INSTYLE Sources Etho-Wool For LIFE Textiles Collection
August 8, 2008
NORWICH, Connecticut - INSTYLE, a leading Australasian contract textile supplier, has just signed the first ethical environmental wool supply agreement in Australia. It will soon produce a wool from a breed of Merino sheep that don't require mulesing, a skin-removing procedure.
Former CSIRO scientist, Dr. Jim Watts, has developed the Merino breed to have softer, more flexible skin that has less wrinkles and folds. This ensures that the sheep do not need to be skinned like the traditional, more-wrinkled Merino breeds. This will be the first solution to avoiding the PETA-led boycott on such practices.
While there has been less pressure on textile manufacturers for the furnishing industry to stop use of mulesed wool than on apparel suppliers, officials at INSTYLE endore the cessation of mulesing.
''We are confident of the support of the professional design industry and consumers alike,'' said Michael Fitzsimons, managing director at INSTYLE. ''Holistic farming strategies such as rotational stock movements, integrated pest management, enhancing ecosystems, improving soil health and biodiversity, increasing natural groundcover and optimizing water cycles all lead to healthier, happier animals, improved environment and farmland and more profitable operations in the long-term.''
INSTYLE will source EthoEco wool for its sustainable LIFE Textiles collection.
In other news, ICF Unika Vave has been named the U.S. sales agent for INSTYLE. Michale Fitzsimons is the managing director and owner.
Former CSIRO scientist, Dr. Jim Watts, has developed the Merino breed to have softer, more flexible skin that has less wrinkles and folds. This ensures that the sheep do not need to be skinned like the traditional, more-wrinkled Merino breeds. This will be the first solution to avoiding the PETA-led boycott on such practices.
While there has been less pressure on textile manufacturers for the furnishing industry to stop use of mulesed wool than on apparel suppliers, officials at INSTYLE endore the cessation of mulesing.
''We are confident of the support of the professional design industry and consumers alike,'' said Michael Fitzsimons, managing director at INSTYLE. ''Holistic farming strategies such as rotational stock movements, integrated pest management, enhancing ecosystems, improving soil health and biodiversity, increasing natural groundcover and optimizing water cycles all lead to healthier, happier animals, improved environment and farmland and more profitable operations in the long-term.''
INSTYLE will source EthoEco wool for its sustainable LIFE Textiles collection.
In other news, ICF Unika Vave has been named the U.S. sales agent for INSTYLE. Michale Fitzsimons is the managing director and owner.
