How to Wear and Care for a Tweed Jacket
The tweed jacket has been worn by British gentleman for many years. Worn for many reasons including when tweed jackets were first constructed for highland farming and outdoor wear.
Tweed jackets was made to keep you warm and modestly dry in poor weather conditions, which proved a great asset to the farmers and crofters.
Infact these tweeds became so ideal for protection coastal climates of Norther Scotland.
The quality became so well regarded that surplus was often used for barter, eventually becoming a form of currency for the islanders.
The tweed on these jackets is a subtly patterned fabric made from dyed, spun, and woven wool from hardy local sheep. It's been created in Scotland since the early 18th century, coming from outsized looms that spit out yardage from yarns originally dyed with the native lichen and wildflowers.
Tweed jackets soon spread across the globe being an icon for English fashion and gentry.
Tweed emerged as a fashionable cloth in the 1820s and 1830s thanks to the celebrity of Scotsmen Sir Walter Scott and Lord Brougham, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, both of whom favoured bold tweed trousers
Tweed commonly was traditional tailoring; it is the cloth of royalty and aristocracy, fly-fishers and deerstalkers, bespectacled academics, Doctor Who's, fictional detectives, politicians, and leaders of fashion.
Today all tweed men's jackets are extremely popular including brands Harris Tweed, Mario Barutti, Peter Christian, and to name a few retailers who also stock them Marks & Spencer, Next, John Lewis.
Recommendations how to wear a Tweed Jacket.
The best thing about tweed jackets is the way they can be worn. Casual or Smart, with a pair of jeans or t-shirt today's modern people can choose as a tweed jacket carries a sophisticated look whatever it is worn with.
If you are after that strong look with your tweed jacket, make sure you group it with strong colours. If you are after the smart formal look then a mustard men's waistcoat, maroon waistcoat makes the perfect companion for most men's tweeds combined with a nice shirt.
When originally choosing your tweed jacket determine you sleeve length as often having a shorter sleeve will reveal the cuffs to any shirt, giving the wearer a more stylish and sophisticated look, however limiting you to only been able to wear the tweed jacket with a shirt.
In addition, the casual look with a tweed jacket is also an incredible relaxed look grouped with a t-shirt, jumper, polo shirt. The most popular casual look tweeds colours in the summer includes Grey and Blues and then after Autumn through to winter the trend switches to Brown and Green tweeds coloured jackets.
Let us not forget about the coordination of your tweed jacket with different men's trousers types including trousers, jeans, chinos, dependant on the event you can utilize variety and shuffle your look to suit your appearance and occasion.
Tweed jackets can also be worn with several types of footwear dependant on the occasion.
The typical look combined with trousers, jeans or chinos is to group it with a pair of men's Brogue shoes. However, for a relaxed look they can be worn with a pair of modern footwear including trainers.
If you are going for the day at the races, wedding, family day out, country pursuits, vintage revival, a tweed jacket makes the perfect companion to any occasion as well as keeping you warm and dry.
Caring for your Tweed Jacket
As well as modern men's tweed jackets at Live for Tweed we also stock a lot of men's vintage tweed jackets as well. The tweed jackets we sell are virtually indestructible.
However, things to watch out for includes Moths as they enjoy a feast on your jacket if left hanging uncovered in your wardrobe. Be mindful of the washing instructions as these jackets cannot be put into a washing machine and are dry clean only.
One last thing to remember is the inside linings, if you do damage your lining then get it repaired as holes in linings become worst quickly especially on those arm sleeve seams which often get snagged on watches or bracelets. Any markings on your lining temporarily remove by hand into you can get them to the dry cleaners.
Take a browse through our latest men's tweed jacket collection at Live for Tweed.
