Shifting Fashion Style From Summer To Winter: Pashmina

Winter weather doesn’t have to mean parting ways with feminine and colorful fabrics of summer months. In fact, it can be a time to let your imagination run wild and indulge in one of the most sensuous cloths – Pashmina. If you learn to wrap, tie, drape, and swaddle in some creative ways you will love Pashmina. It’s a tried and true fabric for accentuating almost any fall outfit with some vibrant colors.

Persian pashm or cashmere wool has been made for thousands of years in the Himalayan regions of Nepal and India by the local people. Pashmina comes from a special breed of goat – the pashmina goat. It thrive on high mountains of Himalaya in India and nepal. These goats shed their winter coats every spring, provide luxurious wool the seed for Pashmina. Local craftsmen then hand-spin, weave and embroider some of the worlds most beautiful shawls and scarves.

Pashmina most often serves the pragmatic need of keeping us warm during those winter months, However, pashminas can also be used to enhance many outfits to add a dash of color with functionality. Consider, you are rushing out of work or to meet a date at the nearby restaurant with no time to change? Add a bold color to otherwise a boring business suit with a contemporary pashmina scarf around your neck. Attending a dinner for two at an upscale restaurant across town, wrap your bare shoulders in a luxurious embroidered pashmina shawl before walking out the door. Heading out for a fun fall day of window shopping and walking around town? Dress up your casual outfit with a matching but more ornate pashmina, gently draped around your neck and shoulders.

If these examples don’t inspire your inner fashionista to run out and buy a pashmina in every shade imaginable, there are some less obvious but also creative uses to consider. Are you planning a fall wedding? colorful pashminas make original and practical gifts for your bridesmaids. You can buy them all in the same shade to go with the bridesmaids dresses, or mix and match for a more trendy and modern wedding party. The holiday season is upon us, and you know it takes time to plan what gift to give to your best friend and to your mother – Pasmina shawls would satisfy the most demanding of your fashion loving friends. For a newborn baby photoshoot, swaddle your precious budle of joy in a bright color, soft pashmina for some striking pictures.

We saved the best of the last, most pashminas are fairly inexpensive, so you can opt to buy a few and use them in all the different ways we discussed above, or let your creative thought meander away to see what you come up with! So, as summer greens fade into warm autumn tones, color your outfits with a vibrant pashmina. The fashionista in you will love it.