Why Cashmere Is So Expensive | So Expensive
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- Cashmere is one of the most sought-after fibers in the world. It's fine hairs are softer, lighter, and can be up to three times more insulating than sheep wool. It has been a prized material for centuries, but its quality comes at a cost and a luxury cashmere jumper could cost you well over $500. So why is it so expensive?
Cashmere is known for being one of the softest fibers in the world, it's thin hairs mean that it can be woven into incredibly soft, luxurious garments and it's long lasting, but it comes at a cost.
Cashmere doesn't come from a sheep like you might think, but from the cashmere goat. These goats are found across the Himalayas where temperatures can drop to -30°C and their freezing cold habitat means that they grow an incredibly thick, warm coat. Cashmere goats have two layers of hair, thick wirey guard hairs and a super-soft cashmere undercoat. While a sheep can produce at least 3 kilos of wool each year, a cashmere goat will only give you around 200 grams.
Because of the tiny amount each goat produces the supply is severely limited, and the fibers can only be collected once a year. Even when you've harvested the fibers the usable weight halves once it's been stripped of grease, dirt, and thicker hairs and cashmere still only makes up 0.5% of the world's total wool production.
Once you have the pure cashmere, processing it takes a lot of work. The fibers are first dyed to the right color and aerated to stop them clumping together. Cashmere's softness means it needs to be treated delicately throughout the whole process, any chemicals or over processing will damage the fibers.
The fibers are then carded - a process that detangles and lines up the hairs in thin sheets so that they can be spun into a yarn. The quality of cashmere is graded on its fineness and length, and high quality individual cashmere hairs can be as thin as 14 micrometers.
Cheaper cashmere products have become hugely popular recently. These claim to offer the quality of cashmere for a lower price, some may use a slightly lower grade of cashmere, or different processing methods to make the end result more affordable. And while they are comparatively cheap, they're still usually at least twice the price of wool.
There have been extreme cases of mislabelling too, and some supposedly 100% cashmere products have been found to contain yak hair or even rat fur. If you do find a really cheap product that claims to be cashmere, it may be too good to be true.
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Why Cashmere Is So Expensive | So Expensive
Dude betrayed his family name lmao
He named his son " Cashmere "
@@cancel.lgbtq.6892 Imagine having a name Cashmere Cotton and then becoming a doctor or something
@@imannatasha3302 lol
.@@cancel.lgbtq.6892 Uh-huh...
Sounds like feminine to me.
The Brits abolished slavery a few decades earlier than the US so the British side of the family had to switch to a finer fiber and an Asiatic source of labour too probably.
The Cashmere CEO’s last name is Cotton.
And his wife's name is Silk
What an irony ...
where and when?
Beard Cheese lol, good one. 😂
Cotton?? TRAITOR!!
“Cashmere needs to be treated delicately”
* man proceeds to scrape them across the floor and toss them around *
Rashed Khoory
Maybe the cashmere has a kink. Don’t be so bold to judge it so quickly.
@@mauri123g lmao
I mean, a man moving them around by hand with a rake is a lot more delicate than some machinery moving them.
LOL
exactly what i thought
I have a cashmere hoodie made from different scraps of the fabric sewn together, I bought it from this lady street vendor who went around to the ateliers and bought the pieces left over from making the expensive clothes. She repurposed them into sweaters and hoodies and I even saw some actual LoTR-style capes in her arsenal. I paid a good chunk of money for my hoodie, not nearly as much as designer or name brand but it was worth it as it is my favorite article of clothing hands down. I live in Florida so it’s too hot for sweaters most of the time, but when there’s a wind chill it’s nice to have something that’s lightweight, but incredibly soft and warm at the same time. Decadent. The hype is very real on these goats.
holy crap now I wanna find this lady and get a cape AHA
lol there's a woman up here in Western MA who recycles all sweaters, makes the most beautiful blankets. even if they aren't cashmere her work is considered a treasure! there's a lot of local craftsmen up here, from the guy that makes roses out of scrap iron, to handmade journals, woodwork, yarn, cleaning and makeup products, jewelry, pottery and even three different coffee roasters at last count. If you're ever in Pittsfield grab a cuppa from assembly roasters or barrington roasters, and bring a bag home, you won't regret it. But for me the crem de la crem is the florist a few blocks away who propagates his own house plant stock from cuttings.
