It is not surprising that the perhaps most English of all inventions, the modern suit, derives its descent from the equally English fields of hunting and shooting. (read more)
Tweed emerged among the small farmers and land labourers of the damp climate of Scotland and Ireland. Originally it was very rough, thick and felted, hand woven according to local traditions. It was a working man’s cloth, but ready to make a journey through the history and social classes of the British Empire.(read more)
