Overview
- Celebrity designer Michael Schmidt unveiled a 36-piece collection on Nov. 13 at Manhattan’s Altman Building under a Grindr partnership.
- The wool originated at Rainbow Wool in Löhne, Germany, where farmer Michael Stücke rescues male‑oriented rams described as non‑procreative.
- Organizers say the garments will be auctioned at a later date to raise money for LGBTQ+ causes and the rescue operation.
- The supply chain spanned continents: wool scoured on the German farm, yarn spun in Spain, and fabrication completed in Los Angeles with Suss Knits using roughly 700 pounds of material.
- Rainbow Wool cites research estimating up to 8% of rams prefer males, and Stücke and Grindr describe the project as affirming that same‑sex behavior occurs in nature.