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About Pashminas

Cashmere Pashmina, also known as the "diamond fiber" is the finest, softest and warmest wool known to mankind. It comes from the underbelly of the Capra Hircus goat, in the remote regions of the Himalayas, 14,000 feet above sea level. These goats grow a thin, inner coat of hair that insulates them during the long, harsh winters of the Himalayas. This inner coat is used to make Cashmere Pashmina wraps and shawls. These goats are raised by semi-nomadic herdsmen and are NOT harmed in the process of making the pashmina scarves, stoles, wraps, shawls, throws and blankets, as the fiber is collected after being shed naturally. This is unlike the process of producing Shahtoosh, the sale and purchase of which is prohibited by law, in which the Tibetan antelopes are killed.