Help Dating Harris Tweed Jacket
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poisson_rouge
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There's a user who used to work for Harris Tweed on here, I'll tag him if I can find his username again. But I remember him saying in another thread that the Harris tweed labels are not a good way of dating garments--labels were used inconsistently so you might have a box sitting around for years or decades before they start to get used. Even the bolts of tweed, which were serialed, could sit around for a long time before being used. I have a Harris Tweed coat from the 70s/80s but the serial number corresponds to fabric that *may* have manufactured in the 50s lol.
I agree with you on this jacket looking 90s or even more recent--though 80s doesn't seem impossible. Are you able to date the Dunn & Co coat maker tag? That would probably be more reliable
I agree with you on this jacket looking 90s or even more recent--though 80s doesn't seem impossible. Are you able to date the Dunn & Co coat maker tag? That would probably be more reliable
Dunn and co ceased trading in 1996. Although the brand name was purchased by another company after Dunn ceased trading, I'm not sure they ever used it
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunn_&_Co.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunn_&_Co.
I would definitely say newer on this, I have had a lot of Dunn and Co Harris Tweed jackets and none looked like this one.
I would go with 90s unless as Ruth mentioned above the new company is still using the name.
I would go with 90s unless as Ruth mentioned above the new company is still using the name.
The company that bought the name also closed down in 2003, so that's the very latest it could be.