This paper explores the international design diffusion and export of Scottish and Cumbrian woollen textiles created for the elite level of the womenswear market between 1919 and 1930. It focuses primarily on the broad ‘family’ of woollen textiles known as tweeds, which became more prominent in women’s fashion from the 1920s
onwards. This paper argues that the proportion of British tweeds designed for womenswear rose substantially after the First World War. The cloths created for that market became increasingly more diverse in design, linked to an expansion in the manufacture of high quality ready-to-wear tailoring for women in Britain.This paper argues that the international design influence of British tweeds included collaboration between designers working for UK-based woollen mills and leading Paris-based fashion designers.