Irish tweed

They are pieced together from cloth sourced from dead stock or traditional Irish tweed makers like Molloy & Sons in County Donegal or Belgian linen manufactories or kimono cotton mills in far-off Japanese prefectures.

He wore his usual attire of an Irish tweed jacket, cowboy boots and a fedora.

Cordelia will walk toward me through the opening crowd, a woman of wavering age, dressed in Irish tweed of a muted green, mother-of-pearl earrings circled with gold, beautiful shoes; well- groomed, soignee as they used to say.

Photograph: Tristram Kenton I once made an informal investigation into the alternative-life fantasies of famous authors. coveted the position of agent for Irish tweed in Trieste.

Their new line for fall features short skirts, knitted sweater dresses with hefty shoulders tapering down to a mid-thigh hemline, and Irish tweed overcoats that look like a Black and Tan fantasy.