Have a try of cashmere
Have a try of cashmere
When the mercury drops, winter’s freeze factor thrusts millions around the world into a search for the warmest, coziest garments money can buy. Two of the most coveted fibers – cashmere and alpaca – have woven their way into the very fabric of high-end fashion. But which yarn wins out, both in value and for insulation?
In This Corner: Cashmere
A historical favorite for shawls and sweaters, strong-but-soft-and-light-beyond-dreams cashmere became all the rage in the1980s, taken up by designers for everything from jackets to sweatpants. For many years, it was deemed the most luxurious wool (though technically it's hair) of them all. Why? For its über-strict and painstaking manufacturing process. In order to be labeled "cashmere," the fabric must contain fibers from the downy undercoat of the fleece of a particular breed of goat (traditionally from India's Kashmir region) and pass specific measurement requirements. The finest cashmere consists of only the whitest, longest, thinnest hair from the goat’s underfleece; the hairs must be more than 36mm long to qualify as premium.
Cashmere's status began to change in the 1990s when China began to produce it in mass volumes, essentially ‘devaluing’ the fiber from luxury to mainstream. Cashmere, very swiftly, went from wool royalty (with a hefty price tag to match) to being available pretty much everywhere, at a moderate price. Although the premium variety from India still comes at a high cost, these days you can pick up a “cashmere" sweater for as little as $80. Generally speaking, the lesser price reflects a lower-quality fiber – typically shorter, coarser hair from a goat's undercoat (only 28-30mm long), or fabric blended with yak or rabbit hair. To make things worse, these garments are knitted loosely, so the customer not only gets substandard material, there’s less of it.
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