Characteristics of wool fabric

Wool clothes are expensive, but they are comfortable and warm. What makes this fabric so expensive is unique?

Personally, I think the landlord should be talking about cashmere, because cashmere can be called "soft gold" in the fabric industry, which is extremely light (generally less than a catty, and the weight is 1/5 of wool), extremely warm (the thermal insulation effect is 1.5-3 times that of wool) and extremely soft (soft and waxy, as if wrapped in a cloud). ?

In fact, although there is only one word difference between "cashmere" and "wool", there are essential differences. Cashmere is expensive for a reason! Today, I'll tell you some reasons why cashmere is expensive:

First, the top fiber

Cashmere is the top natural fiber, which has fiber characteristics that can't be replaced by any other fiber. Cashmere is a kind of thin and curved fiber, which contains a lot of air and forms an air layer. It can prevent the invasion of cold air from the outside and keep the body temperature from dropping. Cashmere is much finer than wool, and the outer scales are also finer and smoother than wool. Therefore, it has light weight, high flexibility and good toughness. As a top fabric, cashmere is precious.

Second, the output is small and extremely rare.

Cashmere production is scarce, accounting for only 0.2% of the total animal fiber production in the world. The global wool output exceeds1100,000 tons, while cashmere is only about 20,000 tons. Cashmere is calculated in grams when it is traded in the market.

If all the cashmere produced in the world every year is used to make cashmere sweaters, then every 5000 people in the world can share 1 piece. If all the sheep wool produced in the world every year is made into sweaters, then everyone in the world can have two.

Inner Mongolia is the main cashmere producing area in the world, accounting for about 70% of the total output. Every early spring, cashmere is ordered by various high-end clothing brands, so the price of cashmere is also expensive because of scarcity.

Third, collection is difficult and labor costs are high. Cashmere and wool are collected in completely different ways. Wool is coarse wool, which is cut directly from sheep; Cashmere is a thin layer of fluff covered by goat epidermis, which needs experienced herders to comb it down bit by bit. The collection cost is several times higher than wool, which also increases the cost.

Fourth, the process is complex and the cost is high.

Cashmere needs more careful protection in the textile process. Not only high-end knitting machine production, waxing, washing and ironing, but also professional cashmere waxing, emulsion and ironing equipment are needed. At the same time, in the face of such luxurious and exquisite fabrics as cashmere, the design also needs more professional and experienced designers to complete. Typesetting and production workers also need professional masters. Therefore, the whole design and production process is several times more expensive than other fabrics.

For the above reasons, cashmere is expensive. It is precisely because of its natural characteristics that its output is scarce and its technology is complex.

Although the price of cashmere is high, the consumption of cashmere products has shown an obvious upward trend in recent two years. Driven by consumption upgrading, more and more people's consumption concepts have also changed. People begin to pay attention to high-quality clothing, and tend to choose natural fibers in fabric, taking health and comfort as the standard.