Not Your Granny?s Tweed
I remember my grandmother in tweed.
A skirt, straight and pencil like, and she wore it with a plain sweater and a string of pearls for best.
Classic.
From memory, she dolled it up with a pair of brogue style shoes and a cloche hat.
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Granny, I loved you but I am not wearing my tweed like this.
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Tweed fashion has a comfort about it.
Women who wore tweed traditionally had the reputation of being a “good sort”, a headmistress-of-an-all-girl’s-boarding-school kind of vibe. Think Enid Blyton and The Famous Five or the St Clare stories. I read and re-read those stories as a child. Maybe that is why I am such a fan.
Tweed does not have to look like it has made a come back from the schoolroom or the moors. A walking stick or briefcase does not need to be the accessory of choice. Tweed can be as easily “rocker chic” as “elegant classic”. It comes down to the pieces we choose and how we combine them. Coco Chanel revolutionised how women thought of the tweed jacket, so much so that there are very few of us who wouldn’t be delighted to add one of hers to our jacket collection.
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A skirt, straight and pencil like, and she wore it with a plain sweater and a string of pearls for best.
Classic.
From memory, she dolled it up with a pair of brogue style shoes and a cloche hat.
[br]
Granny, I loved you but I am not wearing my tweed like this.
The post Not Your Granny’s Tweed appeared first on Vicki Archer.
Tweed fashion has a comfort about it.
Women who wore tweed traditionally had the reputation of being a “good sort”, a headmistress-of-an-all-girl’s-boarding-school kind of vibe. Think Enid Blyton and The Famous Five or the St Clare stories. I read and re-read those stories as a child. Maybe that is why I am such a fan.
Tweed does not have to look like it has made a come back from the schoolroom or the moors. A walking stick or briefcase does not need to be the accessory of choice. Tweed can be as easily “rocker chic” as “elegant classic”. It comes down to the pieces we choose and how we combine them. Coco Chanel revolutionised how women thought of the tweed jacket, so much so that there are very few of us who wouldn’t be delighted to add one of hers to our jacket collection.
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