Broken twill weave

Broken twill interrupts the diagonal with offset floats—creating tooth or check shapes rather than continuous ribs.

Four-point teeth at larger scale indicate houndstooth. Chevron reversal suggests herringbone, not broken twill.

Houndstooth is the classic broken twill color-and-weave effect in Scottish suiting.[1] Commons houndstooth diagrams show discontinuous twill float geometry.[2] Twill references document broken twill as a variant that interrupts continuous diagonal lines.[3]

Lowland tweed mills wove broken twill for graphic checks without loud plaid crosses.[1] Dior and Chanel popularized oversized houndstooth broken twill in postwar suiting.[1] Glen plaid layers broken twill under windowpane overchecks.[2]

Today broken twill weave appears in coats, skirts, and suiting in wool and polyester.[1][2] Pair broken-twill blazers with solid plain trousers.[2] When diagonal ribs break into check teeth—not continuous lines—broken twill weave applies.[3]

Houndstooth coats, glen plaid suiting, graphic skirts, and broken-check blazers.[1]

Broken twill reads as pattern from distance—scale check to body size.[2] Black-white broken twill reads graphic mod.[1]

Houndstooth is a broken twill check pattern. Herringbone reverses twill direction. Twill has continuous ribs.[1]

Broken twill reads graphic, heritage, and pattern-forward. Oversized broken twill reads runway bold.

Broken twill vs houndstooth? Houndstooth is a broken twill check pattern.[1]

Broken twill vs herringbone? Herringbone reverses direction; broken twill shifts floats.[1]

Is broken twill woven or printed? Quality checks are woven—floats show on reverse.[2]