Wearing winter fur from yaks that live in high altitudes
It is extremely comfortable to wear and wraps you in gentle warmth.
While using natural materials in outdoor wear, we discovered that yak has a wonderful quality that is different from sheep's wool.
Yak natural hair is highly rare and is not mass-produced like sheep's wool.
From among these, STATIC chose the one from Tibet.
Yak hair, which lives in more mountainous areas, should match our outdoor tendencies.
This intuitive encounter resulted in a lightweight, functional product.
Unlike sheep, which have undergone much breeding since the Industrial Revolution, yaks are primitive bovine animals that originated in Tibet.
Yaks live in alpine grasslands at altitudes of 3,000 to 6,000 meters in places like Tibet and Nepal all year round, and are active below the snow line in winter. Yaks are said to be a species with excellent cold resistance. In order to survive the long winter, they grow downy hair as winter approaches and shed it in spring.
Nomads collect these, wash them, and turn them into high-quality raw materials. Recently, they are carefully combed by hand, just like cashmere. This method is ethical because, unlike sheep, it does not require shearing the entire body of the sheep, and there is no need for mulesing.
Yak down can be harvested every year, but only about 100g to 300g can be obtained from one adult yak. Compared to sheep's wool, which weighs about 4kg, this is a very rare type of hair. The Tibetan yak hair used by STATIC is harvested at a rate of about 100g from each yak. The amount harvested is limited so as not to over-harvest and to avoid stressing the yak.
*Mulesing is the practice of removing the skin and flesh from a lamb's genitals to prevent maggot infestation.
Product Features
PRODUCT FEATURE
- Yak hair is very fine, with a diameter of less than 20 microns and a length of about 3.5 to 4.5 cm. Compared to sheep's wool, it does not have the scales on the surface of the hair that cause shrinkage, so it does not generally require shrink-proofing.
- 30% more heat retaining than wool, almost the same as cashmere
- It is 30% more breathable than cashmere and does not get stuffy.
- Very soft and gentle to the touch
- High elasticity and wrinkle resistance
Product Specifications
PRODUCT SPEC
Care instructions and precautions
PRODUCT CARE
Please enjoy your knitwear by following the correct care instructions to ensure it will last a long time.
- Dry cleaning is recommended.
- Wearing it for long periods of time may cause it to lose its shape, so please let it rest after wearing it for a day.
- After wearing, use a soft brush to remove any dust or dirt from the surface, align the fur, and dry in the shade in a well-ventilated area. (Hanging for a long time may cause the shape to change, so please dry flat as much as possible.)
- During the off-season, fill it with insect repellent and store it folded in a well-ventilated place.
- If the thread gets caught and comes loose, do not cut it but use a thin stick to push the thread back inside the product (we recommend using a repair needle).
- It's fine to wear it with normal clothes, but please be careful when wearing it with something with thick, stiff fibers, such as a blanket, as the fibers may get tangled and pull against each other, which may cause the yak fibers to come off.
- In the off-season, store it folded in a well-ventilated place with insect repellent.
Environmental friendliness
SUSTAINABILITY
- Undyed Mocha is not dyed, but rather uses the natural color of yak hair. This has many benefits, such as no CO2 emissions during dyeing, no chemical dyes, and no water.
- Non-mulesing: Since the wool used is naturally shed, there is no need to mulege like with sheep, making it gentler on the animals.
- We use eco-friendly labels as well.
- Washing tag: 100% cotton lawn
- Brand tag: 100% recycled polyester
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