What is Pashmina Shawls?

Pashmina Shawls is one of the world's finest cashmere wool. It is made from the Himalayan Mountain Goat, indigenous to Central Asia 's mountains. Pashmina Shawls has great demand in Asia and the middle east because it is known for its good qualities and very popular in the west.

What's is Pashmina Shawls?

Pashmina wool https://livloko.com/collections/pashmina-shawl is known for its softness, luxurious and also called as best wool in the world. Finest Kashmiri wool derived from the Himalaya region where the height is 12000 to 14000 ft. Here the temperature is 40-degree centigrade. Due to thermal conductivity, wool has become the best wool in the world. Here we get the finest collection of cashmere wool due to his thickness and very thin inner hair coat. Because of this nature, the animal is survived. Pashmina fiber is measured as 15 to 19 microns thick compared to human hair and also it produces 3 – 8 pashmina ounces every year. Pashmina is known from olden days. Earlier in olden days, shawls with EMPERORS, KINGS, PRINCES, RULERS, and NOBLES were found. The fabric became more precious and luxuries for every king. These royal fabrics now also called shawls, stoles, scarves, and sweaters. It has become one of the traditional fashion for every family at the olden days and still, it is known for it’s best trends from generation to generation.

Kashmir is known for its handicrafts. The weaving of shawls was first introduced in the Turkistan in the 15th century under the ruler of Zain-ul-Abdin. He was one of the Mughal rulers like Akbar and his followers who wore these shawls. After the Mughal empire got collapse many weavers got unemployed. Later the trend became so popular among the Europeans and got huge demand and became more popular in the mid 18th century. Later 19 centuries French adapted the shawls and later the pashmina shawls became uncontrollable due to some circumstances. The waiver from Kashmir started began to produce embroidery shawls for tourists. Till today's Kashmir shawls are embroidery and professional to wear. Finally, Americans came into existence and they adopted the market and they discovered soft, supple texture. Fashion gurus now declare it essential for the wardrobe

Pashmina Prices

The price of a pashmina can range from a few hundred dollars to several thousand dollars, depending on the fineness and craftsmanship of the micron, the rare availability of fiber and the time factor involved in its creation. International prices are $ 300-100 per pcs, but we offer it at $ 50-300 as we are manufacturers, a factory directly let out, weavers with factory manufacturing complete to a finished product. We buy pashmina from shoppers in Tibet and Kashmir when prices are lowest.

Choosing Pashmina

When choosing a pashmina it is important to check whether the piece is 100 percent pashmina or a silk mix. We recommend either a 100% or 70/30 percent silk mix. Prefer a 2-ply pashmina when well draped and suitable for climate up to 2 - 3 degrees. Below the temperatures, a very old, real warm envelope prefers a 4 ply pashmina or blanket. It's 4 times 1 ply weight. 1 Ply is best for summers with 30 degrees temperature plus. Wear your height pashmina. A5-foot lady should wear a 30x80 inches or 75x200 cm stole and a 90x200 cm shawl up to 5,5 inches. Since we have our own production unit, we can sell the same high-quality products at reasonable prices.

Kashmiri Embroidery

Kashmiri embroidery, known as Kasida, is varied, colorful and elaborate in detail and exquisite in execution. The finest Kasida shawl work has no' wrong ' side. Connoisseurs value the embroidery which shows similar fineness of work on both sides of the shawl. The Kasida pattern is drawn freely from memory by the Naqqash (designer). These are inspired by the sparkling lakes, the wide Jhelum curves, the breathtaking colors of the sunrise and sunset skies across the mountains. The Naqqash is known for his poetic fantasies and religious or philosophical themes in the designs. Common reasons are floral borders, paisley, chinar leaves, and but cones. The texture of Cashmere wool is softer and makes each shawl very special. The Pashmina has a superbly textural feel, drapes beautifully, feels soft, warm and touchy and serves a user well for years. The timeless patterns remain in vogue forever. Pashmina is passed down from generation to generation in the Indian subcontinent. To the credit of the traditional shawl-makers of Kashmir, the fine Pashmina has not been successfully made elsewhere, although other countries have tried to replicate this craft, developed into an art form by the Kashmiris. Wool provides lightweight insulation without bulk. Fibers are highly adaptable and suitable for all climates. A high humidity content allows the insulation to change with relative atmospheric humidity.

Pashmina Shawls, Stoles, Scarves

 As the winter approaches, we all dig into our closet for the tired old coats and mufflers we've been wearing over the past few years when what we really should do is rush out to buy the most fashionable accessory this year, the pashmina. This lavishly shawls arrives in a rainbow of colors, which can be weaved, beaded or creased and worn as a scarf or wrapped around the body depending upon the size of the material.

As America discovered Pashmina, it is promoted as a wardrobe stable. Although anything but cheap, Pashmina breaks out of her picture of an elite status symbol. American designers like Caroline Herrera and Donetta Versace have integrated this material and experimented with it. The basic colors in which Pashmina comes are gray, brown and white. However, the fabric fits very well with coloring. It is now available in about four hundred colors and the color scheme is definitely ' in.' American women do shawls with beadwork and embroidery. Terrorism in Kashmir has led to the migration of weavers to other parts of India, as they find it increasingly difficult to practice the traditional crafts of their forefathers in an atmosphere pervaded by fear of death. The craft still survives and the weavers of Kashmiri fight on.

How to Wash or Care for Pashmina?

We only recommend dry-clean. But as all Pashminas washed here in our factory with an experienced watchman. So we explain that our washing instructions are washed separately. Dip Pashmina says 20 degrees in 10 - 15 liters of water for 15 minutes in Luke warm water. Remove pashmina; again in 5 - 10 liter water in a bucket add 2 - 3 tablespoon of liquid Soap or shampoo for delicate cloth preferably for woolen clothes, light brush up till rich leather Immerse the pashmina for 30 minutes, After 30 minutes just stir it with hand politely or turn it around a few times (NO MACHINES please, otherwise 100 percent  pashmina will shrink and get damaged, Pashmina is very delicate fiber) Rinse the pashmina in fresh running water. Rinse until water runs clear and then drip dry only DO NO WRINKLE OR TWIST or DO NOT TUMBLER DRY IT Dry in shade, away from direct sunlight; reverse if embroidered with the embroidered underside. Iron when 90% dry (not 100%). You're gonna get the fresh pashmina though it's not like us. A FREE one pouch of liquid shampoo recommended by ' WOOL MARK ' The world trade leaders in Pashmina wool Business in the world.