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PETA launches one million dollar vegan wool challenge

Animal welfare organisation PETA has launched a million dollar vegan wool challenge. PETA, which is the world's largest animal rights organisation, said the wool industry often leaves sheep shaken and bloody in shearing sheds after wool shearing procedures. By launching a challenge with significant prize funding it hopes to encourage the...

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Peregrine commits to sourcing 100 percent of its wool from regenerative farms

British heritage knitwear brand Peregrine has announced that it is planning to transition to 100 percent regeneratively sourced wool by 2026, working exclusively with UK farms. Peregrine, which has been manufacturing knitwear in England for more than 220 years, sourcing wool from British farmers for over eight generations, is committing to...

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Johnstons of Elgin launches blanket supporting Scottish farmers

Johnstons of Elgin, one of Scotland’s oldest luxury brands, has partnered with local Scottish farming families to produce a limited-edition Farmers Blanket in celebration of its 225th anniversary. The limited-edition 100 percent Scottish wool blanket supports local farmers in the North East of Scotland, who specialise in breeding Bluefaced...

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John Smedley launches sweater with Duchy of Cornwall Estate tenants

Family-run British knitwear maker John Smedley, which holds two Royal Warrants, has unveiled a limited-edition Cornwall sweater made exclusively in the UK using British wool. The unisex jumper has been created in partnership with The Campaign for Wool and utilises wool sourced from farming tenants of the Duchy of Cornwall Estate and the sheep...

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Celtic & Co. collaborates with HD Wool Apparel Insulation

Sustainable Cornish fashion brand Celtic & Co. has teamed up with ethically driven performance-led insulation company HD Wool Apparel Insulation to produce three new jackets for its autumn/winter 2022 collection. The collaboration expands Celtic & Co.’s British-made waxed cotton outerwear offering to include three insulated jackets created using...

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Zalando joins Four Paws in call to stop mulesing in wool industry

Animal welfare organisation Four Paws has announced that e-commerce retailer Zalando has signed a ‘Brand Letter of Intent’ which will see it commit to transitioning toward 100 percent certified mulesing-free wool within their own brands by 2023. Mulesing, which involves the mutilation of lambs, is only practised in Australia and is often a...

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Hugo Boss to become mulesing-free

Global animal welfare organisation Four Paws reports that luxury brand Hugo Boss has committed to phasing out mulesed wool and become verified free of it by 2025. The German fashion company announced that it will exclusively source mulesing-free wool for its pure wool suits from 2025. In addition, the use of mulesing-free wool for the entire...

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Tweed weaves a way from Scottish islands to catwalk

Isle of Lewis, United Kingdom - In the cluttered workshop of his home off the coast of northwest Scotland, Ian Mackay patiently weaves a bright green wool, surrounded by bags of fabric, spools and tools. He makes a steady clatter as he pedals his machine in the shed of his croft on the village of South Shawbost on the Isle of Lewis, watching...

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Victoria Beckham links with Woolmark for traceable knitwear collection

Luxury fashion brand Victoria Beckham has teamed up with The Woolmark Company to launch a knitwear collection for women and children. It is the first end-to-end traceable collection by the British label, and can be traced from five Australian wool farms. Launching this month, the collection comprises polo and crewneck sweaters, V-neck cardigans,...

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Puma to remove mulesed wool by 2025

German sportswear brand Puma has said that it will refrain from using uncertified wool of animal cruelty origin, following a campaign by animal welfare organisation Four Paws to ban mulesing of lambs. Puma joins Calvin Klein and Marks and Spencer who have agreed to ban mutilation of lambs in their supply chains, with Four Paws calling on its...

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The Woolmark Company launches digital sourcing platform

The Woolmark Company has marked its 10th anniversary by making its sourcing tool, The Wool Lab, globally available online for the first time. The newly launched ‘The Wool Lab Digital’ is available for free and offers a guide to the best commercially available wool fabrics and yarns, created in collaboration with “the most innovative and...

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Fashion graduate takes up residency on Isabella Rossellini's farm

Last Spring, actress/model/conservationist Isabella Rossellini created a scholarship fund with Parsons School of Design. Its first recipient, Katya Ekimian, a designer focused on biodiversity with wool, has begun her residency at Rossellini’s farm in Bellport, New York, named Mama Farm because the animals are all female. There, she is incubating...