Abraham Moon Mission
Yorkshire Tweed
A jacket in Yorkshire tweed from M&S by Timothy Everest. Features that attract:- It is tweed.
- It is woven in Yorkshire by Abraham Moon, established 1837.
- It is unlined and unstructured, which is not common for tweed jackets, so is good for cycling in.
- It looks a bit like one Dirty Harry wore.
One of the best things about the jacket is that I've been able to put it in the washing machine a few times, on a wool wash setting, and after a careful press and stiff brush it comes out good-as-new. The buttonholes have gone a bit stretched, but that's probably the pressure I'm exerting on them from within. But a tweed jacket in the washing machine means no gambling with dry cleaners.
Well done Moon, this jacket is providing very good service. I'm sure I'll be throwing it on for many years to come.
Moon also produce cloth for other clothes retailers. The picture below is from Jack Wills. This is encouraging. For locally sourced materials maybe we should look to the Moon.
