amandainvermont
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About Harris Tweed -
It’s a rare day here in northern Vermont that I run across any designer vintage, but I often find vintage Harris Tweed jackets and coats.
There’s an interesting story about the future of Harris Tweed in ‘The Monocle”, an online magazine “... about international affairs, business, culture and design.”
It discusses the last 50 years with the company and its future. I didn’t know that the wool is dyed before it is made into yarn and it can only be turned from yarn into cloth by weavers working at home. It is then returned to the factory where each piece is authenticated and stamped.
In March of this year the factory that had been producing 95 percent of Harris Tweed closed down. A new owner (2006) had decided to stop selling cloth and instead make one men’s jacket available in four colors.
“The result? He’s got around 70,000 jackets sitting unsold in a warehouse and, he admits, their value has dropped from around £300 to just £70 each.”
He says he’s planning to introduce a new jacket “for the young”, made with fabric he has “brilliantly and innovatively” named: Harris Tweed Light.’’
Sigh.
You can read the article in full by going to Taylor Stitch Lifestyle Blog and Click on “style.”
It’s a rare day here in northern Vermont that I run across any designer vintage, but I often find vintage Harris Tweed jackets and coats.
There’s an interesting story about the future of Harris Tweed in ‘The Monocle”, an online magazine “... about international affairs, business, culture and design.”
It discusses the last 50 years with the company and its future. I didn’t know that the wool is dyed before it is made into yarn and it can only be turned from yarn into cloth by weavers working at home. It is then returned to the factory where each piece is authenticated and stamped.
In March of this year the factory that had been producing 95 percent of Harris Tweed closed down. A new owner (2006) had decided to stop selling cloth and instead make one men’s jacket available in four colors.
“The result? He’s got around 70,000 jackets sitting unsold in a warehouse and, he admits, their value has dropped from around £300 to just £70 each.”
He says he’s planning to introduce a new jacket “for the young”, made with fabric he has “brilliantly and innovatively” named: Harris Tweed Light.’’
Sigh.
You can read the article in full by going to Taylor Stitch Lifestyle Blog and Click on “style.”
