From The Farm.
The world's best trend forecaster convened 50 people in Rome to talk about sheep. She was not wrong to.
Lidewij Edelkoort, the woman who has been right about nearly everything in textiles for four decades, recently gathered designers, farmers, and thinkers at a private estate in Rome for the World Wool Forum. Fifty seats. Sold out. The agenda: the future of wool, from pasture to product. When the most influential forecaster in fashion makes sheep the subject, you pay attention.
In the Netherlands, Reina Ovinge left fast fashion to found The Knitwit Stable, a regenerative farm producing traceable wool and mohair. In Portugal, Burel Factory rescued a 19th-century wool mill from insolvency, rehired the artisans who knew how to run it, and brought in designers to reinvent burel, a traditional shepherd's fabric, for interiors and contemporary clothing. One blanket. One sheep. Two weeks from shearing to finish.
Provenance is the new colorway.
"Turns out knowing exactly where your fiber comes from is the most luxurious thing about it."
Worth sharing with anyone who still thinks wool is just wool...… →
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