Ahuja Sons launches Pashmina shawls.Byline: ANI New Delhi, Oct 11 (ANI): The Delhi based Ahuja Sons a woollen woollen fabrics such as tweeds, felts, flannels, blankets, knitwear made of wool with a shorter fiber length than that used for worsted. materials production and marketing company, launched its new range of exquisite hand woven Kashmiri shawls known as Pashmina pash·mi·na n. 1. Fine, downy wool growing beneath the outer hair of feral Himalayan goats. 2. A soft fabric made of this wool. [Persian pashm on Saturday. A gala pageant to mark this event was hosted at the British Council auditorium here. A colourful and informative book on Pashmina was released on the occasion. The event also featured with gorgeous models who showcased the attractive shawls. The colours palette included beige, crE me, mustard, black, pink, violet and purple. According to Karan Ahuja, the owner of Ahujasons, the show was aimed at reviewing and preserving Kashmir art for the future. "Kalamkari Kalamkari or Qalamkari is a type of hand-painted or block-printed cotton textile, produced in various places in India. The word derives from the Persian words kalam (pen) and kari (workmanship), meaning drawing with a pen. , is a mix of central Indian work, which is hand painted shawls with a blend of Aari work of Kashmir. So this is the new collection for this autumn-winter season and as you can see we are constantly working on the new things from Kashmir, new embroideries, new styles with a mix of western colour schemes, that's something new for the season and rest we are trying our best to revive this art and to reserve this art for the next generation and generations to come," Karan Ahuja said. Pashmina refers to a type of fine Cashmere wool cashmere, cashmere wool fine, downy hair fiber from the Kashmiri goat. and the textiles made from it. The wool comes from a particular sheep named Pashmina, a special breed that is reared and bred in the high altitudes of the Himalayan ranges. Pashmina shawls are hand spun, woven and embroidered em·broi·der v. em·broi·dered, em·broi·der·ing, em·broi·ders v.tr. 1. To ornament with needlework: embroider a pillow cover. 2. in Kashmir. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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