In other words, although handmade stuff costs more, its better quality and you get to see the talent your neighbors have right here in your own back yard. I'd rather have a Crispina creation or local wool than a cashmere sweater from half the world away.
@@AnimeShinigami13 PLEEESSE PHOTOGRAPH THAT i would like to known their works, im from mexico jaja, if you do an instagram please share the user. Thank u
Where do I find this lady? It’s time to go Doctor Who or be a Jedi.
666th like lol
Answer to most episode in the series: the material is hard to find
Wrong, because people are willing to pay it's asking price.
@@bloatedsodium7301 He's not wrong. It's simple supply and demand. Sure, you can go ahead and say that theres people willing to pay. Thats the demand. Now how about the supply? Both of you are right lol.
This is correct. Also while sheep are sheered for their hair, cashmere goats are combed using a long toothed metal comb grabbing only the fine fibers closest to the skin, making the procurement of the fiber much more labor intensive which ultimately adds to the cost.
no more like the man want to make a few extra coin every step it takes until it gets to the consumer
you'd be surprised what industrial prices for these resources are ..
its literal penny's
@Mohit Patel how do you control demand? human are greedy.
Fun story . When I presented a friend of mine,a Kashmiri jacket for birthday, I was a butt of jokes amongst the people in party as they thought a jacket of native Indian market is a low profile gift . I took it back while leaving home and enjoy the warmth!! Sometimes people aren’t worth for everything and sometimes rich people don’t appreciate what’s in front of them 🤣
Hope you ok my friend. That was mean of them
Anthony Villenas 😃doing great ! Thnx
"Friend" haha
Was it a pheran?
Arjun Y it is indeed.
imagine paying for a cashmere scarf and realizing its made of RAT FUR.
😭 😂
I’d be *FURIOUS*
@@canyounot2102 If Hitler was given it, he would be *FUHRERIOUS* and the person who made it would be punished severely by his father.
@@mingpingxie3563 You watch Oversimplified too?! I can already tell that you’re very tasteful 😂
Yum.
Me at 2am : i need sleep i have no interest in cashmere i have school.
My brain: *are you sure you dont wanna know why cashmere is so expensive?*
Haha
So true
I know I’ve binge watched 12 of em already! 😂
😂😂😂true af
It's literally 2am here wtf
Cashmere is pretty durable too. My dad had this sweater from the age of 14 and I found it at my grandma and asked her about it. She said I could take it home and I did, I wore it to school with some yellow shoes and jeans because it was navy blue, red, yellow and light blue. He picked me up from school and was so happy it lasted generations.
Nah cashmere aint that durable when compared to other wool tho. If u want a really durable wool product Pick the english wool.
1985, I spent 90 pounds sterling ( about 250 in today's money) and treated myself to a cashmere crewneck jumper in deep navy blue, it was light wieght and warm and felt softer than any wool jumper I'd ever owned, more like cloth than wool. My ex wife put it in the washing machine with the regular laundry, hot wash. What came out was a heavy wieght jumper that would fit a 5 year old.......was not happy. That wasn't the reason she's my ex, but it certainly didn't help....
Sad. Have you tried Merino wool? It's wool but can be worn close to the skin and is really soft.
@@jakebarnes3054 Doable, but it ain't a patch on cashmere..
@@BoggWeasel haven't got any cashmere garments but I'll certainly try to at some point. It's not even close to extra fine Merino?
@@jakebarnes3054 no it isn’t. Cashmere has been grown for hundreds of years for Indian royals. Now it’s available all over the world
there is some 12 micron merino that is better than and costs more than cashmere, but it's such a tiny amount of production, less than vicuna. cashmere has a unique light cozy feel to it @@jakebarnes3054
Cashmere is actually the older anglicised spelling of Kashmir, a region in India after which is cloth is named.
