The Christmas Cashmere Con ; Russian Goats, Rabbit Fur and Jumpers That Sell for Only Pounds 25 - We Reveal...
Mail on Sunday › December 04, 2011
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Like millions of others, I am completely under the spell of cashmere. It is a wonderful fabric, exotic yet reassuring. No wonder the High Street is groaning with the stuff - especially at this time of year, with shops from Selfridges to Primark offering cashmere ranges. The fact is you can load a cashmere cardie in your trolley, along with bread and frozen peas, and pay as little as Pounds 25 for the privilege.
For a fibre once seen as the epitome of luxury, this seems almost miraculous.See the full content of this document
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The Christmas Cashmere Con ; Russian Goats, Rabbit Fur and Jumpers That Sell for Only Pounds 25 - We Reveal...
Cashmere, after all, is neither cheap nor easy to produce.
There are just 12 regions in the world cold enough and with the right geographical features to sustain true cashmere goats. The consensus borne out of hundreds of years is that the be...See the full content of this document
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