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This is the fabric used to make The Doctor’s waistcoat as seen in The Day Of The Doctor.
The fabric is a pure wool suiting quality fabric in a very dark midnight blue and deep purple mix of colours.
These images are directly scanned from fabric that was part of the bolt that was cut to make Matt’s screen-worn waistcoat. I’ve colour-matched them to the material, erring on the side of a bit brighter to show detail.
The fabric is woven in a twill, creating a fine Prince Of Wales style check.
Here’s the fabric in close detail.
I had a look in my favourite vintage tailoring book about fabrics.
The book classes the pattern as a Glenurquhart check.
It describes it as a twill weave in dark and light coloured warp and weft, creating the check effect.
Where did it come from though?
ReplyDeleteI had a hunch this was the mystery fabric you teased us with last week. Very interesting to see it up close. I always thought it was black or dark gray. Is this a fabric that is still in production?
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