The Harris Tweed® Journal

Word of the Week: Longevity / Maireannachd

26th August

10 Reasons to love Harris Tweed® 


Reason 6: Longevity/Maireannachd

You may pay a little more for your Harris Tweed®, but it pays you back by standing the test of time. The cloth never goes out of style and simply gets better with age.
Is dòcha gum pàigh thu rud beag a bharrachd airson a’ Chlò Hearaich agad, ach gheibh thu sin air ais leis gu seas e ùine. Cha tèid e a-mach à fasan agus fàsaidh e nas fheàrr leis an aois.

Photo from the Harris Tweed Authority archive at Museum & Tasglann nan Eilean, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis

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