If you could only have one

[creagdhubh]

I am rather partial to brown/tan based tweeds (thornproof, herringbone, check, windowpane, etc) and tend to think they pair nicely with virtually any tartan in any colour scheme, but they look especially well turned out with red based tartans. Along with being extremely versatile, I think a brown/tan, or green based tweed against the overall tone of your chosen tartans would look very smart, and contrast quite nicely. I too have entertained the idea of having a tweed Argyll style jacket and matching waistcoat done up in a back and white herringbone pattern, or houndstooth (think, the Duke of Winsdor), yet I tend to agree that from a distance, the tweed may appear overly grey. There's obviously nothing wrong with that; however, I think tweed with a 'punch" of earthy colours look far more interesting than a pattern that's exclusively black and white. There is a compromise of this however; see tweed #2 below.

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