Comfort and photostability of wool

This special issue of the journal focuses on recent research in comfort attributes of wool fabrics and photostability of wool fibres. Australian fine wool is a luxury animal fibre, used primarily for fine apparel products. Despite this, the stigma of prickle and photoyellowing is often on consumers’ minds when purchasing a wool garment, particularly for next-toskin knitwear. In the past five years, the Cooperative Research Centre for Sheep Industry Innovation (Sheep CRC) has supported research to address these two significant industry-wide issues. Key outcomes from this research effort are reported in the papers collected in this special issue.