Tweed was  more fun, and more tweed in the 1970s. Source: The Journal of Style, from Herrenjournal

“Gentlemen who have been at business in town during the day, delight to relax in toil and costume when they return to their villas in the suburbs, and so to don a pea jacket, vest, and trousers of cheviot, tweed, or angola.” Source: The West-End Gazette (1872)/ The Journal of Style

Most linen suits will be solid. Luca Rubinacci has a striped one, and he likes to show it to us. He knows, how to dress. Yes, his dressing is connected to Rubinacci’s marketing strategy, but I don’t think you take away from him that he has a feel for style. Source: The Journal of Style ...

… departing to a bespeaker, our made-to-order handkerchiefs in chambray linen with hand embroidered initials. Source: Grunwald 

Perfect combinations of necktie, shirt and jacket in soft contrasts. Maybe a little overdone. Source: The Journal of Style, from Herrenjournal 1970