Word: tweed
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...having smoked “too much pot,” Adams’ playing was nothing short of graceful. That’s not to say, of course, that silly shenanigans were in short supply. Carefully poised between center stage and Adams’ guitar amplifier was a tweed-clad phonograph, which he called upon several times during the evening to play a vinyl of Madonna’s “Material Girl.” “Come on Boston!” Adams implored: “Don’t you like Madonna...
...European classics to the very people who invented them. "When I first came to London, they didn't have what I thought they'd have," he recalls. "There were more Italian clothes than English ones." So Lauren presented the Brits with what he thought they should be buying: tweed jackets, jodhpurs, polo shirts. The New Bond Street store proved so successful that Polo added a second big store nearby, which has enjoyed double-digit growth since it opened...
...rock stars, and now, rather than build on his success as a polo-playing figurehead, PRINCE CHARLES has decided to produce a line of clothing. The move is an effort to help England's struggling rural economy. Described as "country casual," the line's scarves, sweaters and tweed suits will be made from the wool of British sheep, with proceeds going to charity. Considering that Ralph Lauren has made a fortune for years offering ersatz copies of the prince's wardrobe, it's about time Charles reclaimed his closet...
...heart is not warm and smiley. Geezers and geezerettes go around in juvenile clothes, shorts and flip-flops and jokey T shirts (my goal is to live forever. so far, so good). Embarrassing. A man my age should not aim for boyishness. He should wear an old tweed jacket and wool trousers and a silk vest with a great belly under it and have wild eyebrows the size of rats and carry a knobby walking stick and smoke torpedo cigars and sit around kicking the bejabbers out of the government. A guy can do that in Scotland...
Smiling and wearing a tweed jacket and well-polished shoes, Yoder shook my hand and introduced himself. Earlier, Poole had asked if I wanted a guard present, and I had said, "I don't know, do I?" A former guard himself, Poole had only shrugged, though he did ask an unarmed man to sit outside in the hall. Poole closed the door...