FLEECE PATROL
With the power to salve the soul and sell stock, sustainability
is luxury’s new holy grail. As we investigate in two special reports,
it begins with the pioneers rethinking the production of raw
materials, whether that means being able to trace one’s organic knit
back to a happy Patagonian sheep or (see page 126) delighting
in denim naturally dyed with Tennessee-grown indigo
PHOTOGRAPHY: GEORDIE WOOD WRITER: LAURA HAWKINS
PART I:
SUSTAINABLE WOOL
— Material world —
Intelligence