The growing fashion and desire for cashmere

By Jason William Smith Cashmere, one of the best natural fibres known to occupy, evokes images of soft, delicate luxury mixing the apparent enigma of warmth and lightness. Originating in Kashmir, high in the mountains of the Himalayas, cashmere is known by its authentic name, pashmina. The word pashmina is much misused, today being adopted to describe scarfs and scarves of diverse mixes of wool,