Hilfiger nod reflects Irish wool industry’s standing
TOMMY Hilfiger is a popular man in Donegal. He has included Donegal tweed-style yarn in his autumn/winter collection, as has the Gant label.
“Tweed is going to be the ‘in’ fabric for 2012,” said Chris Weiniger, who runs Donegal Yarns, which supplies other fashion brands such as Ralph Lauren, Polo and Paul Smith. Knitting has been trendy for a few years — the craze zipped around Hollywood to the point where even actor Russell Crowe was reputed to be knitting. Now that Irish tweed yarn is fashionable, Donegal Yarns is particularly busy and other working Irish woollen mills are also marketing internationally these days.
