A Quote by Hilary Farr

I grew up in England. My school coat was grey and white herringbone Harris tweed, and I hated it.

Hilary Farr

Quote Topics

Coat England Grew Grew Up Grey Harris Hated School Tweed Up White

Quote Author

Hilary Farr
British - Designer

I remember my father checking on a mountain kid who hadn't been coming to school. My father had this beautiful Harris tweed overcoat. He came back with a knife cut all down one side. The parents had told him it was none of his business why their son wasn't going to school.

Charles Frazier

Harris Tweed as been around since before the Industrial Revolution when it was a handmade cloth from the Outer Hebrides in Scotland.

Hilary Farr

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Laurence Yep

My uniform: grey suit, white shirt, grey tie and tie bar, grey cardigan and black wingtips.

Thom Browne

Even when I was a little kid, I hated to dress up. I hated to put on regular shoes. I wanted to play all the time. I hate to wear any kind of coat or sweater. I've never liked hot. I've never liked to be warm.

John Madden

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Lord Byron

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Thandie Newton

I grew up with white parents, and until after college, it was a lot of confusion, especially because I grew up in an all-white area. So I never looked around and saw anyone who looked like me.

Gina Prince-Bythewood

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Gina Prince-Bythewood

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy.