's or plus four's and this is a measure of the amount oftweed below the knee, i.e. two or four inches of tweed fabric below the knee.
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A good idea is to wear the plus four's as the extra fabric creates a fold justbelow the knee and excess rain should run off and drip down the outside ofgaiters or Wellington boots leaving the feet hopefully dry. Breeks are nowcapable of being manufactured with drop liners (which is the waterproof membrane between the tweed and the lining) and this is another good reason to have extrafabric around the knee so they don't act like a drainpipe!
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