# Any Designer Who'd Pay $3/4 Million For A Bale of Wool Deserved To Get Fleeced **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 3, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-designer-whod-pay-3-4-million-for-a-bale-of-wool-deserved-to-get-fleeced/232343 "2004-03-03T17:23:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-designer-whod-pay-3-4-million-for-a-bale-of-wool-deserved-to-get-fleeced/232343/1 "2004-03-03T17:23:24Z")
[Dateline: SYDNEY 3/3/04 (Reuters)](http://www.reuters.com/locales/newsArticle.jsp?type=entertainmentNews&locale=en_IN&storyID=4484812) > [@](#): > > Two Australian sheep farmers have produced the world’s finest wool, a mere 11.9 microns thick or about one-fifth the diameter of human hair, with a bale of the super fine wool now under armed guard inside a bank vault. The bale of wool is valued at more than A$1 million ($752,000) and when sold in coming weeks is probably destined for a fashion house in Paris, Milan, New York or Tokyo. I’m no Versace – (Which I guess is a good thing cuz he’s dead and she’s a spoiled botox addict) – But how could anyone consider a million Aussie $ for a bale of wool a reasonable price? I’m working on the assumption a bale of wool is close in quantity to a bale of cotton – which means we’re talking about approximately 500 pounds or 225 kilograms. If that’s the case, what we have here is some damn pricey wool: $1,500 / Lb US, or $4,450 / Kg Australian Damn! I got a few sweaters that have gotta weigh 2# each – I couldn’t imagine the retail price of any garment that has $3,000 worth of raw material put into it. Though I’d consider any fashion designer who’d even consider paying such a high price for something that grows abundantly on a sheep a little loony, the real fool has got to be the end user who will have to cart in a wheelbarrow full of gold bricks just to buy their winter wardrobe. This super fine wool is allegedly so valuable it’s under armed guard. I guess [Sam the Sheepdog](http://www.it.ca/spot/images/SamSheepdog.jpg) couldn’t be trusted to watch over such a luxurious commodity. Bim & Richard Goodrich, the 2 Aussie farmers that _produced_ the wool – (I don’t know, I tend to give more credit to the sheep themselves) - house their prized flock in lavish digs they call the Wooldorf Astoria. The pun possibilities here are limitless. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-designer-whod-pay-3-4-million-for-a-bale-of-wool-deserved-to-get-fleeced/232343/2 "2004-03-03T17:40:06Z")
The last stupidly expensive wool sold in Australia went to a tailor in Japan who made hundreds of suits from it that sold for tens of thousands of dollars, so he made far more than the farmer who grew the fleece. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-designer-whod-pay-3-4-million-for-a-bale-of-wool-deserved-to-get-fleeced/232343/3 "2004-03-03T18:30:27Z")
Whats that old saying? Something like, “Fools know the cost of everything and the value of nothing” ? ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-designer-whod-pay-3-4-million-for-a-bale-of-wool-deserved-to-get-fleeced/232343/4 "2004-03-03T18:33:59Z")
dare I say it? Anyone that pays this sort of dough deserves to get fleeced. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-designer-whod-pay-3-4-million-for-a-bale-of-wool-deserved-to-get-fleeced/232343/5 "2004-03-04T03:23:01Z")
$1 million? _Baa_rgain. **gotpasswords** started it! ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-designer-whod-pay-3-4-million-for-a-bale-of-wool-deserved-to-get-fleeced/232343/6 "2004-03-04T12:17:32Z")
Is this thread going to turn into a baaaaaaad pun thread? Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-designer-whod-pay-3-4-million-for-a-bale-of-wool-deserved-to-get-fleeced/232343/7 "2004-03-04T12:21:03Z")
And for his 1,000th post … (TaDa) … 🙂 Any more puns running pasture ears would be shear torture, I can assure ewe. 🆒