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Harris tweed, herringbone pattern. Harris tweed (Scottish Gaelic: Clò mór or Clò hearach) is a tweed cloth that is handwoven by islanders at their homes in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, finished in the Outer Hebrides, and made from pure virgin wool dyed and spun in the Outer Hebrides. This definition, quality standards and protection of ...
The Harris Tweed Authority was established in 1993, replacing the Harris Tweed Association under the terms of the Harris Tweed Act 1993. In early 1990, the UK was reviewing its trade mark law with the intention of moving towards a single trade mark system for the whole European Community. The Harris Tweed Association had already faced ...
He has been closely identified with regeneration of the Harris Tweed industry in the Isle of Lewis, where he lives, and is chairman of Harris Tweed Hebrides who were named Textile Brand of the Year at the Vogue.com Scottish Fashion Awards in both 2009 and 2011 as well as UK Textile Company of the Year at the UK Fashion and Textile Awards in 2013.
The company's first store opened in 2005 on London's King's Road. There are currently 2 full-price Radley stores and 16 outlets in the UK. The brand is also currently stocked in a number of other retail locations and department stores across the UK including British retailers Fenwick Ltd, John Lewis and House of Fraser. [1]
In January 2023 a private funeral was held at Christ Church in Tintwistle, Derbyshire, the village where Westwood grew up, where the church was decorated with 45 metres (148 ft) of MacLeod Harris Tweed tartan, worth around £45,000. [citation needed] A memorial service for Westwood was held, at Southwark Cathedral in London, on 16 February 2023 ...
Harris is known for Harris Tweed, although this textile is mostly made in Lewis, with the major finishing mills in Shawbost and Stornoway. Every length of cloth produced is stamped with the official Orb symbol, trademarked by the Harris Tweed Association in 1909. Harris Tweed is defined as "hand woven by the islanders at their homes in the ...
Others come for the dramatic landscapes of Harris, to experience the Gaelic traditions or the sense of history, for example at Dun Carloway or the 5,000 year old Callanish Stones. [27] [14] [28] A major industry on the island is the production of Harris tweed fabric (Clò Mór or Clò Hearach in Gaelic) [29] which is made by hand on the island ...
Aspinal of London is a British designer, manufacturer and retailer of luxury leather goods and accessories, founded in London in 2002 by Iain Burton. It was a supplier of leather accessories to the gift shops of museums such as the National Gallery, the Louvre and the Vatican until launching their first store in Selfridges in 2007.