Pic: Zainabyctok Dar Javed The richness of this gorgeous soft and warm wardrobe accessory has been under-appreciated in recent years. The market displays huge disparities in price and quality because shawls made with viscose silk or sheep wool are marketed as Pashmina by unscrupulous companies. The irony is that all sorts of these products have gone under name PASHMINA whilst bearing little resemblance to the true Kashmiri Pashmina shawls. The unique aspect of Kashmiri Pashmina shawl industry is that they are not mere pieces of decorative handicraft items like other handicrafts produced all over the globe. Artisans of pashmina shawls blend matchless artistic skills cum excellence with a great deal of practical functionality that makes it immensely unique. However the irony is that this timeless fabric (Object) weaved by humble hands from Kashmir has been completely bastardised, misunderstood and misrepresented. This distinctive work requires years of training on weaving/...
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