Australian Merino wool in spotlight on catwalk at TAWFA
20 Mar '07
3 min read
Australian Merino wool was in the spotlight on the catwalk at the 26th annual Australian Wool Fashion Awards (TAWFA).
The awards were held on Saturday the 17th of March at New England Girls School (NEGS) equestrian centre, Armidale, New South Wales.
Proudly supported by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI), the aim of TAWFA is to encourage the use of Australian Merino wool by young designers, to help drive the development of Australian Merino to the Australian and international fashion world; including young designers and consumers through fashion awards, education and technical advice.
TAWFA have become a major wool industry event. Professional designers, semi-professionals, secondary school students through to tertiary fashion students utilise the many versatile wool and wool blend fabrics to create their entries.
Designers in this year's competition were provided with innovative fabrics developed by AWI including: • A woven Australian Merino wool and soy bean fibre blend that is fashionable, soft and lightweight. • A woven Australian Merino blended with sea shell extracts. The blend enhances the innate natural qualities of the two fibres and the result is a antibacterial, breathable, extra soft, transeasonal fabric that is suitable for every genre of apparel from suiting to fashionable apparel. • A new kind of wool poplin fabric created by Australian Wool Innovation, it is a natural easy care textile that was developed to provide designers with lightweight and easy-care properties.
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