The
Pashmina or Cashmere
The Pashmina or Cashmere, is also known as "the
Queen of fibres" because of its unique qualities-light,
soft and warm. Pashmina has been valued for centuries
throughout Asia and the Middle East and the wonderful
qualities of Pashmina are now making it just as
popular in the West.
Initially in the olden days dating back to
the time of Mughal empires, cashmere was used
for manufacturing shawls and stoles only and
was only used by the Royal families because
of its unaffordable price due to time consuming
manufacturing process.
However in the mid 1990s with modern technology,
the selecting of the fibers in an easy and fast
way has made this wonderful fiber within the
reach of everyone and hence started gaining
its popularity and awareness throughout the
world and soon entered the world of vast volume
of knitwear section. Today cashmere has reached
every corners of the world’s high end
fashion world.
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