Nollaig Chridheil!

23Dec09

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All the best for the festive season with love from The Croft.

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North Face X Harris Tweed

05Dec09

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The North Face Purple Label presents their new Harris Tweed collection. The collection offer a down jacket and a down vest, each in three Harris Tweed colorways.

This Japan-only collection of more experimental and fashion forward pieces keeps the function aspect but is a tad less technically inclined then its mainline production. The usage of patterns and fabrics has the brand looking more design friendly than its mountaineering American brother and its Japan-only exclusivity makes getting your hands on the stuff as hard on the pocket as its absence is on our hearts.

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www.harristweedhebrides.com

02Dec09

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Harris Tweed Hebrides have launched a rather nice new website replete with oodles of info and exclusive online collections.

It’s been a good year for Harris Tweed Hebrides and I’ve been fortunate to work with them on an interiors project this year, bring the tweed to a restored 110 year old Glasgow pub.

Harris Tweed Hebrides, the award-winning company based at Shawbost on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, now accounts for more than 90 per cent of Harris Tweed production.

They export to over 50 countries and their customers over the past year have included Alexander McQueen, Calvin Klein and Vivienne Westwood.

Harris Tweed Hebrides, which was founded only in late 2007, is generally credited with having revitalized the industry and taken the fabric into the front-line of 21st century fashion and design.

The company was named Textile Brand of the Year 2009 at the Vogue.COM Scottish Fashion Awards and given the major accolade for Outstanding Contribution at the 2009 Scottish Style Awards.

They use a range of more than 100 yarns which can be made up into thousands of patterns by their highly skilled workforce and represent generations of experience in this craft industry.

Truly, Harris Tweed Hebrides has brought a new twist to an old yarn.

View the new website and online collections via the link below.

www.harristweedhebrides.com

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Supreme X Harris Tweed

26Nov09

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Back in the day, when skateboards and Supreme ruled all, I’d have killed for this hat.

Literally killed.

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Dudes In Tweed

26Nov09

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Harris Tweed made its name hand-looming tweed on the Isles of Lewis, Harris, Ulst, and Barra in Scotland, a tradition that continues to this day. Each swatch was the exact same brown until recently when Harris decided they needed to rejuvenate their image—as if tacking them onto a pair of Nikes wasn’t good enough—and introduced a whole new array of colors. As a purist, I prefer the signature canvas of Louis (over any other reimagination) and the beige of Burberry, but Harris Tweed isn’t just any tweed, so here we are celebrating colored tweed.

Outfit 1:

You have options with tweed. The traditional brown can be paired with just about anything, as proven here. He’s wearing: bright blues shoes, a deep red cardigan, and a floral-print, made all the more worse by the monstrosity beside him in an orange coat. But if you can extract him from her kung-fu grip, the outfit kind of works. So if you have a nice old tweed blazer in your closet, pull it out and pair it with ‘unlikelies’ for a really killer look. I think you’ll know when you’re looking in the mirror if it doesn’t work.

Outfit 2:

This jacket is so great—do you notice his hat matches his pants? Though you probably don’t need four watches, any item of clothing that ‘harkens back to the olden days’ should always be paired with similar accessories (think pocket watches, pocket squares, bow-ties, etc.) to get that kitschy-cool vibe. Don’t shy away from brooches, as feminine as they can be. Instead, it’s really all about finding the right one—his looks like kermit the frog or something but the thistle of Scotland, for instance, is a very versatile emblem.

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Visvim

13Nov09

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You can get a pea coat or you can get the Visvim Lieutenant Coat.

“The genuine Harris Tweed woolen shell keeps you warm and the Gore-Tex 3L membrane dry and comfortable. Very stylish and a piece that will last you a lifetime.”

100% Wool shell

- hand woven Harris Tweed

- Gore-Tex Performance Shell laminated

- custom colored Visvim seam tape

- two front pockets with leather covered Riri zips

- two rows of outer buttons, one row inner buttons

- Riri front zip

- leather collar band with colored accent for full weather protection

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http://www.visvim.tv/

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Sea

10Nov09

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Bought a painting by Sandra Kennedy today.

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Juliana Lawson X Harris Tweed

10Nov09

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http://www.julianalawson.com/

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Traditional Weatherwear

10Nov09

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Scottish label Traditional Weatherwear release a couple of new bag silhouettes from its latest collection, both in Harris Tweed.

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Griffin X Harris Tweed

10Nov09

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Coming hot off their recent collaboration with Charge bikes, UK-based clothing company, Griffin has just released a new Fixed Jacket as part of their menswear line for Fall 2009.

The jacket comes in 3 colorways, one of which happens to be Harris Tweed, and features details specific to the urban cyclist.

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