Pashminas: Year-round Fashion Accessory
Shawls are really useful for all types of situations as they’re easy to place in your handbag if you get too hot. The pashmina wool acts as a wonderful insulator, so instead of wearing a big coat on a chilly summer or spring evening, a pashmina shawl will serve as a handy outer garment.
Pashmina shawls are now very popular as a wedding accessory/apparel for bridesmaids. The last couple of summers in England have been quite chilly, so possibly this has advanced this new style. Gold pashminas as well as cream an white are fashionable colours for wedding ceremonies, and look fantastic if all the maids of honor have the same colour. As a matter of fact, even a fine, silk scarf makes a wonderful fashion accessory for the wedding ceremony.
If you order a larger size pashmina, it can also act as a useful little blanket for arduous trips. And it goes without saying, a pashmina can transform into a scarf for winter days.
There tends to be two main choices of pashmina shawl - the pure pashmina, and the 70% pashmina / 30% silk variety. The non-pure pashmina shawl you can buy at cheaper prices than the pure wool opposite number, but it will be less warm. It’s really down to you as to what you want to use your pashmina shawl for. Is it just a fashion accessory, and/or also apparel to keep out the cold too? I strongly advocate 100% pashmina shawls to keep you warm.