No one asked for it where cashmere word came from. It's just goat wool. The goats are found in Afganistan, Nepal, Pakistan, northern India and China
Pack Man The Kashmir region actually also covers parts that are in China and Pakistan,
You need to take geography
haha nice try
FarewelI you said "a region in India"
Anyone else think obtaining enough RAT FUR to make a sweater would be more work than shaving a goat?
You actually just need to brush the goat to get the fiber, but yeah. Making a sweater from rat hair is more work. Maybe there were rats that left behind some of their hair as those sweaters were being woven.
There might be some marketability to your madness in the future.
Only rat fur won't keep you as warm.
I love how the Cashmere CEOs last name is Cotton! Priceless
Because it’s secretly manufactured by Gucci
@Danny Dircio then what is it?
@Danny Dircio gucci is still quite expensive also isn't rolex a primerly watch brand?
@Danny Dircio and the prices aren't all that different.
The Sorcerer supreme aint shit compared to the og fashion companies
@Danny Dircio Gucci had 30% price increases in two years. They're very expensive, especially when compared to LV.
My mom bought me cashmere gloves for Christmas one year... warmest gloves I’ve ever owned! Then I lost one 😭
Where did she buy them from??
I bought a Johnstons of Elgin's cashmere throw at an overstock store for my 40th birthday...it was originally $1200 and I paid around $350. The biggest splurge for me, even at that price, but I am soooo happy I did...it is amazing!!! Especially when you have a cold or flu. Instead of buying cheaper quality, save up and invest in one of these traditional old brands--that way you know you have an amazing quality product that you have for years.
"Chill Victoria, it's just water."
"Yeah, water on my cashmere! Do you know how much this f****** outfit costs?"
"Y-You look.. great."
"I can't even chill on the steps."
Haha people still remember Life is Strange after many years
One of the first Business Insider "why is it so expensive" videos where I thought the product was actually worth the price.
1:00 What an irony
I freezing in winter here wearing cashmere coat. Personally I prefer wool since it easy to maintenance.
*_Gold has left the chat_*
Gold is $42,700 per kg so cashmere has left the chat lol
Hello there Lisa Guerrero dude from Inside Edition that I see everywhere
Platinum skies r/wooosh
Lol
Woooooosh
I’ve had an 8 ply cashmere cardigan sweater since buying it during the 1989 Christmas season from the now gone Land’s End company. It was a limited offering for that holiday season only. Navy blue with blue leather buttons. My Christmas present to myself from me. Timeless! I love wearing it to this day. Super warm in the coldest weather & oh so soft.
land’s end definitely still exists
My great grand father worked for Johnson's of Elgin in the 1800's! And I'm in long beach, ca. What a nice treat.
Slap the Supreme logo and boom x3 times the actual price
One of the many many many nice parts about living in the "flyover states" is that trendy overpriced coastal garbage rarely finds a serious foothold here. It's basically only the spoiled brat rich kids who desperately want to pretend they're Californian who have any interest in it.
jamesonknot why you mad tho?
Remember bois, everything that starts with _cash_ is expensive.
Eg: Cashmere, Cashews
Cash Money, whoa whoa Cash Money, eh!
I love cashmere. I don't care how expensive. It's so amazing soft.
@GreenJordan 30 that's a lot of work just to get someone's attention. What else can you fetch?
I have this cashmere silk scarf from Burberry (its original cause we got the receipts and everything). I got it for my birthday. Its the most softest and most expensive scarf i own . But I wore it with a pin this one time and since then I rarely use it again because it is so soft and so "fragile". There's literally a hole in my scarf . But I LOVE it !
This perfect vintage cashmere cardigan I just scored for $6 US is seeming even sweeter right now.
Yeah, I found a cashmere sweater for $10 in an op shop- I checked the brand on the label- $250 brand new.
That was a great bargain day. I also found a 100% Australian Merino wool cardigan and a 100% NZ merino wool sweater. $20 (total) very well spent.
The trick is to visit op shops in suburbs expensive enough to have the good stuff, but far enough away from the city that they don’t mark everything up to ridiculous prices.
