Take One Tweed Skirt

Nip in the air - check. Leaves turning to gold, copper and scarlet hues – check. Getting up, from our duvet nests, in the dark – check. Consumption of hot chocolate on the increase – check. It can all only mean one thing; autumn has arrived and it’s time to think about switching to our autumn/winter wardrobe. Out comes the wool, cashmere, corduroy … and tweed.

Tweed is warm and durable and has been around for eons. The word tweed comes, in a roundabout way, from the Scottish ‘tweel’ for twill; which describes a distinctive weave in a diagonal pattern that comes in different designs such as Harris, Gamekeeper and Houndstooth. Because of its hard wearing properties it's famous for having been used traditionally worn by the upper classes for country pursuits such as a-shootin’ ‘n’ a-fishin’ ‘n’ a-huntin’. Tally-ho! One could take tweed the whole way with a head to toe look including hat, jacket and plus-fours.

Here’s 3 ways with just one tweed skirt to stay effortlessly smart, demure as well as cosy in a country classic this season.

With an essential hat and brooch to accessorise and teaming tweed with knits this is a look for all 40's sweethearts.

Looking to create understated elegance? We've taken a leaf out of the style book of sassy 50's Kim Novak, femme-fatale of Hitchcock's Vertigo.

To the manor born: dress for a weekend at the country estate by pairing a tweed skirt with a matching, and little bit cheeky, flat cap and an indispensible string of pearls.

Happy autumn days.

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