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Fair Isle sweaters are a big trend this season, but, well, chances are your favorite new knit didn't come from Fair Isle after all. As The Economist reports this week, only seventy people actually ...
to have similar legal protection to Harris tweed to stop retailers from ripping off Fair Isle designs. Mati Ventrillon, who runs Fair Isle's craft co-operative, said: "Our problem is with the mass ...
Released on 01/15/2014 (rock music) [Jim] Important thing to do with a lot of these classics, like the Fair Isle sweater, is turn it a little bit on its head. Wear it in a different way.
Ms Sandham-King and her team of seamstresses and tailors spent four weeks creating the suit, using more than 18 metres of genuine tweed shipped from the Isle of Harris. The custom-made suit has ...
Ever think you’d see a horse in a suit? Well now you have. Champion jockey Sir Tony McCoy and his tweed-clad stallion ... and 18 metres of fabric from the Isle of Harris to create and is ...