Tweed: Tweed 101: Quintessential winter fabric gets a modern update as designers tweak the trends
Dubai-based fashion editor Sujata Assomull never had a proclivity for tweeds, even after growing up in England. As a child she recalls wearing it but doesn’t remember taking to it. “The first time I really looked at tweed and felt it was something I wanted was at India’s first ever couture week in 2008. Tarun Tahiliani presented a beige chikan sari with a multicoloured tweed jacket. The sari was draped around the neck in a scarf-like fashion — and it just talked to me,” she says. The tweed jacket Assomull mentions was fitted at the waist and had three-quarter sleeves.