Great score! Way to go!
@@katherinemorelle7115 What is an op shop? Like shops where they sell donated clothes?
@@thairinkhudr4259 yes. A “thrift store” in the US.
Is just me or the goat is so CUTE 🥰😍.
I'm just an American trying to figure out wtf a jumper is.
A jumper is a kind of sweater ,jeremy.
Basically it’s a sweater or whatever americans call it.
A sucicidal dude
Curry has a good one and I don't evsn think Shaq has one.
i was like might be sweater ,but would good to know thanks
I like my cashmere sweaters very much and am grateful for its warmth and softness. Wonderful fabric!
Intro: why is it so expensive.
Me: why is everything expensive.
I just got a cashmere and wool blended coat with fabulous shoulder pads in a vintage store and it’s a real steal
Expansion of fair trade production could have awesome implications for stability in the middle east if you companies were to work directly with farmers in Afghanistan to make cashmere for instance.
Now I wanna find one of those sheep and just hug it
Goats
The best CZcams series ever
Idk but "cashmere" is such a satisfying word to say.
It's not how you think it's pronounced.
It's actually kashmir but still it's satisfying
Kashmir is a place in northern India
"kash" as in "mush". Mir as in "meerkat"
Kashmir.
I'm kashmiri so that's certified I guess lol
Because it is made by Oompa Loompas.
"Cashmere requieres a lot of work after being harvested"
You think? Ask the goats!
I love the image of adding *rat fur* to a cheap, knock-off version of cashmere. Attila the Hun's soldiers used gerbil fur for their attire, so the custom of using humble materials is ancient -- if not terribly ethical....
TIL. I honestly always thought that cashmere was silk that was spun into yarn to make it super soft.. thus coming from silk worms. I had no clue it came from goat.
Cashmere is the best material I have ever worn. I got really ill and had a few organs fail. With that what happened was I had no ability to thermally regulate my body temperature.
I had to find materials that help regulate my body temperature (i considered it outsourcing lol)
Cashmere, wool and silk were the only thing that helped me. Silk has a bit of an extra benefit of increasing your energy. It actually increases electrical charge in body. Its also a reason why you were it during prayer rituals. It helps keep you at a higher level of medidation.
Cashmere is gives you warmth without adding weight so it allows better engergy usage. No heavy jackets.
It really helps people who have chronic fatigue syndrome, adrenal burnout and other chronic illness or old age.
Feels good. Hence the luxury.
May I ask , How does Cashmere help with Chronic fatigue syndrome? Asking because I so happen to suffer from cfs at the ripe age of 21 :(
Cashmere outside, how bout' dat?
Affishal you have been copystriked
Dark mode
I got a cashmere jumper for my 21st birthday, im 46 now and still have the jumper and still wear it.
Simon Cotton? CEO of cashmere? Everything is a monopoly these days
Tnov Bruh its just his last name
@@Farquad76.547 You mean r/woooosh?
And also your supposed to use that on reddit, not on CZcams.
Thank god thrift shops and the secondhand market exists, I now have a sizeable collection of cashmere sweaters and scarves bought for $3-17 only 😂
That's the price of new sweaters made from cashmere wool in india
Me too.
@Rudraksh Sharma True. It has to be about ,10k any day in exhibitions if you're buying for huge discounts from artisans themselves!
Hace poco compré una bufanda de cashmere en una tienda de segunda mano. Me costó $1. c:
My mother in law buys me a cashmere sweater every Christmas
All this time i was so clueless that cashmere came from goats!!! I love this channel#
I loved this. It makes me long for cashmere. Health to cashmere industry from start to finish!
I bought a cashmere coat for about €40 a few months ago at a second hand store! Hand made too!!!! I am sooo happy I did buy it because I did not really know the value! 🙃
Hand made to what? You didn’t say.
@@Jimbo-90 the coat was made by hand… what’s there to say?
@@samuelclaessens7699 nothing i was being facetious. You put “to” instead of too.
