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Dashing Tweeds

Urban Check

Description

Maker

Dashing Tweeds (English)

Title

Urban Check

Year

2002-2012

Medium

  • Wool twill weave

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Wool twill weave

Materials

wool, reflective thread

Dimensions

203.2 x 157.5 cm (80 x 62 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Guy Hills

Object Number

2012.31.2

Type

  • Textiles

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Artist, Rebel, Dandy
Men of Fashion
Apr 26, 2013 – Aug 18, 2013

Label copy

Born out of a desire to present traditional Harris Tweed textiles for modern metropolitan wear, the innovative London firm Dashing Tweeds was founded in 2002 by Guy Hills and textile designer Kirsty McDougall. This suit, the first fruit of their collective labors, was tailored by Russell Howarth using cloth designed by McDougall. McDougall hails from the Scottish Hebrides, home of Harris Tweed textiles. The resulting creation is not only dashion in the jaunty sense, but designed to meet Hills's personal desire for garments not made of spandex that were suitable for cycling around town. The broken-twill patterning refers to the tread of a bicycle tire.

The textile lengths behind the suit are also made by Dashing Tweeds. High-tech reflective threads are incorporated into the absorbent wool fibers and the fabrics are treated with Teflon coating, making them appropriate for stylish all-weather biking. Blending modern materials with heirloom weaving production methods, innovative new textiles such as the reflective Lumatwill have featured prominently on Savile Row.

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Dashing Tweeds (English)
Urban Check, 2002-2012
Wool twill weave
203.2 x 157.5 cm (80 x 62 inches)
Gift of Guy Hills 2012.31.2

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