Cashmere has always been a synonym of softness and elegance. Originally its colours were white, grey, brown or black, but then the unmistakable Italian style developed a rich colour palette. Albeit originally coming from China, India and Pakistan, this precious wool type is mainly processed in Italy.
Cashmere is considered precious because of two main features: on the one hand the “duvet” velvety fur from which it derives is developed only in particular climatic conditions and when there is a big temperature difference between night and day; on the other, unlike traditional wool, cashmere needs to be subject to a special process to separate it from animal hair and this is why it is collected in the Spring by manually combing the animals.
This is the beginning of a hand-made process leading to the production of the yarns that are turned by Maglificio Rita into soft, warm, precious and fashionable items.