Q: Ah, tweed, the fabric of aristocratic fox hunts and stuffy professors. And now, suddenly as fashionable in Asia's urban jungles as it is on Europe's country estates. But how can you incorporate the fabric into a modern male wardrobe?

A: Along with plaid, that other traditional outdoor fabric associated with cooler weather, tweed has made a strong appearence this season in both jackets and pants. Still, you're cautious, even trepidatious, of wearing it out of fear of becoming, well, tweedy?

Nonsense. First of all, know that today's tweed is not the dour fabric of years gone by. Slightly softer and thinner, the modern take on tweed isn't the itchy fabric that our ancestors used to wear. Even the tweediest of tweed makers