What is Pashmina?
Pashmina is made from the finest cashmere wool in the world. It
is combed from the underside of the Himalayan Mountain Goat, which
are indigenous to the mountains of Central Asia. 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. Please rest assured that no animals are
harmed in the making of pashmina. Our pashmina shawls are remarkably
soft and light, considering how much warmth they provide. Our
customers tell us how much they love their shawls, and we know
you will receive many compliments when you wear them.
Definition of Pashmina
"Pashmina" is the Persian word for pashm meaning finest
wool fibre, the "soft gold" king of fibers. Every summer,
Himalayan farmers climb the mountains to comb the fine woolen
undercoat from the neck and chest of, himalayan mountain pashm,
not to be confused with the endangered Tibetan antelope that is
killed to produce shatoosh shawls. To survive the freezing 14,000
ft-altitude environment, grows a unique, incredibly soft pashm,
inner coat, six times finer than human hair. Because it is only
14-19 microns in diameter, it cannot be spun by machines, so the
downy wool is hand-woven into shawls for export, predominantly
to America and Europe. Although they have been popular with aristocracy
in Southern Asia since the 15th Century, pashmina sales in the
West suddenly took off in 1998 when designers in London, Paris
and New York started to include them in their fashion collections.
Since then the growing demand has helped push the price down to
an affordable level.
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 Definition
of Cashmere
Too much confused and afraid of popularity of Pashmina as a thing
of east and bugged by its undying demand some companies to make
huge profits and confining the goods to their own registered CASHMERE
as a trade mark item for their own use and benefits and to make
it highly expensive out of reach of people as copyright and monopoly
business defined their own defination as a thing of west and to
restrict the entry of Pashmina into west by its own definations
to make huge profits for a 100 USD pashmina shawl to sell at 1000
USD as cashmere without any value addition.
Choosing Pashmina
When choosing a pashmina it is important to check whether the
piece is 100 percent pashmina or if it has been blended with silk.
We recommend either 100 percent or a 70/30 percent silk blend.
"I find that a 90/10 percent blend fuzzes too much, as does
the 80/20 percent. And anything less that 70 percent pashmina
tends to be too shiny." A 100 percent pashmina shouldn't
fluff or pill and should be colorfast. An occasional dry clean
should keep it in good condition, and it can be spot-treated with
baby shampoo and cold water and dried flat. "Most women select
a medium-sized (180x60cm) silk blended pashmina, which usually
retails at USD 500 in USA." Since we have our own manufacturing
unit we are able to sell the same top quality products at affordable
prices.
Pashmina Care
With regular care Pashmina articles will maintain its outlook
, increase in softness and long lasting. We do not apply the brush
to make it soft. We advise our client not to ask softness more
than required and not to believe that have more soft is right
quality. Brushing makes soft and feels thicker but leads to pilling
(balling up) and wears out easily.
Always use cold water and hand wash with low pH or normal pH shampoo
or pure castillc soap. Pashmina Image advice to our client not
to use dry cleaned,not to add any chemical like bleaching and
never use hot water more than 50 degree Celsius. After washing
remove the excess water by hand press and lay out on the plane
surface. For restore the finishing lay on the table and cover
with butter paper and press with hot iron.
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How to Wear a Pashmina Shawl?
(Source: The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oprah.com)
Charla Krupp, editor of Glamour magazine,
recommends these five looks for the pashmina shawl
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Belt
Style or Sarong
"For people with no hips," Oprah says. Just wrap around
your waist, drape attractively and go. |
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Full
Shawl Wrap
Simple, elegant, warm. Perfect for work, shopping or fun!. |
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Hollywood
Style
If one pashmina shawl is great, two must be twice
as good. |
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The
Pashmina Stole
Charla says this look is replacing mother's mink stole.
It's terrific for evening, particularly with the higher-end,
beaded pashmina shawls. |
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The
Noose Wrap
This stylish look is easy to create — once you know
how. |
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| Step 1 |
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Fold your pashmina shawl in half along its length, making
sure the folded edge is at the top or facing you. |
| Step 2 |
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Fold the pashmina shawl in half again, this time along
its width. You should have an end that's folded and an end
that's open. |
| Step 3 |
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Place the folded shawl behind your head. Pull the open
end through the loop at the folded end. Voila! You're suddenly
chic! |
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