The Origins of Cashmere

CASHMERE, or kashmir, is a very rare and precious textile fibre, formed from the undercoat of the Hircus goat native to Kashmir.
The animal's coat is divided into two layers of hair; an outer coat made up of large, rough, stiff hairs, called giarre; and a lower coat, a soft and woolly undercoat (under the throat) called duvet. The particular climatic conditions of these areas with strong temperature changes between day and night, favor the development of the DUVET, which has the exceptional peculiarity of thermo-regulating the animal's body, protecting it from both low and high temperatures.
In spring during the moulting season, the hair is collected by hand by combing with long combs, so the goats are not traumatized. The two fibers are separated and used only in duvet. For each goat, about 200 grams of fine hair is obtained, of which only half is used. The color is very variable: from cream to gray, from hazelnut to black.

To make our garments we only use top quality CASHMERE, the Duvet coming from desert and steppe areas of the highlands of China, Mongolia, Tibet, Afghanistan, worked with artisan care.