Vintage Tweed Jacket Buyers Guide - Live for Tweed If you’re a regular visitor to Live for Tweed or even have a general interest in dressing well you will know about tweed. Its longevity, its versatility, its warmth, its ability to transcend the fickleness of fashion. No other material has a foot, or sleeve, in traditional clothing and style. You will probably understand the need to have some in your wardrobe. I am not going to go over its History and the Makers process here, it’s been done many times before by those that can explain it all better than me, but it’s a story worth reading as it’s a fascinating one. The word Tweed itself isn’t very specific, it's used to sell polyester mix jackets, trousers, anything with a pattern I’ve seen described as tweed. But proper Tweed, and more specifically Harris Tweed, is protected under The Harris Tweed Act 1993 that enshrines in law that every metre of it will conform to exacting standards and adhere to the legal definition of Harris T