Yes, admitted Zangwill, Shaw goes everywhere in Tweeds, but then he is Shaw, and can afford to do as he pleases.
"A Daughter of the Middle Border"
Hamlin Garland
His portly frame was clad in those Scotch Tweeds which had not yet displaced the traditional broadcloth with us in the West, though I had sent to New York for a rough suit, and so felt myself not quite unworthy to meet a man fresh from the hands of the London tailor.
"Entire PG Edition of The Works of William Dean Howells"
William Dean Howells
The men that wore them have relapsed again into tailor-made Tweeds.
"Frenzied Fiction"
Stephen Leacock