"Making handmade, pure pashmina isn’t easy, and it doesn’t come cheap. Handmade pashmina is a luxury because so much effort goes into it. It’s not a five-minute job that will be done by a machine.
The pashmina shawl has delighted women around the world for centuries, from Emperor Napoleon’s wife Josephine to queens and princesses of the British royal family. Empress Josephine, it is said, owned ...
Machine-made rival is giving a run for its money to the original handmade fabric Srinagar: One of Kashmir’s oldest handicraft legends and legacy, the pashmina, is threatened by its imitations as the ...
Kashmiri artisans, who perfected the art of making handmade Pashmina for years, will now have exclusive rights over the Kashmir Pashmina brand, with the central government declaring it as Geographical ...
Shahnawaz Ahmad Sofi, an artisan from Rathpora Eidgah in Srinagar, has earned widespread recognition for reviving Kashmir's centuries-old Pashmina weaving tradition by integrating modern calligraphic ...
In India’s premium textile market, few products carry the cultural weight, and confusion, of a Pashmina shawl. For centuries, the Kashmiri shawl has symbolised luxury, heritage, and fine craftsmanship ...
Whenever we think about purchasing a stunning piece of shawl, the first name that pops into our minds is a Pashmina. But, do you know that the most expensive type of Kashmiri shawl is the Shantoosh, ...