Come to think of it, which pro sports commissioner would you consider most likely to show up in tweed?. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Hopefully the answers are easy] Reference
It was a typical 1970s and 1980s detective show, with a detective tracking down balding white men in tweed suits. From Wordnik.com. [MIND MELD: SciFi TV Shows That Deserve A Remake (with Videos)] Reference
The tweed was a favourite of designer Jean Muir, whose pieces have been worn by the likes of Judi Dench, Diana Rigg and Julie Walters. From Wordnik.com. [News round-up] Reference
Fabrics such as tweed and cloth were out, for the wind whipped them out into balloons. From Wordnik.com. [The Motorcar | Edwardian Promenade] Reference
He said Reid has mastered the use of familiar fabrics such as tweed, plaid and denim. From Wordnik.com. [Local News from TimesDaily] Reference
And I'm sure they'll look just as good in yarns with textures such as tweed, velour, bouclé. From Wordnik.com. [Yummy Yarn] Reference
Here's an event you can "tweed" about - the first-ever Kansas City tweed Ride on Saturday beginning in Loose Park. From Wordnik.com. [KansasCity.com: Front Page] Reference
I love it when dummies dress up in tweed jackets and try to play professor. it’s like putting eyeglasses on pets. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » After Fox Classified Her Show As Opinion, Van Susteren Attacks WH For Saying It’s Not ‘Traditional News’] Reference
Boys who seemed sad or vulnerable, or who wore the wrong kind of tweed jacket, were dismissed as "spazzes" and "homos.". From Wordnik.com. [Deep In the Tweeds] Reference
Heritage is Rush Limbaugh dressed in tweed. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The DeMint “Plan” — Fewer Jobs, Slower Growth, More Money for Rich People] Reference
Skirts are swinging at the knee, in tweed and patchwork. From Wordnik.com. [Swinging Skirts And Salsa] Reference
And tweed is indeed appearing in some unexpected places. From Wordnik.com. [Cut From Woven Cloth] Reference
At Proenza Schouler, the little tweed suit was reinvented. From Wordnik.com. [Fashion Week wrap-up: Fresh talent has clearly joined the ranks of the old guard] Reference
I wore his old tweed jacket, as a sort of homage to his memory. From Wordnik.com. [Prehistoric History] Reference
He took off the damp tweed cape which she wore and led her to the fire. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
She wears a wool tweed skirt, and a silk blouse with a large sauce stain. From Wordnik.com. [The Dying Tradition] Reference
For the occasion she wore a Rachel Roy dress -- one part rosy and one part tweed. From Wordnik.com. [Michelle Obama Goes Rosy At National Restaurant Association Meeting (PHOTOS)] Reference
But her hair is bigger and she is certainly wearing more tweed skirt suits than ever. From Wordnik.com. [Nour Akkad: Mad Men Fashion Report: Who is Peggy Olson?] Reference
She set up such iconic classics: the tweed jacket, the little black dress, the chain bag. From Wordnik.com. [Auf With Their Heads: The ‘Project Runway’ Roundtable] Reference
But it is the ethno-specific character of Harris tweed that might well ensure its survival. From Wordnik.com. [Cut From Woven Cloth] Reference
Clad in a gray tweed jacket, he spoke with a bemused detachment that is almost professorial. From Wordnik.com. [Sony's Mr. Fixit] Reference
Like many things that have become ineffably British, tweed was largely a 19th-century invention. From Wordnik.com. [Cut From Woven Cloth] Reference
"Mom, how do you think I'll look in Harris tweed?" he chortled when he called home with the news. From Wordnik.com. [Sixties: Coming Of Age] Reference
He came, and stood staring down at the two woolly socks protruding from beneath the short, tweed skirt. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
His tweed suits with square shoulders called to mind stuffy lobbyists and self-infatuated society swells. From Wordnik.com. [Fashion Week wrap-up: Fresh talent has clearly joined the ranks of the old guard] Reference
A few moments later the door opened, and in walked M —, wearing a tweed jacket and looking quite exhausted. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth] Reference
She advances smiling, with an air of repressed triumph, and behind her looms M. Kangourou, in his suit of gray tweed. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The documentary dealt specifically with Harris tweed, a unique hirsute cloth made in Scotland's Outer Hebrides Islands. From Wordnik.com. [Cut From Woven Cloth] Reference
Be it a Parisian tweed jacket or a Kimono-inspired gown, fashion can transport you (and not just to the Boom Boom Room). From Wordnik.com. [Farryn Weiner: Travel-Inspired Looks From Fashion Week in New York] Reference
If the Hebrides 'weavers can get the fashion elite to embrace their tweed, other fabric industries will surely take note. From Wordnik.com. [Tweed Is the New Black] Reference
"Here I was, a professor on the run," he writes, "transformed overnight into some kind of Che Guevara in a tweed jacket.". From Wordnik.com. ['Che Guevara In Tweed'] Reference
"I love American films and books," volunteered a 68-year-old lawyer, meticulously attired in a tweed jacket, sweater and tie. From Wordnik.com. [Psy-Ops And War Prep] Reference
Before the show, a fiftysomething woman in a pink sweater set and a brown tweed skirt browses in the gift shop, looking lost. From Wordnik.com. [Theater: 'Ring' a Ding Ding] Reference
The story of a widow who saves an injured horse, it's immersed in National Hunt racing, a world as heterogeneous as Harris tweed. From Wordnik.com. [Jump! by Jilly Cooper] Reference
Her breasts in a '50s bra, were concealed by pink angora, and her thighs were encased in a long, tweed skirt that skimmed her knees. From Wordnik.com. [What You Never Thought You Wanted] Reference
She spent the night crying in the police station until a mysterious stranger in a tweed suit saw her and somehow negotiated her release. From Wordnik.com. [A Real-Life Comic Book Superhero] Reference
No heroics, just a 68-year-old in an ill-fitting tweed jacket, beating the Braveheart drum in front of a few hundred invited sympathizers. From Wordnik.com. [Blue, White, Red] Reference
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