“Rather than a particular type of wool, our Donegal items are so-called in reference to their pattern,” he tells Robb Report. However, there was a time when it referred to a single type of wool made ...
A father and son revive traditional tweed craft in Ireland. Excerpt: Weaving used to be one of Donegal’s largest industries, but today it’s almost gone. Unlike Harris & Lewis, where Harris Tweed is ...
The Donegal name is synonymous with one of Ireland’s most revered counties and also with its most famous heritage brand, Donegal Tweed. But did you know that just because its called Donegal tweed ...
County Donegal, a region of breath-taking beauty in Northwest of Ireland is synonymous with tweed. For centuries, every farm hand-loomed its own wool after harvest. Now, most of that tweed is ...
Lovat Mill, the last tweed producer in the Scottish Borders, has fans in Madonna, Taylor Swift and The King — and they’re ...
If you've stopped by Jcrew.com over the past few years and you're Irish you will have noticed that something remarkable has happened to the most northern county in Ireland. It has moved to England!
Our always dapper fashion editor Justin Doss came in today wearing these donegal five-pocket pants from Naked & Famous. We love the pairing of a classic fabric with an unexpected jean silhouette, and ...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - From Murano glass and Donegal tweed to Porcelaine de Limoges, the European Union wants to protect its traditional crafts and industrial products with new rules that will make it ...
When you’re in the middle of a polar vortex, your run-of-the-mill trousers just aren’t gonna cut it. Cold weather is the time where heavy fabrics like tweed shine, and this slim-cut pair of trousers ...
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) – Traditional crafts from French Limoges porcelain to Irish Donegal tweed became entitled to EU protected status as of Monday -- on a par with agricultural products from ...
As Walker explained, the term Donegal is not used exclusively for wool, but may refer to any plain weave cloth speckled by “neps” or “slubs” of differently colored yarns woven into the cloth at random ...