Editions spéciales
SCABAl développe ses tissus exclusifs par le biais d’une sélection rigoureuse des fibres les plus rares et luxueuses, comme par exemple, les fragments d’or et de diamants, le Super 250’s ou encore la Vicuña. Ces tissus de qualité exceptionnelle sont en édition limitée, pendant l’intersaison.
Pure Worsted Vicuna
Every season again, cloth manufacturer Scabal proves why it has earned its reputation of trendsetter in the luxury cloth segment. This summer, the manufacturer has once again pushed back the boundaries with the "Worsted Vicuña for Suitings” collection, a line of vicuña suit cloth. In so doing, Scabal raises the technical bar again as it is the first cloth manufacturer to succeed in weaving qualitative cloth using extremely delicate vicuña. The weaving process took several
years to perfect.
Vicuña is one of the softest and finest types of wool worldwide. The wool is produced by the vicuña, a small camelid, which lives in the Andes. Vicuñas are related to the lama and the alpaca. This slender animal only produces a small quantity of wool, approx. 500 grams a year, thus contributing to its rare and precious nature. Vicuña wool has been in considerable demand since the Inca era. The Incas held the animal in high esteem. According to them, the vicuña was a reincarnation of a pretty young virgin, who was offered a golden cloak in exchange for her hand in marriage to an ugly old king. That is why
the Incas never killed vicuñas, unless at the king’s specific request. The Spanish conquistadores immediately expressed great interest in this most precious wool and started hunting the vicuña. As a result, the animal was almost extinct by 1825. Since then, it has been protected by law. Vicuña fibre is hollow within, which explains its high insulating capacity. It is the finest wool fibre worldwide. The wool is left in its natural colour, as it is highly sensitive to chemical treatments.
Due to the fine nature of the wool, it was technically quasi impossible to incorporate it into a suit cloth. Scabal has managed to bring this challenge to a successful end. The combed vicuña wool fibres are sorted lengthwise before they can be spun. The longer the fibres, the more interesting they are for the weaving process. Long-fibred vicuña wool is found in Peru and is quite rare. It is this wool, which is used to spin the Worsted Vicuña for Suitings. The new collection comes in a series of classic motifs, which contribute to making the exceptional luxury of this fabric even more discrete. You will only experience its true luxury, when you put on a Vicuña suit. Its lightness and softness are unparalleled.
