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The Good Cashmere Conference focuses on animal and environmental protection, transparency and innovation

For two days, experts from the global cashmere and textile industry, representatives of international non-governmental organisations and scientists met in Hamburg, Germany at the invitation of the Aid by Trade Foundation for this year's The Good Cashmere Conference 2025. Representatives from Textile Exchange, Four Paws, Zadig&Voltaire, Marc...

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As demand for cashmere plummets, Mongolian herders take the hit

Mongolia, a leading supplier for global cashmere, has seen demand for its luxury fibers plummet during the coronavirus pandemic. Sales fell near 70 percent as Chinese traders and Western shoppers have been isolated and businesses and factories closed. Khatant International, a Mongolian wool processor, said clients have been cancelling order...

Fashion

Mongolia brings nomad chic to NY Fashion Week debut

A Mongolian "It girl" brought the warrior princess into the modern age Friday by making her New York Fashion Week debut with a catwalk collection inspired by her far-off homeland. Bayarmaa Bayarkhuu presented the modern, entrepreneurial woman with nomadic-chic for fall/winter 2015 in an assortment of tunic dresses, luxurious fur coats and...