@@Jimbo-90 aaaaaaaaaaahhh… Cut me some slack will you!? English is not my native toung and I was fifteen at the time I wrote that, and since then I have made some progress (especially in grammer). But I’ll change it for you if it makes you happy.😉
@@samuelclaessens7699 sorry mate I was only joking and for a none English speaker you did a better job than most English people I know lol true words! Keep it up and I do apologise again, I was just taking the piss, no offence! 🍻👍🏻
*I feel like BI is just providing free advertising for luxury products now.*
You should see their chocolate diamond video. Everyone erupted on the uselessness of diamonds
Your voice is Sooooooooooo satifing. I LOVE this series 😚😚❤️❤️❤️
THIS VIDEO WAS SO WELL PRODUCED WOW background music not bad either
"I didn't want the change Georgie, I wanted ....the cashmere"
So all I need is a couple of million of those goats and I will be rich?? Game on!!
Got a second hand cashmere jumper for £20 from a charity shop it is so gorgeous and it is real and the label is for a company in my country famous for making cashmere
I appreciate that he appreciates his people and their talents despite the impressive machinery
Question: What's stopping the goat farming industry from simply selectively breeding/genetically modifying the genes of the goats in order for them to produce more of that thin undercoat?
Hypersonic Megalodon I don’t think it would be count as ethical. Also the goats are in regions where western brands are not present. Hence it may be difficult to do testing on them.
Hypersonic Megalodon also making it more commercial will bring down the price of cashmere
Hypersonic Megalodon they would likely overheat and die
You meant, every other goat on the Planet?
Or just the ones in the Himalayas? 🤔
@@nishchaysrivastava6251 How would that be unethical? We've done the same to everything for the last 10,000 years.
My dad works in a large scale cashmere factory called todd and duncan in scotland
I had a cashmere sweater I gave to my younger brother because it was too small for me and it was the most amazing soft feeling sweater I ownered.
Always wondered about this
I had a good experience with cachmer, it's soft ,Nice fabric I and my family love it .
2:30 That’s .0005 of an inch. A human hair is approximately .003 of an inch.
How many football fields is that?
@@johandavid9774 like 14
Leroy Barlow come through width queen aja
Leroy Barlow how many stone?
Johan David it would take 33,177,600,000,000 or thirty three trillion, one hundred seventy seven billion, six hundred million cashmere hairs/fibers, standing straight up, to cover one American football field.
I Love my Cashmere Cardigans Scarves And Bennies. I say it’s a great investment piece especially for the harsh winters.
I have a 90% wool and 10% cashmere shirt. It is so warm. It's very thin and light but can stand the finnish winter very well. I accidentaly threw it into the trashbag and went dumbster diving to get it back. Natural fibers are just superior in keeping you warm.
You answered the question in the first 12 seconds of the video
I just bought 100% cashmere sweater from Mongolia. It was around 30$ and its super warm...
Dexter Then that's not real cashmere
Dawnbug Of course, it is real.
@@dawnbugXXX have you seen usd to tugrik
Yeah you an get a great deal therec
Lol it’s obviously not 100% cashmere. Got ripped off and posts it on the internet lmao
I like this series please keep it going
The cashmere goat is so adorable!
When I die , I'll be covered in cashmere.
I love Kashmir it’s a shame what’s happening to the people of its region ❤️
What's happening to them ? They are finally getting some justice ...like about pandits
@@Krishnapriye202 justice? Surely killing journalists and activists in fake encounters is not justice eh?
@@Krishnapriye202 Are you serious? Dimag hai ki gobar
Most soothing voice over ever
Cashmere is catered for old 👵🏻 frail wealthy people. I consider myself to be from a wealthy family as-well and i can assure you me & my family are more than happy to buy any form of normal cotton wool or scarf from the high st shops so long it keeps me warm. Infact now that its winter i bought myself a really nice fleece pyjamas and jumpers from an nice reasonable clothing department and it definitely keeps me warm. 😊
Cashmere.
MONEYmere.
