Most major luxury brands — including Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Chanel, Burberry and Prada — buy their cashmere from Mongolian farms that effectively torture the goats that produce the pricey fabric, ...
HERAT, Afghanistan – Not so long ago, Afghan farmers collected the thick winter undercoat their goats shed every spring and threw it on the fire to heat their homes and cook their food. Some have ...
Cashmere is not merely goat hair. No, no. Most hair on a goat—even a so-called cashmere goat—is coarse and thick, unsuitable for the neck of lady. Cashmere comes from a second undercoat that goats ...
When you think of cashmere, you probably don’t think of Oklahoma. However, some very fine cashmere wool is produced from goats raised on a 240-acre ranch in Creek County. Heidi Dickens and her husband ...
Scientists said Thursday they have cloned a rare Himalayan goat in Indian-controlled Kashmir, hoping to help increase the number of animals famed for their silky soft undercoats used to make pashmina ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There is cashmere, and then there is cashmere. One is that soft, everyday sweater almost everyone keeps at-hand in the closet, the ...
I recently had the privilege to ask Fabio d’Angelantonio, Global CEO at Loro Piana about baby cashmeres origins and special qualities. Joseph DeAcetis: In a detailed explanation, kindly explain baby ...
SRINAGAR, IndiaSRINAGAR, India — Scientists in Indian-controlled Kashmir have cloned a rare Himalayan goat in hopes of boosting the number of animals famed for their coats of pashmina wool, used to ...
Scientists said Thursday they have cloned a rare Himalayan goat in Indian-controlled Kashmir, hoping to help increase the number of animals famed for their silky soft undercoats used to make pashmina ...