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From:Newsweek (Vol. 131, Issue 19)The fabric that 'makes cashmere feel like cardboard FROM ACROSS THE ROOM, A PASHMINA shawl looks like fine wool. If you brush up against it, you might mistake it for cashmere. But if you drape it acrossyour shoulders,...
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From:Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World (Vol. 8, Issue 9)Agricultural Research Service wool experts can take pride in knowing they helped the Smithsonian Institution gain insight into the U.S. flag that inspired the "Star-Spangled Banner." The flag's fiber and dyes have...
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From:Feedstuffs (Vol. 77, Issue 22)KEY POINTS * The producers decided to increase the exposure of SRS fibers. * Texas, Wyoming, South Dakota, Colorado and California were identified as good export prospects. AUSTRALIAN Soft Rolling Skin (SRS)...
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From:Newsweek International (Vol. 156, Issue 20)Byline: Nick Foulkes The vicuna, a small creature similar to a hornless gazelle, lives in the Andes 4,000 meters above sea level and yields a fabric that is light, warm, and super-soft. It is also four to six times...
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From:Business America (Vol. 115, Issue 2)Chicago-based Jefferson Industries Inc has established commercial ties in Asia, exporting its rugs, mats and runners to Hong Kong and Pacific Rim countries. Pres and CEO Howard Schnair has expressed optimism about the...
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From:Brandweek (Vol. 42, Issue 9)WOOLRICH,PA.--Woolrich signed on as official outerwear of Discovery Cove, the new Orlando, fla., family-vacation experience operated by Busch Entertainment, a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch, Woolrich will provide apparel...
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From:Geographical (Vol. 77, Issue 12)Rohan's new range of "technically clever" travel clothing is made from a fabric that uses Superfine Merino wool, which looks and feel like normal wool but is lighter, less bulky, longer lasting, machine-washable and has...
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From:Esquire (Vol. 153, Issue 4)Around the time Taavo Somer was launching Freemans Sporting Club in New York City, he discovered bolts and bolts of decades-old English wools sitting on the shelves of garment warehouses in his neighborhood. This...
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From:Skiing (Vol. 59, Issue 6)Obviously not. But ski-outerwear companies have flooded racks with the stuff. Obermeyer's Tweed jacket/pants combo ($325 [jacket], $130-200 [pants]; obermeyer.com) is actually two-layer waterproof-breathable fabric....
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From:New Statesman (Vol. 137, Issue 4878)Sometimes something comes into fashion and just refuses to go away, no matter how many times magazine "in and out" barometers proclaim the look to be very much out. Ugg boots are one such trend. They are sheepskin boots...
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From:Brandweek (Vol. 43, Issue 27)Outdoor clothier Woolrich next month will launch a multi-year print and in-store campaign around a new product-focused "I am" theme. The effort replaces a more lifestyle-based effort tagged, "Think outside," which...
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From:Country Living (Vol. 23, Issue 4)Heartwells' wool pillows are adorned with hand-stitched felt barnyard appliques featuring chicks (8"W x 17"L; $75 each) or chickens (12" to 14" square; $95 each)....
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From:Geographical (Vol. 72, Issue 8)The Indian province of Kashmir has banned the production of shahtoosh shawls made from the fine wool of the endangered Tibetan antelope or chiru, a rare animal that inhabits the remote plateaux of Tibet and the Chinese...
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From:Field & Stream (West ed.) (Vol. 99, Issue 8)Wool clothing poses advantages and disadvantages to the winter hunter. The material is excellent at keeping an individual warm, and fabric made from the material tends not to be noisy. However, wool itches and is...
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From:Interior Design (Vol. 68, Issue 10)Wools of New Zealand has launched the Contractwool Innovations program to increase the quality and quantity of wool carpets for the corporate market. It has asked its mill partners to create new product priced under $40...
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From:Bicycling (Vol. 45, Issue 11)In 1949, when Fausto Coppi crushed the field in both the Giro and the Tour, he wore Team Bianchi wool. But classic wool was itchy, delicate, and didnt hold its shape well. Todays wool jerseys are soft, machine washable...
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From:Brandweek (Vol. 41, Issue 14)WOOLRICH, PA.--Woolrich entered a multi-year licensing agreement with Ducks Unlimited, the wetlands conservation organization, to use its name in a line of sportswear and fieldwear. Woolrich will produce field coats,...
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From:New Statesman (Vol. 131, Issue 4618)Fashion's ability to turn full circle is one of its loveliest aspects. As one trend laps round another, we eventually end up wearing what we once loathed and ridiculed. It makes fools of us all, while making us think we...
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From:Newsweek International (Vol. 151, Issue 05)Byline: Ginanne Brownell Long a favorite of knitting grannies, merino wool is finding a new purpose in activewear, thanks to a group of innovative designers in sheep-abundant lands. Soft as cotton but much more...
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From:Esquire (Vol. 146, Issue 6)SCOTT ANDERSON Author of Moonlight Hotel: A Novel A long with all the usual reasons men enjoy wearing a tuxedo--because it makes them feel like Cary Grant, because it normally means someone else is paying the bar...