Mohair

Both durable and resilient, mohair is lustrous with high sheen,[1] and is often blended to add these qualities to a textile.

It feels warm in winter due to excellent insulating properties, while moisture-wicking keeps it cool in summer.

It is considered a luxury fiber, like cashmere, alpaca, angora, and silk, and is more expensive than most sheep's wool.

Due to animal cruelty in the South African farms, Zara, H&M, Gap, Topshop, Lacoste, and many more[4] will no longer sell mohair clothing.

[1] The word "mohair" was adopted into English sometime before 1570 from the Arabic: mukhayyar,[7] a type of haircloth, literally "choice", from khayyara, "he chose".

[8] Similar suits were worn by mod revivalists, skinheads, and fans of ska punk and two tone music during the early to mid-1980s.

Because the goats are sheared once a year (different from South Africa), Turkey produces the longest mohair of the world.

Mohair is used in scarves, winter hats, suits, sweaters, coats, socks and home furnishing.

Due to mohair's lacking prominent, protruding scales along the hair's surface, it is often blended with wool or alpaca.

Blending the heavily scaled wool helps the smooth mohair fibers hold their shape and stick together when spun into yarn.

South African mohair is generally exported raw or semi-processed to textile makers in Europe, the UK and the Far East.

[16] As of 2002, mohair producers were still able to receive special assistance loans from the U.S. government, after an amendment to eliminate the subsidy was defeated.

In the Song "The Boy from New York City," first recorded by The Ad Libs, and made popular by The Manhattan Transfer, the lines "And he's cute In his mohair suit" appear.

In the Seinfeld episode "The Sniffing Accountant", Jerry's mohair sweater figures prominently into the plot.