LORELAI: Twelve dollars is a perfect present, Mom. She’ll love that.
EMILY: Can I at least get her the pashmina also?
Pashmina is a fine cashmere wool, first made in the Himalaya region of Kashmir in India, and used to make shawls, scarves, and wraps. Woollen shawls from Kashmir have been known since the Bronze Age.
There was a fad for pashmina in the 1990s which led to practically any good quality woollen accessory being sold as “a pashmina”, so there is no guarantee that Damien’s is selling the authentic article. In fact they most likely aren’t.
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