Cashmere doesn't come from a sheep like you may think, but from the cashmere goat. These goats are found across the Himalayas where temperatures can drop to -30°C and their freezing cold habitat ...

For two days, experts from the global cashmere and textile industry, representatives of international non-governmental ...

A cashmere sweater, knitted from the silky wool undercoat of cashmere goats, is one of the most luxurious garments in your wardrobe. While a knitted cashmere sweater is considered a delicate ...

The Good Cashmere Standard (GCS) has been advocating for sustainable cashmere, now standing as the largest standard with ongoing success in trade and production: More than 50 international fashion ...

Loro Piana sells a track jacket made of a cashmere from baby goats and lined with a removable mink vest for $19,575. But for the rest of the world, there is the cheap cashmere sweater. The cheap ...

and finely textured knit fabric made from the fibers brushed from the undercoat of cashmere goats. It gets its name from the Kashmir region of northern India and is distinct from the fibers ...

The goats' soft undercoats provide the raw wool for luxury cashmere fabric, and is an important cash income. But this rise has also triggered serious environmental problems.

From 2023 to 2024, the number of labelled textiles increased by 30%. But how can the welfare of cashmere goats be promoted? Positive experiences within animal welfare concepts for species ...