For centuries, Ladakh was an important stopover at the crossroads of international trade routes through the Silk Route ... Josephine, a pashmina shawl. Legend has it that she owned as many ...

In the lush valleys of Kashmir, India, the Pashmina shawl reigns supreme ... Similarly, Spanish mantóns, or mantillas, made of silk, are adorned with floral embroidery and often worn draped ...

Think of Pashmina and the first thing that comes to mind is Kashmiri shawls. Yet ... are the religious scroll paintings surrounded in silk brocade. On the front, the silk brocade often comes ...