Hackett and British style

Jeremy Hackett, the founder of the well-known Hackett brand, began buying up tweed in the 70s and selling it to a friend in Paris (the French have had a lasting love affair with tweed, known as the ‘style Anglais’). Trends have moved on, and where Harris tweed formed a working man’s coat in the thirties and forties, Hackett has been taking up old vintage designs and remaking them for a more upmarket crowd. Hackett have also developed specially customised tweeds in collaboration with Country Life to celebrate the company’s 25th anniversary.