Wool might be the most ubiquitous of materials, and a dependable medium for use in any Autumn/Winter collection, but as a practicing designer–how well do you understand wool as a natural fibre, where it comes from and the mosaic history of its production? Following NJAL’s appointment as a Nominating Body for the International Woolmark Prize, it’s time to highlight the versatility and modernity of Merino wool. It's time to snuggle up with a material that has long been out of vogue. After years of decline, Wool has once again become synonymous with the high fashion circuit and its certainly found favour with the industry’s top design houses and fashion's emerging set alike. It comes after nearly forty long years of being destroyed by the trend for synthetic fibres.