Cashmere with a "K": The Controversial History of a Shawl
May 15, 2018
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Cultural appropriation and colonialism lie at the heart of the 19th century fashion trend for "cashmere" shawls, the anglicized version of the Kashmiri region from which these highly coveted luxury goods originally came.
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