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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...

14 Dec 2021

Fashion Featured

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...

2 Dec 2021

Fashion

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,...

20 Oct 2021

Fashion

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...

17 May 2021

Fashion

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...

9 Feb 2021

BusinessFeatured

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...

10 Dec 2020

BusinessFeatured

How brands can transition to pain free, non-mulesed sheep wool

Four Paws, the global animal protection organisation, has just launched a detailed guidebook to assist brands in understanding how they can transition their wool supply chain away from mulesed sheep wool and provides an overview of the available wool assurance initiatives. Titled ‘Transitioning away from mulesed sheep wool,’ the detailed...

29 Oct 2019

Fashion

Peta becomes shareholder in Boohoo to push wool ban

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) has announced that it has acquired shares in Boohoo in a bid to persuade the group to ban wool after it backtracked on its original plan to in February. Peta US made the announcement on Thursday, saying the move would allow its representatives to attend the group’s upcoming annual general...

21 Mar 2019

Fashion

Boohoo takes U-turn on wool ban

After announcing last week that it would be banning the use of wool in all its products, Boohoo group says it will “continue to use wool as a sustainable material”. On Friday, the group, which owns brands Boohoo, BoohooMan, PrettyLittleThing, and Nasty Gal, announced that it would be banning wool from its products, and was commended for the...

18 Feb 2019

Fashion

Boohoo bans wool in all its products

Online retailer Boohoo has pledged to ban the use of wool in all its products as of Autumn/Winter 2019 onward, Peta has announced. The ban, which Peta reports as the first of its kind for any major fashion retailer, comes in the wake of a Peta Asia eyewitness investigation into the Scottish wool industry which exposed farmers for striking sheep...

15 Feb 2019

Fashion

A good yarn: Russia's Insta-grannies take knitting skills online

Elderly women across Russia are often seen selling their hand-knitted wares on pavement corners for a few rubles to supplement meagre pensions. Now a new Instagram project aims to change the public perception of their homely skills by promoting "granny chic" and help the women sell their knitted mittens, socks and other items online. Grandmother...

15 Jan 2019

Business

PETA: sheep being punched in the face in English wool industry

PETA has published a shocking video exposé of animal cruelty in the English wool industry. The video depicts sheep being kicked, punched in the face and beat on the head with sharp metal clippers. According to the animal rights organization, the footage was collected by a member of PETA Asia who worked undercover with two shearer contractors in...

30 Aug 2018