Last week a knitwear collection by celebrity designer Michael Schmidt, "I Wool Survive", debuted in NYC. It featured pieces made with fiber from the world's first flock of gay sheep from a farm in Germany, overseen by Michael Stcke. Stcke, an openly gay man, rescues gay rams, male sexually-oriented sheep, that his company Rainbow Wool claims are often slaughtered because they don't procreate. Scientists estimate that as many as 8% of rams are sexually oriented toward other males...The un bahhhhlievable pieces, inspired by fantasy and fetish including knit leather daddy, slutty Adam from Genesis, Knight, and a woven Greco-Roman figure will be auctioned to benefit LGBTQ+ causes at a later date.
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