tweeds

I saw a British looking woman at the BC, pale, stout and clad in tweeds, but definitely Colombian in the opening of her mouth.

A Cold Shower « Unknowing 2010

He followed Snyte obediently into the drafting room, a tall, broad-shouldered figure in English tweeds, with sandy hair and a square face drawn in countless creases around the ironical calm of the eyes.

The Fountainhead Rand, Ayn 1943

England – which is why her climate is so often abused by people with tidy minds – wears her seasons haphazard, dining in tweeds if she feels inclined and putting on a ball-dress for breakfast when the mood takes her.

Try Anything Twice 1938

He was famous for a wardrobe that reflected every foppish trend of the day, and boasted that he knew which tweeds to choose to enable

Bret Harte (1836-1902) 2010

Gertrude Stein, age 60, whose tweeds and short haircut evoked a frank masculinity.

Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) 2010

This collection had a strong Parisian influence, filled with tweeds, boucles and berets.

Resort 2010 2009

This collection had a strong Parisian influence, filled with tweeds, boucles and berets.

Archive 2009-06-01 2009

He teams hefty tweeds with tattersall, checks and plaids and brown suede shoes, sometimes with a bright sweater-vest.

Roger Stone: StoneZone's 2011 Best and Worst Dressed Roger Stone 2012

Brands including Burberry London, Hickey Freeman, and Dolce & Gabbana are moving away from the year-round suit and instead are pushing heavy-fabric suits and sport coats for fall, in thick English and Scottish tweeds and wools.

Fall's New Tune: To Every Suit There Is a Season Ray A. Smith 2011

I liked the costumes, which were pitch-perfect 1938 sensible tweeds and uniforms.

Brief Encounter deliasherman 2010