Mix Funk with Function, you innovate. Innovation would alsomean inclination, ideation, initiation and finally implementation. And whatcould be a better example than mixing the most versatile fabric and fiber,knits and wool.


Wool and Sports, do they combine?


WOOL, always seems warm, cozy, protects, bulky, rough, irritable.


Active Sports are sweaty, hot.


So would you like to be clad in woollen clothes wheninvolved in active sports? NO?


Well think again, as wool has reached that peak of comfortabilitythat sportsmen can indulge in the luxuries of it. Todays top athletes mustseize every advantage if they are to perform at their best.


Sportwool, a technology that provides garments with unique vapormanagement and wicking properties. The removal of vapor from the micro-climatebetween the skin and fabric reduces the formation of liquid sweat leaving youdrier and comfortable. Sportwools unique natural thermal regulation and vapormanagement properties cools you down when it's hot and keep you warm in extremecold. So whether you're skiing on a winter morning or cycling in the heat ofsummer, Sportwool is the natural choice to perform to the maximum.

 


Vapor management making the wearer feel cooler quicker and greatly reducingthe tendency of vapor to condense into liquid sweat. Keeps you coolerwhen exercising. Moves sweat away from the skin to the outer part of thefabric, leaving the inside dry. A natural micro climate system that can reducepost exercise chill which allows sport and active wear garments to breathnaturally.


The characteristics of this techno fabric are as follows:

  • Permanent and natural non-odor.
  • Drier-to-the-touch garments that feels less 'clammy' to the skin during activity.
  • Natural elasticity.
  • Natural UV protection.

 

The Sportwool performance concept effectively air-conditions an athletes body, before, during and after exercise. It is changing the sportswear and outerwear industrys approach to fiber and fabric technology and is re-introducing wool to professional sports and outdoor clothing systems.


Wool is naturally hydrophobic; although it hates water it is capable of buffering and transportation of up to 30% of its mass in vapor. A molecular view of a wool fiber reveals that around its central strand (or protein backbone) there exist Lysine and Aspartic side chains. The Lysine side chain contains the molecular group NH2 in which the Hydrogen atoms have a net positive charge relative to the Nitrogen. The Oxygen atoms of a water vapor molecule (H20) on the other hand have a net negative charge relative to the Hydrogen atom. As a result, the net negative charge on the Oxygen atom of the water vapor molecule is attracted to a net positive charge on the Hydrogen atoms in the NH2 group. This Hydrogen/Oxygen attraction process has the effect of allowing wool fiber to move water vapor through themselves and release it into the outside environment. There, if wool fibres are next to the skin, unlike most fabrics, wool actually speeds up the heat transfer process.


Resulting in muscles which will be cooler and able to work at higher levels without having adverse affects on the bodys finely tuned temperature requirements. No other fibre benefits from wools complex structure and the electrically charged side chains. Accordingly, wools vapour processing abilities and considerable cooling benefits are unique in clothing.


About the Author:


The author is Assistant Professor of Textile Design Department in Pearl Academy of Fashion, New Delhi.



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