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COS and Nativa collaborate on sustainable wool capsule collection
H&M Group's COS brand has joined forces with Nativa, a Merino wool specialist owned by France's Chargeurs, for an exclusive capsule collection. Launched both in stores and online, it promotes
Williams-Sonoma ditches alpaca wool after PETA exposé
Home furnishing giant, Williams-Sonoma has discontinued sourcing alpaca fleece from all of its products, including Mark, Pottery Barn, west elm, and Graham, and Rejuvenation after PETA shared its
What is the value of pure wool in the global market?
The largest market share in the pure wool market is held by Sheep wool. This is mainly because of its versatile properties such as insulation, durability, resistance to fire and retains its shape
Indian wool industry spreads its roots globally
Indian textiles is spreading its roots in the global market not only with the famous Indian fabrics like pure cotton, tussar silk and khadi (hand-spun and hand-woven cloth), but also the Indian wool
Italian spinner Safil shows interest in buying more Australian mohair
Safil, Italy’s biggest worsted yarn plant for wool and wool blend yarns that produces 300 tonnes of mohair yarn each year, but 80 percent of the fibre comes from South Africa's Angora goat
Filpucci to present array of latest yarn and woolen knitwear at Pitti Filati
Filpucci is a key player in Italy’s textile industry and a world leader in the manufacture of creative yarns for quality knitwear will be presenting its latest yarn and woollen selection at the
India to get SGS textile exchange product certification
International Organic Accreditation Service (IOAS) has accredited SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, to expand its Textile Exchange product certification
Zenith and Nona Source to transform deadstock fabrics into watch straps
French fashion giant, LVMH, has partnered with its watch brand, Zenith, and its deadstock reselling service Nona Source to unveil an exciting new upcycling initiative that transforms excess fabrics
Schuh's parent company Genesco bans alpaca fleece
Schuh’s parent company, Genesco, has become the latest firm to ban the use of alpaca fleece in its goods, following an exposé by animal rights organization PETA, revealing the inhumane treatment
What are the other hair fibers?
The wool is not only obtained from sheep but there are other animals that are reared for their hair. Let us now discuss each of them: • Alpaca Wool: This wool is derived from Alpaca (a relative