But with the advent of softer fabrics and the dreaded shell suit, fashions changed and the tweed producers fell on hard times. Jobs were lost and the entire economic future of the islands that depend ...

Martin is one of just 150 weavers of Harris Tweed, a fabric made from coarse, woven wool. It’s been his life. He first started winding bobbins — a now semi-automated part of the process that's ...

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“When you see tweed on the runway, you don’t expect it to come from here,” joked 38-year-old former banker Alexander MacLeod as he set up his loom in a converted barn on the shores of a ...

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Now Harris Tweed is harnessing cutting-edge industrial 3D printing technology to bring a new lease of life into its traditional weaving machines, helping to future-proof the craft for years to come.

Finally, it receives the precious “Harris Tweed” stamp — a globe topped with a cross — certifying the fabric’s provenance and authenticity, issued by the Harris Tweed Authority (HTA). The tweed then ...