Cashmere coat, the classical fashion item among the nobility and the rich, is honored as the most durable clothes that can be worn for 50 years. Many people are hesitant to buy it because of its high prices. But why the cashmere coat is so expensive? What's the difference between cashmere coat and the winter wool coat? I think you will find the answers in the following article.

  Many people realize that the cashmere coat is so expensive, generally speaking, the price is from $1,800 to $5,000 while the price of the baby cashmere coat can reach more than $8,000, but why?

  A. One cashmere coat is enough to against the cold.
  Cashmere comes from the undercoat of goats, those animals hairs have the natural and powerful functions excellently for warmth.

  Every year from March to May, those goats living in high elevations will take off their undercoats after the cold winter passed. The diameter of each cashmere fiber is seven times thinner than our hairs, that's why cashmere coat looks thin but warm.

  B. A cashmere coat=10 adult goats 
  An adult goat only produces about 100 grams of cashmere each year, however, making a cashmere coat needs at least 10 adult goats.

  In addition, the baby cashmere is much expensive since a baby goat can only produce once in its life, only 80 grams at that time, while making a baby cashmere coat consumes about 58 baby goats' undercoats.

  C. Not one is qualified for collecting cashmere without patience 
  After collecting the wool with a brush, the shepherds will spend more than two weeks in sorting out the wool, picking out the softest parts, that's the real cashmere.


  The big brands are more stringent in the collection of raw wool and the quality restrictions. Sometimes, they will select the best 100 grams to make a coat from 250 grams of cashmere.

  D. Making a cashmere coat needs 73 processes
  The process of making a cashmere coat is extremely complex and elaborate. Let's take " Max Mara" as an example. The birth of 101801 cashmere coat takes nearly 3 hours with 73 processes, such as weave, cloth inspection, plate-making, tailoring, model inspection, hand sewing, ironing, etc.


  A. Cashmere: the real 100% cashmere is the excellent pure wool that removes animal fats, impurities and dusts.

 B. Wool : wool is the generic terms for all the wool materials that obtain from sheep, including lamb wool, angora wool, cashmere and so on.

 C. Camel's hairs: this material comes from Bactrian camels. The way of collecting camel's hairs is similar as cashmere. But a camel can produce 8-10 kilograms of camel's hairs, that's why it's far less precious than cashmere.

The Cashmere Coat

The Wool Coat

The Camel Coat

  D. About the features of them


  1. Warmth: cashmere>camel's hair>wool

  2. Comfort: cashmere>camel's hair>wool

  3. Durable performance: camel's hair>wool>cashmere

  4. Price: cashmere>camel's hair>wool

  Are you clearer about those materials after reading my article? Haha

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