Cashmere Pashmina Group

Purveyors of luxurious hand-woven materials, Cashmere Pashmina Group is a company that thrives on offering uncompromising quality in natural fabrics, such as cashmeres, pashmina, silk, fine wools, cottons. In particular, the company specializes in cashmere and pashmina, considered some of the most luxurious wools in the world. It all started with the owner’s obsession with wispy soft blankets. From the time she was a toddler, Renee’s family called her a ‘blanket baby’ since her preferred pastime was to snuggle under her favorite “blankie”. Renee’s obsession with blankets eventually turned into a love for shawls. Born and raised in New Delhi, India, she was exposed to fine wools and silks in their raw form at an early age. There was nothing she liked more than to shop for exotic wool blend shawls to match her outfit. She quickly made it her business to learn how distinguish between the different qualities of wool including various methods of weaving. Noting her preoccupation with luxurious shawls, her family, which owned several jewelry stores, offered to sponsor her in a venture into the business of making her own shawls. Hence, the beginning of Cashmere Pashmina Group, Inc. The difference between Cashmere Pashmina Group and many other companies is our sensitivity to the need to support the artisans who live in the remote regions of Kashmir in the Himalayan Mountains. The Kashmiri people made their living by refining and passing down through the generations the fine art of weaving, embroidering, carpet-weaving etc By offering work to these craftsmen, the cottage village flourishes and the ancient art of hand-looming and delicate embroidery work is not lost to modernization. Your purchase helps us to keep this art from becoming extinct while providing much needed financial support to the families. Cashmere Pashmina Group prides itself on cultivating some of the finest embroideries and exquisite weave work on cashmere fabrics. Interestingly, most of the finest embroidery work is executed by males, who traditionally have more time to devote to the art than the women. Some of our finer embroideries can take a few months to several years to complete. The painstaking process of shawl-making is totally done by hand, from the handlooms to the dye process which is manually stirred by hand. While we promote the artistry of weaving, we do not allow child labor or cruelty to the goats, from which the cashmere and pashmina wool are sheared. We insist on using eco-friendly Azo dyes and also offer a completely “green” line of cashmere products. Our Green line is comprised of wools that are left in its natural state, or ivory color. No dyes are used on these items and all embroidery is hand made with natural wool or silk threads by the artist. Additionally, Renee, who is a lifelong vegan vegetarian, is a stickler for maintaining respect for animals and the environment. Therefore, all shipping packaging, shopping bags and tags for the company are made from recyclable materials. We believe that every step we take towards living a ‘greener’ life will help to the lower the carbon footprint the company leaves on the ecology. At Cashmere Pashmina Group, we understand the needs of our clientele. We know you are discriminating just by the mere fact that you have sought out such a luxury product. We know you want the finest quality product delivered with the least amount of drama. We pride our self in expediting the order on the same business day we receive it. We have an exacting procedure for handling the simplest order to the most complicated; to ensure that each and every client will be satisfied they called on us. Therefore, we open heartedly welcome you to discover our enchanting world of handmade Cashmere and Pashminas.