PASHM~ means woollen in Hindustan and the word Pashmina means Cashmere Kashmir in India, it is also known as Cashmere in Europe and America. Pashmina comes from the neck and underbelly of a kind of goats called Capra-Hircus, which only grazes at elevations of 15,000 feet in the west Himalayan Mountains, the higher Capra-Hircus lives, the finer the pashmina it is.

Some people do not really know the actual difference between Pashmina and Cashmere. Karl Spilhaus, the president of Boston's Cashmere and Camel Hair Manufacturers Institute said "Pashmina is just cashmere … there's no difference between the two. the Pashmina is simply the Indian word for cashmere."  So that we know both Pashmina and Cashmere are from Capra-Hircus, people just call them differently. He also said “A good quality cashmere shawl is worth very dime you pay for it, and it will last you a lifetime."

Pashmina is the most well-known product from Nepal, and Cashmere is mainly come from Inner Mongolia. Both of them could give keep you warm in a cold weather, however, Cashmere is mainly used to produce coats, blankets and knitwear, and Pashmina is much thinner and softer compared with Cashmere, so it is mainly used to produce fashion accessories like scarves, shawls and stoles etc. due to its thinness and softness.

Pashmina products are usually made of 100% Pashmina wool and different ratios of Pashmina wool and pure silk. 100% Pashmina products are suitable for very cold weather during the winters, whereas the 70% Pashmina / 30% silk products are heavier, smoother and softer, so they can be worn all year round to give you most fashionable look and warmth.  

Some Pashmina Facts

• It takes 4 years to get a Capra-Hircus sheep grown up the enough hair to weave a Cashmere woolen sweater.
• The Cashmere wool more easily absorbs the water than the ordinary wool.
• The diameter of Cashmere has to be less then 19 microns (the diameter of our hair is about 75 microns)
• According to experts, the Cashmere could keep warm 8 times better than ordinary wool