Cash money AP
I want to make a cape out of it EVEN THOUGH I DON'T REALLY FEEL ANY COLD WHEN IT'S 5°c WHILE WEARING A SIMPLE T-SHIRT
*watches video while feeling cozy in a cashmere sweater*
Makes me appreciate my cashmere scarf even more.
Interesting.. so what's the real benefit.. is it lighter and also warmer?
That and it’s much softer and doesn’t itch your skin. You have to feel it to understand.
It's so nice feeling
Not worth the price they charge. There's tonnes more products out there that offers warmth and doesn't itch your skin. Only pretentious rich people but this shit
Yes and yes, much warmer, because of the loft it traps in more heat... and it’s much softer to the touch than other woolen fibers...
@@Sanji_Vinsmoke_69 makes sense
Can we just talk about the narrators voice for a sec? It’s so soothing~
I love these Most Expensive Videos, I have binge watched probably 14 of em already!!🤯🔥 #BusinessInsider
I bought a 100% Cashmere blanket in a thrift store for only €75.
It is handmade in Italy and it’s SO AMAZING !!
I would rather raise a goat and cuddle it when I feel cold~
And no one has tried to breed the goats to produce more wool????
It's not cashmere if it doesn't come from that specific type of goat. Kinda like it's not champagne unless it comes from champagne. At least that's most likely the logic behind it.
I like your video but it left me with a lot of questions that I did not really get an answer to
You should do a video on Ramstein Germany.
The fact that cashmere isn’t named after Kashmir boggles my mind
It's named after kashmir
Cashmere is just the Anglicized spelling of Kashmir.
"It actually comes from...
The cashmere goat."
*baaaaaa*
*smashes like*
Last year I gifted my father cashmere sweater I love cashmere shawls
I bought a $100 cashmere scarf in Nepal. They also sell yak wool scarves, which are cheaper.
Why is it called "kashmir", if the material does not come from the Kashmir region?
Simply because the processing of the precious wool first developed in the region of Kashmir (India), as a result of the Silk Road. The name of this region has thus become the generic name of the fabric. Since then things have changed, as Indian production, having failed to evolve, has been considerably marginalized. Despite this, the majority of travellers who go to India continue to buy very cheap "Pashmina" as souvenirs, however these are actually made of 100% viscose: authentic cashmere is expensive in any country you buy it.
Also,Cashmere is called Cashmere because at the time of its discovery Kashmir was called Cashmere.
India and Pakistan fight over this now I get it
@Dingo Pelt rss? Any word other than that? 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
@Dingo Pelt Pakistan was never world part
Jumper.. when I was a girl, a jumper was like a dress with a bib type top of a skirt. You wear a shirt under the bib area. Layered. A knitted pull over shirt, then the pumper over it.
Usually the shirt was a solid color that coordinated with the colors in the jumper fabric.
It's like an overall with a skirt on the bottom instead of pants.
Very popular in the '50s - '70s. For girls and women.
WoW! I had no idea Cashmere was from a goat ☺ I fell in love with ♥Cashmere♥ after I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia because of the softness, My Mum would find me cashmere cardigans at thrift stores. When I started menopause I learned a new appreciation of my beloved ♥Cashmere♥.... the warmth and breath-ability along with the softness is HEAVENLY! I would agree nothing compares to cashmere and it is worth every penny.
I turn my clothes inside out so the seams and tags don't irritate me.
I think Cashmere comes from the word Kashmir a region between the himalayas devided between 3 countries,China ,India and Pakistan.i am from India.there cashmere wool is called as Pashmina wool, it is very expensive. I went there when I was very small but can't go there now because of violence 😞😞😞
Because it is made by supreme.
Expensive but oh so cozy and worth every penny.
I have always pondered this question...
N I thought my $15 dollar cashmere sweater from H&M was real 😔
Nothing from H&M is worth the money you pay for it. Fast fashion never is. It's also made with slave labor.
@@WouldntULikeToKnow. everyone is made with slave lober
Is there any link between cashmere and Kashmir??
BroCat yes Cashmere is the obsolete spelling of Kashmir.
Mr. Cotton selling out 🤣
Never even heard of it, until now