Pashmina is the most luxurious, ethereal, lightweight and rarest cashmere wool in the world. Pashmina cashmere comes from the Capra Hircus goat, habitating the harsh and remote snow capped Himalaya mountains. The high altitude, combined with the goat's spartan diet and unique genetic makeup, enable it to grow a coat of wool among the finest and rarest on earth.
Local villagers gather the fibers from thorny bushes on which the animals groom themselves.
The wool is then hand spun, hand woven and finally hand dyed into beautiful pashmina scarves, shawls, throws. This weaving project was started in 1985, when a small group of Buddhist monks began working with homeless boys from the streets of Kathmandu. In collaboration with local design artists, the monks taught a life transforming trade. Over forty of the original young artists are still with the company, earning excellent wages and supporting their families. Sales of our products in europe and the U.S. are leaving a positive and lasting effect on generations of families to come in the kingdom of Nepal.