The Campaign for Wool marked its fifth anniversary with a major celebration of wool, a material the members of the Savile Row Bespoke Association would simply be lost without.
Held on 12th June at Clarence House, home of the campaign’s Patron, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, the event took an in depth look at all things wool and the immense contribution it makes to the worlds of fashion and interiors.
SRBA members Anderson & Sheppard, Gieves & Hawkes and Richard James contributed garments to the Campaign for Wool Collection fashion show, which took place in the grounds of Clarence House.
The event also included a screening which demonstrated the flame retardant qualities of wool and a number of fascinating talks, including one by Nicholas Coleridge CBE, Chairman of the Campaign for Wool.
And to highlight the importance of biodegradability, HRH The Prince of Wales buried a wool sweater (pictured, bottom) next to a synthetic lookalike in one of the Clarence House flowerbeds. Each person produces and average of 500kg of waste each year, 25kg of which are textiles. As waste going into landfill is not a sustainable solution, wool is becoming an ever more important material because it takes just one year to degrade compared to forty years for polyester and nylon.
Both sweaters will be dug up during Wool Week in October to demonstrate how much the wool version has decomposed compared to its acrylic alternative.
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