Showing posts with label Linton Tweed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Linton Tweed. Show all posts

Wednesday, 29 May 2013

...to be foretold the [British] weather?!

“But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand.” 
― Jerome K. JeromeThree Men in a Boat

As I was pondering on how to mould my excuses on delaying with this Tweedrun post since April, as we are just tiptoeing at the threshold of the summer;  the sudden spell of "lovely" British weather has spared me the hassle.

My repetitive tweed-blab is the most sensible thing to write about these days.
Welcome the sartorialists:


Swagger!
The only serious vehicle that we had on the ground was from The Chap magazine journalists! 
Here they come the trendy gang.

The Tweedrun took place in April, at a very moderate speed cruising through Marylebone, Regent Street, Picadilly and Trafalgar. Strictly tweed and vintage bikes only.


The convoy of dapperly dressed chaps and ladies arrived to their tea party.
Myself and a couple more volunteers were  in charge of brewing loose Earl Grey tea in hundreds of teapots for the riders. At some point a cake was served but we missed this bit amidst all the heebiejeebies of serving tea.



Hello you two!


mmm, nothing offensive but you seriously look like a Russian man, dude! Levin may be?


He never photographed me back! This is just rude :)


A couple of volunteers that were helping to run the event made a hell of an effort, not only making the party great and filling everyone with litres of aromatic tea, but also turning up in such spruce outfits!


These gloves make me think of Madonna! 


Blatant daylight robbery!


And I still hate yellow socks


Anna Akhmatova's flipping ghost! 


Guten tag herr Furrer!

Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Hail? Hail to the true British style!


For the British weather British threads!

Just three hundred years ago Scottish folk, apparently, had enough of the nasty winds and colds, and with the help of industrial revolution  invented tweed.

Tweed tweed!                          

Originally hand-woven from a pure virgin wool it is unbelievably comfortable, looks flattering  and lasts long. Haven’t I bought you  just yet? Well then, it also has a prestigious flair about it, and prestigious it is apriori. The fabric per se is a hallmark which is instantly recognized and stands equal to any haute-couture brand.

Tweed fabric has originated from Scotland and quickly became a mainstay of military clothing due to its durability, water resistance and heat retention qualities.  


Amongst the upper classes it was largely used as an outdoors sports clothing and made its way into equestrian sector for hunting and hoarse riding.

Horse riding suits

Mr Toad
Basil Rathbone
Traditional coarse tweed of earthy colours (like Harris Tweed) became closely associated with the British culture; think Sherlock Holmes or Mr Toad (one of the main characters in the novel The Wind in The Willows by Kenneth Graham ) who had a penchant for Harris Tweed on extravagant outings on his air-balloon …

Harris Tweed sneakers