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Dear Confashion: Shahtoosh Shawls


If you have a weakness for Shahtoosh shawls and looking to buy one, you can send an e-mail to habbas@alawdagroup.com or habbas@qmedx.com or reemwmalek@hotmail.com and place an order for any of the featured photos. Prices range from KD 600 to a whooping KD 7,000. 






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Anonymous said…
Confashions, shahtoosh shawls are made from tibetan antelope which are endangered species. Selling or owning these shawls is illegal.

Just thought u should know.
14 August, 2010
R.M. said…
Did any1 ever wonder why these shawls are so expensive!!!
Shahtoosh is the name given to the wool got from the Tibetan Antelope which is a rare and endangered specie. It takes 3 antelopes to make one shahtoosh shawl. The hunting of this animal is illegal but poachers still continue to do so, to keep this illegal trade going. We as individuals should discourage this trade by boycotting these products. Let the "Chiru"(the name for the Tibetan Antelope) live, otherwise at this rate it might be extinct in the next 3 years.
P.S. I am surprised these shawls were not confiscated at the customs.
Please in the future before you post any such blogs do make inquiries.

R.M.
14 August, 2010
R.M. said…
really surprised these items were not confiscated at the customs. They are illegal because they are got by poaching the endangered Tibetan Antelope 'Chiru'. Please all of you do your part by not buying such items.
14 August, 2010
mimi said…
yes but they're so soooooooooooft

however they're sooo expensive in Kuwait i bought mine from Bahrain which was perrrrfect .. i cant wait to go back there and buy another color
14 August, 2010
Anonymous said…
where can i get my shatoosh shawls cleaned?
28 August, 2010
Unknown said…
Exclusive "Shahtoosh ,PASHTOOSH ,PASHMINA & Shamina " shawls hand made with hand embroidery, straight from Kashmir! Unimaginable prices!

Also available dry cleaning of Shahtoosh Shawls !

Currently in Kuwait, for appointments contact .

Email : kashmirishawl@gmail.com
17 September, 2010
yas said…
ugh... R.M. left a comment on here saying how these shawls are made of the wool from an endangered species and people are still commenting on how they want another one. disgusting.
if they do get extinct, i want u to know that YOU are a part of the reason for that.
you people dont have hearts.
04 December, 2010
Unknown said…
INDIAN ARMED INVADERS WHO OCCUPIED KASHMIR SINCE 1947 DO NOT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT HUMAN LIFE IN KASHMIR. THEY HAVE SLAUGHTERED MORE THAN 100 THOUSAND KASHMIRI YOUTH. EQUIVALENT NUMBER ARE LANGUISHING IN TORTURE CELLS ACROSS INDIA. THOUSANDS WERE RAPED MAIMED MURDERED FOR THE CRIME OF ASKING THE RIGHT FOR SELF DETERMINATION PROVIDED BY UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION....NOW INDIAN AUTHORITIES ARE MAKING A HUE AND CRY OVER KASHMIRI SHAWLS AND KASHMIRI SHAHTOOSH...LIKE THEY ARE CONCERED ABOUT KASHMIRI HERITAGE...I WANT TO CLEAR IT OUT HERE AS A KASHMIRI THAT IT IS AN ECONOMICAL WAR OF INDIA AGAINST KASHMIRIS TO RUIN THE LIVILIHOOD OF THOUSANDS OF POOR PEOPLE WHO MAKE THESE SHAWS BY COLLECTING THE WOOL IN JUNGLES NOT BY KILLING THEM...INDIANS ARE LOOTING KASHMIRI RESOURCES DAY NIGHT UNDER THE GUISE OF UGLY UNIFORM...ANY TOURIST WILL SLIGHT BIT OF SINCERITY CAN SEE IT FEEL IT AND SENSE IT IN INDIAN OCCUPIED KASHMIR......
31 October, 2012
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