Wool School 2013 - woollen jumper design competition - video

I'm a great lover of woolly jumpers, so here's some good news.

The Campaign for Wool, of which His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales is a patron, has announced the return of WOOL SCHOOL for 2013. Margaret Howell, Topman, Christopher Raeburn, Folk, Barbour, Brora and Albam will work with fashion, textiles and design students across the country competing to design wool sweaters to be sold in stores nationwide in the Autumn to celebrate Wool Week 2013.

Designs for the Wool School competition 2013

The campaign received over 100 entries from each of the 12 collaborating universities with the retail outlets joining forces to select their winner. For the second year running the project sees students introduced to a retail partner and given the opportunity to design a wool jumper for their company keeping this year’s theme ‘knitwear traditions of the British Isles’ front of mind along with the retailer's brand identity. One student per retailer has been selected and their jumper design will be developed, manufactured and will be available in stores to coincide with UK Wool Week: 14th-20th October. 

The companies involved are largely menswear retailers, so we can expect some exciting designs to go on sale later this year.