Fashion
Pashmina: Understanding the Real Thing
Pashmina is a type of fine wool fibre, not a fabric, not a weaving style, and not a category of shawl.
Fashion and food writer, page 6 of 6
Zara writes about food, fashion and the material culture of the Kashmir Valley. She approaches every subject from the perspective of craft: how things are made, who makes them, and what they mean.
Fashion
Pashmina is a type of fine wool fibre, not a fabric, not a weaving style, and not a category of shawl.
Fashion
Kashmir is not a single climate. It is four climates stacked across twelve months, each one demanding something different from...
Food & Cuisine
Kashmiri cooking operates on principles that are distinct from both the Punjabi-influenced cuisine most people associate with...
Culture
Kashmir has produced embroidery of significant sophistication for at least five hundred years.
Food & Cuisine
South Asian street food is not a single cuisine. It is several hundred distinct regional food cultures that share a geography...