Is the 'summer wool' mentioned in summer clothing descriptions really wool?
When choosing clothes to wear in hot weather and encountering the word wool in the material section, you hesitate, wondering if you might have chosen warm clothes by mistake.
Yes, it is actually wool — Volume Skirt Pants in Charcoal is made by blending summer wool and linen half-and-half.
Wool has a strong impression of being a winter material, but summer wool is the name for fabrics made so that wool can be worn in hot seasons. Generally, wool woven loosely using fine threads so that air can pass through is called this, and because sheep's wool itself has the property of absorbing and releasing moisture, it is also used as a summer fabric if woven thinly.
MOONDAL's Volume Skirt Pants in Charcoal is made of a fabric that blends half Summer Wool and half Linen[1]. While linen is cool and releases moisture quickly, creases remain for a long time when you sit down and stand up, whereas wool has elasticity in its fibers, so even if it wrinkles, they smooth out to some extent when hung up. In a half-and-half blend, these properties of the two threads appear together.
Arles Shirring Sleeveless in Black is also made of a summer wool blend that is easy to care for with little wrinkling[2]. However, summer fabrics blended with wool are often recommended for dry cleaning rather than water washing, and because they can shrink or the surface can pill if soaked in water, it is better to check the care label before washing.
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