Even among outerwear built to stand the test of time, few pieces rival the best wool coats. These are the ultimate cold-weather companions, offering warmth, sophistication, and endless styling ...

Merino wool is one of the most popular choices for a crewneck sweater. That’s because it’s softer and finer than regular wool, offers better breathability, wicks moisture effectively ...

New Zealand wool carpet companies are insisting that wool-eating insects and pests are not as common as people think. To the dismay of New Zealand’s struggling wool sector, consumers usually ...

Mineral wool and glass wool are fiber materials made from slag, rock, glass, and minerals that have been melted and spun into filaments. The fibers that comprise mineral wool, rock wool, slag wool, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Wool from animals such as sheep, alpacas, llamas, and goats from both Angora and Kashmir has been used for ...

The law bans Muslim veils such as the burka or niqab, but also places restrictions on the use of medical face masks and clown makeup. An estimated 150 women wear the full burka in Austria but ...

They too wore the blue burka, known as chadari in Afghanistan. The older of the two singing sisters, Mashal (also a pseudonym), compares the burka to "'a mobile cage". "It's like a graveyard where ...

In a country with nearly as many sheep as people, a D.I.Y. wool journey — from sheep farms to yarn shops — makes perfect sense. Our writer brushes up on her knitting on a driving trip from ...

GIRL #1:Doesn't wool come from sheep? CURIOUS CAT:Yeah, that's right. It all starts with sheep. CURIOUS CAT:'Look at all these sheep. A lot of the sheep have long woolly coats. 'These are called ...

The leader of Australia's far-right One Nation party has worn a burka on the floor of the nation's Senate. Pauline Hanson's entrance drew audible shock from other senators ahead of a bid by her ...

India has 29 states with at least 720 districts comprising of approximately 6 lakh villages, and over 8200 cities and towns. Indian postal department has allotted a unique postal code of pin code ...

As Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel calls for a burka ban in her country, we ask if the UK should follow suit. Journalist and broadcaster Lauren Booth, who converted to Islam in 2010 ...