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Camel hair
A fibre that nature gives of its own accord.
The inner down of the Bactrian camel — the two-humped camel (Camelus bactrianus). Gathered once a year, at the natural spring moult, and woven undyed.
PURE CAMEL HAIR 100% · 520 g/m² · BG-03
01 - THE CLOTH
The technical sheet — as it leaves the mill, before the first stitch.
CLOTH WEIGHT
640
g/m²
A coat weight. A touch denser than cashmere — the hollow camel fibre traps air. Undyed, unblended.
FIBREFIBRE
Camel hair
Only the inner down of the Bactrian — the coarse guard hair is sorted out and discarded.
FIBRE ORIGIN
Mongolia, Central Asia
Camelus bactrianus. Gathered at its natural late-spring moult.
CLOTH ORIGIN
Italian Piedmont
Asti · Biella wool district.
COMPOSITION
Camel hair 100%
100% pure camel fibre.
WEIGHT
520 g/m²
A coat weight. More body than cashmere; resists wind.
FINENESS
Between 17 and 22 microns
Mean diameter. Yearlings from the first shearing come down to 16 microns.
COLOUR
BG - 03
Young adult. First moult.
DYE
None
The palette comes from the animal. Seven natural shades, never near a bath.
02 — THE UNDYED CARD
The palette is the animal.
Camel hair is never dyed. The card comes straight from the fleece — from the yearling's first shearing to the cacao of the mature adult.
BG - 01
Yearling · first shearing
Juvenile Bactrian fleece.
BG-02
Pale dun
Central Mongolia, light shearing.
BG - 03
Pale camel
Young adult, first moult.
BG - 04
Camel
Mid adult, mixed fleece.
BG - 05
Tobacco
Adult Bactrian, dorsal.
BG - 06
Hazel
Highland adult.
BG - 07
Cacao — adult
Mature fleece, deep coat.
03 — ABOUT THIS FIBRE
Camel hair is the down that grows beneath the outer coat of the Bactrian camel, gathered once a year as the animal sheds naturally at the end of spring. From the fleece we keep only the inner layer — the coarse guard hair, dry and bristled, is sorted out and discarded. What remains is finer than eighteen microns, longer than thirty millimetres, and warm enough to cut a coat with or without lining.
It is one of the most complete fibres in nature. Its hollow structure gives it exceptional thermal capacity: it insulates against winter cold and regulates temperature in transitional months, settling to the body with precision.
It is hypoallergenic, kind to sensitive skin, and notably abrasion-resistant. It is not dyed: the colour you see is the camel that gave it. The range moves between pale beige and cacao — a palette that needs no intervention because it is already exact.
— Atelier notes · Extremadura, Spain
04- CUT AND PATTERNED IN THIS CLOTH
The pieces.
CAMEL HAIR COATS — limited run · no seasons
05 — ROLLS OF CAMEL HAIR IN THE ATELIER
Four things a camel coat does.
It carries lightly to the hand — the property you'll notice in the first season of wear.
PURE CAMEL HAIR 100% · 520 g/m² · BG-03
Nº 01
Warmth
Camel fibre is hollow. At equal weight, it
warms more than sheep's
wool and almost as much as cashmere.
Nº 02
Drape
More body than cashmere.
It holds the lapel open, carries the
shoulder, and does not give to the wind.
Nº 03
Hand
A dry softness, lightly fibrous,
that opens with care and
settles with each season.
Nº 04
Undyed
The colour comes from the fleece.
No bath to fade — the years only deepen it.