CASHMERE (PASHMINA) SHAWL, REGULAR size

A luxurious pashmina shawl, wrap, or scarf is the perfect fashion accessory for any season, event or occasion! You will feel as great as you look since pashmina wool is the finest cashmere in the world.

A fashionable pashmina scarf, wrap or shawl is the perfect finishing touch to almost any outfit. Only a few pashminas will breathe new life into your entire wardrobe. For ultimate luxury and warmth, wrap yourself in 100% pure pashmina. For a dramatic accent, simply throw on an elegant pashmina/silk blend. Either way, you will always look stylish and fashionable.

If you are looking for comfort at home, a cashmere pashmina blanket is the perfect addition to any room in the house. There is simply nothing softer, warmer or more luxurious than a cashmere blanket. Since one is never too young to start enjoying the finer things, we offer our exclusive cashmere baby blankets!

Every pashmina shawl at Pashmina International is genuine Cashmere and Silk, giving you both cosy warmth and soft comfort. None of our shawls contain viscose or other synthetics.

Pashmina scarf made by weavers of Kashmir. Pashmina shawls, scarfs and stoles are made in 100% pashmina fabric. They are never mixed with normal wool, silk or viscose.

Pure pashmina scarfs, shawls and stoles are woven from the soft fleece (pashm) of the neck and the under belly of ibex (capra hircus) that thrives in the remote regions of Ladakh and Tibet plateaux. The high altitude, combined with the mountain goats meager diet and inherent genetics, enable it to grow a coat of wool which is among the finest and warmest on earth. The animal is not harmed in this process, the hairs being removed through combing; but only small amounts can be obtained, as little as five ounces from one animal in one year. A single shawl can take the wool from five to six goats. Wrap yourself in pashmina scarf and you will never want to take it off. We recommend pure pashminas to be dry cleaned only.

Pashmina is an adventure of considerable scope and daring, taking you through a grand tour of the finest fabric known to the world. Its subject matter is nothing less than Indian textile history brought up to date with the patterns and colours of present-day attire.
Pashmina, the original "Cashmere", should not be confused with other fabrics of the same name made elsewhere. For the real thing can only be woven from the soft fleece (pashm) of the neck and underbelly of an ibex that thrives in remote regions of the Ladakhi and Tibetan plateaux.
Around the end of the eighteenth century, Kashmir pashmina stoles were made in three sizes - long, narrow, and square. Forster further states that square stoles shawls were common in the Indian market. Long and very narrow shawls with black colour schemes were especially made for the Northern Asiatic market, where they were used as girdles.
Moorcroft, who visited India in the early nineteenth century in Kashmir, gave an elaborate description of shawl manufacturing in Kashmir and Amritsar. By that time several changes had occurred. The most noteworthy centre became Amritsar, impressing Moorcroft a lot. He observed that the red shawl yarn used in Amritsar usually came from Kashmir, but its export was banned to discourage the foreign manufacture of shawls. However, Moorcroft noticed that now the wool came from Tibet, Bokhara, and Uzbegestan to Amritsar and shawls were woven with a double warp and weft, giving a fairly thick and soft texture to the fabric. Moorcroft gives a full account of cleaning, spinning, dyeing, weaving, work distribution, weaving techniques, types of shawls, woolen products, fabrics, important technical terms, pricing, trade with different countries and several other minutiae.
Visitors from England and France who visited the court of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh in the nineteenth century appreciated its shawl decoration.