boiled wool

It was not what I expected among the autumnally crimson leaves and the boiled wool of the parents' weekend scene.

It is boiled wool, woven with nylon.

And four pairs of Giesswein boiled wool house slippers.

He was dressed in a dark green boiled wool coat over creaseless corduroy trousers.

She pointed to a handsome compromise in boiled wool, a pale gray sweater trimmed with silver paillettes.

If you have ever accidentally shrunk a wool sweater in hot water you are witness to the process of boiled wool.

Over the newel post of the rail serving those stairs was draped a gentleman's overcoat of boiled wool.

Whether made from shearling, down or old-fashioned boiled wool, the most popular models keep in the heat without compromising fit or fashion.

Boiled wool is a special type of fabric primarily used in berets, scarves, vests, cardigans, coats and jackets.

The collection featured fabrics including boiled wool,shearling,leather, silk,and chiffon.

Now she merely took off her boiled wool mittens and dabbled her fingers in the water, pretending there were fishes in the fountain.

Wool felt and felted wool are similar to boiled wool, all of these processes date back to at least the Middle Ages.

Inspired by the old woolen blankets left under the bridge by people who sleep there, Manolo boiled wool for one-sleeve shirts.

Their closets back home are filled with camel's hair, boiled wool, silk knits and cashmere blends: fabrics that buffer against the harsh Minnesota elements.

Three-button jackets are most popular in textural weaves, including moleskins, flannels, boiled wools and boucles.

The knitted flower skirt, bottom row, from Azzedine Alaïa, is boiled wool and chenille.

Black boiled wool skirts have squares or narrow channels of black lace that allow glinting flashes of a white cotton petticoat.

The body (i.e., torso) is usually of boiled wool and the sleeves of leather with banded wrists and waistband.

Fabrics were mainly cashmere, boiled wool or felted wool in white, black or neutral grays and shades of brown from beige to chocolate.

Edges are unhemmed and ragged and for decoration the fabric, often boiled wool, is tightly rolled to form extensions the size of salamis or baguettes.

The Berin, a spare but comfortable love seat four feet long by Tyler Hays, has a mesquite-wood frame and boiled wool upholstery.

Boiled wool mules by Amy Jo Gladstone ($78 at Garnet Hill) merge into one fleecy sheep.

On the way he managed to buy a pair of Zeiss binoculars for bird-watching as well as some Tyrolean-style clothing, all loden-green and gray boiled wool.

A gray tweed military-style coat by Moschino is made of boiled wool and provides no-nonsense coverage from chin to shin ($1,520 at Saks Fifth Avenue).

Junya Watanabe, a protege of Rei Kawakubo, presented his second collection of boiled wool and boiled mohair dresses in beautiful combinations of plaids.