There’s was a reason why Pashmina was known as “soft gold” by the people of the Indus Valley, a region of Northwest India that, 5,000 years ago, was the original cradle of civilization. Here, totems raised in veneration of the priest-kings, who once ruled this lost society, were ritually clad in shawls fashioned from this finest of cashmere wools, a tribute reserved solely for these semi-deities and for generations of Indian royalty…

Handspun from the fur of rare livestock found solely on the secluded plateaus of Kashmir, Ladakh and Nepal, only the very finest fibres meet with the approval of the region’s gifted weavers, who then employ skills dating back to the Dawn of Man to create the gossamer lightness that is unique to Pashmina.

With few Himalayan artisans now gifted with the mastery of the time-honoured techniques that make every shawl the unique product of more than 180 hours of intricate craftsmanship in one of the world’s most remote regions, truly authentic items are hard to come by and always treasured.

For the Christmas season 2017, Gafencu has secured an exclusive and strictly-limited supply of some of the world’s finest Pashmina products, including a range of shawls and stoles suitable for only the most select and stylish of individuals. These can be purchased directly from the Gafencu e-shop and hand-delivered to your chosen recipient, allowing you to share a little “soft gold” with that special someone in your life.