Handmade, handwoven Harris Tweed plus-2s

Many golfers have asked us about traditional golfing breeches (or "knickers" as you call them on your side of the pond leading to a great number of misunderstandings as we use that term for ladies undergarments). Traditionally the best of these have always been made from Harris Tweed. This is great for the Scottish climate: thornproof, waterproof, everynastyScottishgolfingweatherproof but it is also a very heavy material which, if worn on a Florida course, is likely to lead to result in heat exhaustion. Dunmore is a new material, the lightest ever Harris Tweed but with all the other qualities of this classic cloth. We are proud to offer these handmade, made to measure, breeches as an exlusive. Coming to two inches below the knee (hence, plus-2s), we will need your waist measurement, distance around the seat, and your inside leg to the base of the knee, with your order plus an indication of the colour you would like should you wish something other than the traditional bluey-greens in the picture.

The "Dunmore" is more than a garment of distinguished Taste, more than tailoring excellence; it is a tradition that stands the test of time. The "Dunmore" connects the threads of time to the birth of one of its greatest and oldest clothes.

It was the Dowager Countess of Dunmore who in 1842 started the Harris Tweed Industry. Today's Dunmore garments are made from Harris Tweed, woven by hand in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, just as it was by fishermen's wife's centuries ago.

The Dunmore family owned a large part of the Isle of Harris and introduced many of their aristocratic friends to the virtues of the "Clo-Mor" meaning Big Cloth in the ancient gaelic language. The Countess commissioned her own designs and tradition has it she bought the first full length of Harris Tweed in 1846. Her titled connections helped establish the tweed reputation, as the natural choice for the aristocracy for sports and other outdoor pursuits.

Soon Harris Tweed was gracing the backs of the aristocracy all over the world and its famous Orb Trademark, which protects the cloth from pale imitations, incorporates the Coat of Arms of the Countess of Dunmore.

Bringing the Dunmore family name back to the great tweed Lady Dunmore first took to the world, is a labour of love and along with our lifetime guarantee, presents you with a garment not only of quality but also of unrivalled distinction.