The most beautiful and top grade cashmere in the world comes from the Mongolian highlands and is only obtained from the fleece of Capra Hircus. Cashmere is an extremely rare and precious natural fiber, as these extraordinary animals live in definetly inhospitable climatic conditions, where the temperature touches, during the winter, even -30°c.

The extremely harsh winters force the goats that live on these mountains to develop a more resistant and longer fiber but at the same time particularly fine, soft and warm, trying to adapt to the very low temperatures of this area of the world.

The greater the altitude and the harsher the temperatures the better and more valuable the quality of their coat. The more the pastures are tormented by the icy wind, the warmer and softer their fur. Light and soft to the touch, but with a very high thermal insulation capacity, both from the cold and the heat.

The cashmere goats have two mantles: a superficial one, made up of coarse hairs and one closer to the body, composed of a short, thin and very warm fluff, called "DUVET". The cashmere harvest takes place in spring, the shepherds first cut the external hairs with scissors and then collect the finest part with special long-toothed combs.

The fibers of the two mantles of the goat are then separated, because only the duvet constitutes the proper cashmere. The classification of the fibers is an entirely manual operation, in this phase the thicker and rough hairs are separated from the softer undercoat, also selecting the color.

After being divided according to the different characteristics, the fiber is then washed to remove dirt, grease and any remaining plant material from the harvest. Only after this step the fiber is ready to be transformed into yarn.