UNIQLO Announces That The 2000 Stores In The World Will Abandon The Fabric Before 2020.

After more than 60 fashion brands such as H&M and ZARA, UNIQLO has become another brand that stops using mohair.

PETA field investigation of the first Mohair industry of PETA revealed that the workers had brutally abused and killed goats, which caused a great sensation in the fashion industry.

South Africa, the world's largest Ma Haimao (Angola cashmere) producing area, provides more than 50% of the raw materials for the global Ma Haimao market. Recently, the PETA PETA released a field survey of the Ma Haimao industry in South Africa, exposing the extremely brutal situation hidden behind the Ma Haimao industry. In response to the video exposure of PETA to the industry, more than 100 large global retailers announced the ban on Ma Haimao. Before that, the fast selling brand UNIQLO, a popular favorite among young people, joined the team. The company, which occupies 19 markets in the world and has 2000 stores, will no longer buy products containing such cruelty.

In the PETA video, the first Angola goat cub was screaming in fear. The remuneration of shearing workers is calculated according to quantity rather than by time, prompting them to work hastily and hastily, causing bleeding wounds to the goats, and do not apply any pain relief measures to them when they are sewn up.

A goat who has been regarded as an unprofitable goat will suffer from extreme pain: a worker slowly cut their throat with a blunt knife when they were completely conscious, broke their necks, and finally cut off their heads; the other goats were dragged to the slaughterhouse, where they were struck by electric shocks, tied by one leg, hung upside down, and their necks were cut open blood.

"Every mohair sweater and scarf is a metaphor for the fear, blood and crying of meek goats," said Jason Beck, vice president of PETA international project. "PETA appreciates and respects UNIQLO and other brands. They have made a sympathetic decision to abandon mohair and appeal to other brands to join them."

According to PETA's principle, "animals are not for us to wear." we have now asked South African law enforcement agencies to investigate and charge suspected violations of the animal protection act of 1962. The investigation is under way.

UNIQLO will completely abandon Mohair products before 2020, becoming one of the brands that have responded to the PETA investigation after Esprit, Gap, H&M, Mango, Next, Topshop, and Zara and many others. At present, PETA is appealing to Fukushima Kiko to join in.

Extended reading: what kind of fabric is Ma Haimao?

Ma Haimao (English Mohair) refers to the fur of Angola goats, also known as Angola goat hair. The term "Ma Hai" comes from Arabic, meaning "silk like woolen fabric", and later became a special name for Angola goat hair.

Angola goat

Ma Haimao is a typical goat hair with a strong lustre. Because Angola goats can only grow in hilly shrubs, and the wool produced before the age of eight can reach the textile standard, Ma Haimao still belongs to high-grade textile raw materials, and the world's annual output is only about 26000 tons. South Africa is the largest and best producer of mohair in the world. It has the only Angola goat breeding base in the world.

The simplest conclusion: Ma Haimao is second only to "fiber jewel" cashmere, a valuable textile raw material. And domestic production is low, basically by imported raw materials, the corresponding cost will be higher.

Different from other fabrics, the beautiful natural luster of mohair makes the color and texture of Ma Haimao fabric more vibrant.

Ma Haimao can provide you with multiple feelings: sports and comfortable, warm and soft, tenacity and lightness, the characteristics of the four seasons are beyond compare.

Ma Haimao's characteristics

Ma Haimao's appearance is similar to that of sheep's hair. Ma Haimao's length is 120 to 150mm, and its diameter is 10~90 m (the fineness is about 25 microns, and its length is about 100-200 millimeters). The scales are broad and close to the stem and seldom overlap, so the fiber surface is smooth.

Ma Haimao has natural sparkling luster and silky luster, which is not easy to shrink and difficult to shrink. High strength, good resilience and abrasion resistance, dust removal and antifouling. It is not easy to pilling, easy to clean and wash.

Ma Haimao's cortical layer is almost composed of positive cortical cells, so the fibers are rarely bent, and are more sensitive to some chemicals than ordinary wool, and have better dyeing properties. Ma Haimao has good affinity for dyes and brightly finished products.

Ma Haimao is a raw material of high-grade wool products. It is mainly used for some high gloss woolen fabrics and knitted wool fabrics such as plush, woolen coat, jacquard blanket, etc. The fabric is fluffy, noble, lively and rough, and its style is changeable.

Such a style, of course, there will be "imitation Mohair" appeared on the tag. In fact, it is 100% acrylic yarn.

Real horse hair is long, rough, glossy, high intensity, elastic, fluffy and comfortable, and has the smell of burning hair when ignited.

Fake Ma Hai line is more common in the market and larger in sales. It is actually a long wool acrylic line made of special chemical fibers. It is characterized by uneven yarn evenness, though the surface is distributed with long fluff, but the fluff is small and curved, easy to fall down, easy to stick and easy to pilling after use, with poor luster, hard handle and easy deformation and aliasing. Because of chemical fiber, there are smelly odors when ignited.