“Tweed Toga” Bonnie Cashin, 1942 (Look at the spats!!!)
I've no idea why I love it so. It's scratchy and hot and sometimes smells. It's hell to take care of. It's kind of grandmotherly. But . . .
1950 Whitaker Auctions
It's got that equestrian country-house hunting-party vibe. It's aristocratic feeling. Celebrities love tweed. No they really do. The Queen wears tweed. The Queen probably sleeps in tweed.
In my world it is all about the tweed pencil skirt. I tend to feel it;'s such a slim fabric I ought to opt for a slender silhouette.
If you don't like the pencil, a tweed jacket is great way to integrate the fabric into your wardrobe without too much bulk. A slim single breasted blazer, perhaps? Wanna rock some uber vintage, tweed jodhpurs are a go! Or a cute tweed vest. But honestly you don't have to go all out like the retro fashionistas.
Vera Maxwell, 1948 The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bonnie Cashin, 1963 The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Elsa Schiaparelli, 1947-1949 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
You can accessorize with tweed too, gloves, hats, bags, a touch of tweed, I always feel, is a touch of class.
Tweed tweed tweed! Tweed for me, tweed for you, tweed in green, tweed in blue.
Bonnie Cashin, 1952 The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Marc Jacobs Spring 2012
All we are saying, is give tweed a chance.
OK, now I'm getting punch drunk. I might have got at the mulled wine a little early this year.
One for Prudence to wear?
1902 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wait for it. PPA is coming, I promise.
And now, good night, sweet tweeds.
See, I just don't like tweed. Not on me. Though I have to admit there's something sexy about a man in a tweed jacket with leather elbow patches.
ReplyDeleteI had a tweed pencil skirt in my teens. Now you've got me thinking I should get one to fit me now. :)
ReplyDeleteI have two tweed jackets, one Scotch & one Donegal - great for autumn - my husband wears tweed all year. Tweed stockings might be a touch itchy, unless lined.
ReplyDeleteI used to have a tweed coat that I wore until it was falling to pieces. My mother had to throw it away while I wasn't home.
ReplyDeleteI recently made a tweed-inspired brooch: http://enricaprazzoli.com/post/13254785760/tweed-brooch-2011-plastic-sterling-silver
Love tweed--enough I made a frockcoat out of patchworked tweeds.
ReplyDeleteAnd am currently working on a matching overcoat.