Int’l Luxe Houses ‘Fleece’ And Chill With Pashmina

Pashmina, the cultural heirloom of Kashmir, is facing aesthetic colonisation with some Western fashion houses trimming the original embellished textile with pared-back palettes, clean lines, and muted branding

xA craft born in the mountains of Kashmir. For centuries, Pashmina has been more than a fabric. It has been a cultural heirloom, woven into the history of Kashmir and carried with ceremonial pride through Indian courts, Mughal ateliers and bustling Himalayan trade routes. Traditionally hand-spun from the delicate underfleece of Changthangi goats, the shawl’s journey from raw fibre to finished piece is slow, human and intimate. Every step has belonged to artisans whose skills are inherited, not acquired, and whose work forms an unbroken thread between generations. Yet even as this cr