Tweed fabric guide
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Mills make tweed jeans regularly, usually in wool tweed at 350 to 500 g/m².
It is the heaviest of the 14 cloths this guide lists for this cut, ahead of rigid denim.
Next to rigid denim, it is heavier, warmer to wear and more demanding to care for.

Tweed Jeans at a glance
- Cloth to ask your mill for
- Wool tweed
- Typical weight
- 350 to 500 g/m²
- Drape
- Structured, holds its own shape
- Stretch
- Slight
- Breathability
- Medium
- Warmth
- Warm
- Care
- Dry clean
- How common
- Common
- Typical cloth price
- $20-60/yard
Typical trade ranges, not one mill's figures: confirm them with your mill.
The jeans, in numbers
- Typical length
- 100 to 110 cm, from the waist
- Defining details
- Five pockets, back yoke, rivets, zip or button fly, felled seams
- Cloth needed
- about 1.4 to 1.8 m of 150 cm cloth, roughly $31 to $120 of cloth at typical prices
Typical figures for an adult size M. The pattern tier is set from the real piece count when you order.
How tweed behaves on a jeans
Cut into jeans, it holds the shape of the cut on its own: seat, pockets and leg line stay where the pattern puts them.
Cut long, a structured cloth is heavy and stiff, so it suits a straight, coat-like line more than a flowing one.
It wears warm, which places it in autumn and winter collections.
The finished piece is usually labelled dry clean only.
It is very hard-wearing and sheds light rain, but heavy tweed is bulky at the seams and stiff at first.
About tweed
Tweed is a rough, warm woollen cloth woven from yarns dyed before weaving, which gives it its flecks and its checks. It was made for the outdoors and remains one of the most durable cloths.
Harris Tweed is hand-woven in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland and carries its own certification mark; most other tweeds come from Scotland, England, Ireland and Italy.
Tweed jackets, coats and skirts are lined in viscose or cupro, for comfort and so the cloth does not catch.
Cutting, sewing and color
A 90/14 needle; match the check or the stripe at every seam, and tape the edges so they do not stretch.
Its color comes from yarns dyed before weaving, so the flecks are part of the cloth, not printed on it.
Its surface is matte, so it photographs evenly under flat light.
A description to start from
A jeans in wool tweed, 350 to 500 g/m², with a structured drape and a matte surface, for autumn and winter.
If tweed is not quite right
- Lighter: Denim, in rigid denim
- Cooler: Cotton, in cotton twill
- More drape: Wool, in tropical wool
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