Kashmiri Pure Pashmina Shawls are Rare

Pure Pashmina Shawls are becoming more rare with each Fall/Winter season.  Knowledgeable shawl concerns with long-standing reputations for their dedication to quality and artistry estimate that unless new souces of real Pashmina surface, it will be gone for good in short time.  These highly trusted designers and producers in the shawl trade have already purchased most of the available Pashmina fiber and are keeping it aside for limited production over the next, very few years.

This condition has been brought about by a notable increase in the proliferation of cheaper superfine wool/cashmere yarn blends or inexpensive synthetics foisted onto the market, knowingly mis-represented by sellers as "Pashmina."  These unethical practices are squeezing the demand for more costly Pure Pashmina, affecting the hand-gathering fiber providers themselves as well as the spinners, handloom centers, and fine quality shawl dealers.  Unfortunately, even younger generation Kashmiris interested only with quick profit through marketing large quantities of faux Pashminas are participating in the demise of the very shawls for which that ancient land is famous.

For our shawl lovers, if you are interested in a Pure Pashmina wrap from Kashmir please do not hesitate too long to acquire one for your collection.  The supply of real Pashmina from producers with integrity is rapidly dwindling. These are not shawls that are available in department stores or online shawl stores who offer "Pure Pashmina" but who have not idea what their products are actually made of.  Pure Pashmina shawls are always quite rare and due to the tenderness of the fiber are never mass produced.

With Warm Thoughts until next time,

Sylvia, Chief Shawl Lover, Hamsa Shawls