what is a pashmina?

[emily05]

anybody? thanks

its a shawl really

but usually rectangular

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its a shawl/wrap mage from a goat /cashmere

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but the ones you see on market stalls for a tenner have Nothing To Do With Goats, Himalayan or Otherwise

Beat you to it WWW! [sticking tongue out emoticon]

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very expensive if its a real one !

thanks for these replies! So thorough as well, with links! Very impressed!

It was a cold December when I got married a few years ago, so I splashed out on a gorgeous pashmina. It was £100 if I remember correctly.
Since then I have used it so so so so so much. Its lovely on a chilly summer day/evening to just have something to wrap around your shoulders.
Has been great on long haul flights to keep you snug.
Is also nice to wrap around you when snuggling up in front of the tv. They are really a brilliant buy!!I love them. They just work with anything.

Girrafeski...me too...how I wish I'd bought up all the pashminas selling for £8 (!!!!!) when in Nepal! I'd be well rich now....All my female relatives got one for christmas that year!

These are lovely - I have two. An ordinary one and a water one that I bought last week for a wedding. V reasonable prices and gorgeous. Good service too. Think they may be addictive though: I have a new need for pashminas in lots of different colours!

there's a great shop on great portland street, just near oxford circus which sells hundreds and is very reasonable (but not so cheap that they're made of polyester!), think it's called kimko or something similar. at the junction with mortimer st anyway.