Cashmere and Pashmina are words that used for same type of wool as one of luxury textile material. As our knowledge, pashmina is the original word used in Asia specially in India , China, Tibet, Pakistan and Nepal. In U.S, U.K and other European countries Cashmere is more popular, so most of us might have listened Cashmere word more than Pashmina.

But currently, pashmina word is also getting popular in U.K and other European countries. Few sources consider Cashmere as more pure than pashmina, in reality there is no difference between pashmina and cashmere. Both refer to same type of wool. But to get feel of Real and Pure Cashmere or Pashmina, you should buy 100% pure Cashmere products.

Pure Cashmere is very soft and very warm wool. Tibetan Cashmere is considered the best in world due to its long fiber. This type of cashmere wool can also be found in Mongolia. With increasing awareness among people about cashmere, new areas in world are emerging which also claim to produce very high quality and pure cashmere or pashmina.

Initially in India, Nepal, China, Pakistan and other Asian countries, cashmere was only used for manucturing shawls or stoles.  But With Cashmere becoming popular in other countries, nowadays it is used to manufacture almost any kind of clothes like sweaters, socks etc.