Why not wear wool in the rain?

It retains heat better than almost anything else when wet, and as long as you don't put it in the dryer, it shouldn't shrink.....
There's a reason that armies for years made uniforms out of wool. It is very durable in all sorts of weather. Trust me, after doing over a decade of living history and reenactments in the Civil War, War of 1812, Mexican War, Spanish-American War, etc., I have discovered how versitle wool is in the outdoors! :mrgreen:

Bubba is correct, however, and reenactors tend to smell like a whole flock after a downpour! There are even stories from the CW where Missouri Confederate soldiers, who at one point wore uniforms of un-dyed white wool, were "bleated" at by fellow Confederates when they marched by because of their resemblance to sheep! :mrgreen:

Cheers,

T.