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Harris Tweed Labels: Red and Blue
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 5:20 pm
by rip
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 9:38 pm
by rip
The mystery seems solved! The blue label is Canadian, in both English and French, and possiby of older design. The red is the standard label.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:48 pm
by rip
I am enclosing an email from The Harris Tweed Authority concerning these labels:
Dear Dr Griffith
Thank you for your email. Apologies for the delay in replying - we were closed all last week.
I have been asking one of the producers about the blue label as I myself have never seen one. He tells me that they did produce these labels for a short time in the 60s (he thinks) but the market preferred the red ones. It is the red ones that are used today. About 4 years ago we tried a yellow one but again after one season we withdrew as the market again preferred the red one. I attach an image of some of the labels used today.
Regards
Mary Macdonald
The Harris Tweed Authority
