photograph: Chanel A/W 2016 Karl Lagerfeld Initially produced in the Outer Hebrides n the 18th century, crofters who wove textiles often incorporated recycled slubs or fiber from worn out knits or blankets. Known as mungo or shoddy, depending upon the fineness of the source, ie fine wool stockings would shred into shoddy, while a coarser garment or blanket would make mungo.Tweed was originally a rough twill, insinuating itself into aristocratic country life, including Prince Albert's. especially those who owned Scottish estates in the early to middle 19th century. After Prince Albert designed a Balmoral tweed, estate tweeds became a necessary accoutrement for aristocrats and estate personnel, essentially transcending class, similar to the evolution of denim in the 20th century. Early estate tweeds originated from the black and white shepherd check, according to historian of tweeds, Edward P. Harrison. Marled yarns with slubs of various colours appeared later and did indeed provide camouflage.
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