When you say the word ‘tweed’ to most people, somewhere in the middle of their mental Venn diagram pops up associations such as Scotland, outdoors, rugged, and countryside – not the terms you might reserve for sartorial menswear. But over recent years, tweed has been the subject of rediscovery, in part thanks to some incredible cloths being produced by some of the best Scottish woollen mills.
The tweed many remember – coarse, itchy, stiff – is not the tweed being produced today, the likes of which handle like buttery-soft merino wool. As such it has gained renewed global recognition,