Who has never come across a label discreetly affixed to a high-quality garment proudly displaying the words “Harris Tweed, Hand Woven”?
This fabric, a true cultural heritage of the Isle of Harris located in the northwest of Scotland (the Hebrides archipelago), is a legend and whose design is governed by the “Harris Tweed Act”.
More than a label, it is a certification declaring that “Harris Tweed must be made from 100% virgin wool dyed and spun in the Hebrides Islands and woven by hand, in the homes of the inhabitants of the Isles of Lewis, Harris Uist and Barra”.
Impressive.