The product name says 'Alpaca Knit', but does the actual blend contain no alpaca at all?
The shopper assumed the garment was knitted with alpaca hair based on the product name, but while checking the detail page, they could not find alpaca in the material information and became puzzled.
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The actual outer material blend contains no alpaca fiber at all, and it is made by mixing wool and mohair on a base of nylon and acrylic.
Although the name is alpaca, there is no alpaca in the composition. The outer fabric of Low Tide's Deep V-Neck Alpaca Knit is knitted from 52% nylon, 26% acrylic, 12% wool, and 10% Mohair[1]. As for natural animal fibers, only two are used: wool from sheep and mohair from Angora goats[2].
Mohair is a natural fiber with thin, long fluff that rises to the outside, creating a soft nap on the surface. Alpaca also has long, light hair and features a fluffy texture rising on its surface. When making garments, the word alpaca is sometimes idiomatically attached even if there is no alpaca content, in order to collectively describe or evoke this distinctive appearance and texture where the hair surface fluffs up like pills.
hmmm, unless you check the actual composition label, it is easy to mistake it for a garment blended with alpaca hair, so it is necessary to check beforehand the original blend ratio as a mohair and wool blend knit.
The specific criteria or reason for putting the name alpaca in the product name have not yet been confirmed.
Product measurements
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DEEP V-NECK ALPACA KNIT [BLACK] - Low Tide
Measurements
| Part | OS |
|---|---|
| 총장 | 63cm |
| 어깨 | 39cm |
| 소매장 | 64cm |
| 암홀 | 18cm |
| 가슴 ◦ | 47cm |
| 밑단 ◦ | 36.5cm |
For rows marked with ◦, flat measurement or circumference could not be confirmed in official sources, so hmmm determined them using figures from the same item.