New Walmart Offering - Harris Tweed

**mookien** · 23rd December 12, 08:13 PM

Believe it, or not (I almost don't believe it), yesterday our local department store sold me a blue/grey Harris Tweed jacket for (hold on to your hats) $75! It was the last one they had and it just happened to be my size - 44R. Must be Christmas.

I'm planning to have it converted to an Argyll style. If/when I do, I will post the results.

**mookien** · 23rd December 12, 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by seanachie

I spent 2 Christmases in El Paso (my wife's hometown)...kilted. Not the mecca of kilts..but no issues out and about.

I was more surprised to see a BMW dealership.

I wouldn't expect El Paso to be particularly kilt unfriendly, just Harris Tweed deprived. But, perhaps some of their tweed customers come from the Army base.

As for the BMW dealership, no surprise there. The drug dealers have to drive something fast.

**New World Czech** · 28th December 12, 10:59 PM

Well now the Walmart on the other side of Manassas has them. I may need to pick up another one.

**The farqcom** · 18th March 13, 09:30 PM

Our Walmart here in Southern Oregon has their remaining Harris tweed jackets on clearance, now $50

**mookien** · 18th March 13, 10:01 PM

Originally Posted by The farqcom

Our Walmart here in Southern Oregon has their remaining Harris tweed jackets on clearance, now $50

My brother lives south of Sacramento and told me his local Walmart did the same thing - $50! What a great price.

**ronin6290** · 19th March 13, 06:05 AM

Originally Posted by Tartan Tess

Boy, you have some classy Wal-marts in Virginia.
Everything in the Maine stores are in camo or hunter orange.

Ha! So sadly true..

**Nile** · 19th March 13, 07:17 AM

I bought one at our local Walmart here in Seaford, Delaware a couple of months ago for what I thought was a bargain price of $75.00. You can bet that I will be stopping at Walmart on the way home to see if any are left and wether they are reduced to $50.00. At that (or even the previous) price, you simply can't go wrong for a Harris tweed and it would be a good opportunity to get one for conversion.
Nile

**McFarkus** · 19th March 13, 08:01 AM

Scary but tempting.

**ronin6290** · 19th March 13, 08:06 AM

I have found that Walmart clothes tend to disintegrate from rubbing on the bag on the way to the car in the parking lot but this does look like a handsome jacket. I miss my Harris Tweed Pendleton sport coat greatly.

**TheOfficialBren** · 19th March 13, 01:45 PM

How on God's green earth are they able to make and sell these things out of Harris tweed? The cost of the tweed alne exceeds the original price.

Could it be old stock fabric that was purchased at a discount to create inventory space for this year's weaves?