Textile technology

Soft approach to Merino wool

One of the world’s largest woollen spinners, Novetex, has launched a new product range of soft and luxurious lambswool yarns.

Code: TT017 Published: November 2005 

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Working with designers: Akira Isogawa

AWI joined forces with celebrated Australian fashion designer Akira Isogawa to take a new feather-weight wool fabric to Paris fashion week in March 2005 and Mercedes Australian Fashion Week in Sydney in May 2005.

Code: TT010 Published: October 2005 

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Working with designers: Josh Goot

Leading designer Josh Goot worked with AWI for the launch of his first Merino wool jersey collection at Mercedes Australian Fashion week in October 2005.

Code: TT011 Published: October 2005 

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Working with designers: woolliwoolli

With the help of AWI, successful designer Josephine Nathan participated in Hong Kong's fashion week and the World Fashion Boutique in 2005.

Code: TT012 Published: October 2005 

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Working with designers: Jayson Brunsdon

Working with leading designers such as Jayson Brunsdon is important to get innovative wool fabrics into the market and showcase the best qualities of Australian Merino wool to the world.

Code: TT013 Published: October 2005 

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‘Super soft’ Merino wool knitwear

All of Kookaï’s Australian stores offered next-to-skin knitwear garments made from the new yarn and the range all but sold out within four weeks.

Code: TT014 Published: October 2005 

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Machine washable wool blend suits

An AWI partnership with the Heilan Group, one China's biggest menswear retailers and manufacturers, will introduce new machine washable wool-blend suits to the large China market.

Code: TT015 Published: October 2005 

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Lightweight machine washable fabric

Innovative and lightweight, machine washable pure wool business shirts will be on retail shelves in China next year as art of an AWI project with major Chinese menswear manufacturer Nanshan.

Code: TT016 Published: October 2005 

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Merino knitwear push into US market

Insight fact sheet
Summary about a three-year project involving AWI and The Woolmark Company to get more Americans wearing Australian Merino knitwear through the adoption of Total Easycare in the supply chain.

Code: TT003 Published: November 2004

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2003 Non-Wool Contamination Survey

Report providing a comprehensive update on the status of non-wool contamination in the Australian wool supply chain. Twenty mills on 28 sites participated in the six-month survey.

Code: TT009 Published: October 2003

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Doing Business with AWI - Textiles (October 2005)

Brochure (PDF 129Kb)

FutureFleece CD-Rom (2005)

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Industry Survey for the AWI Wool Textile and Apparel Portal

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