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Gigi Hadid’s Favourite Cashmere Comes With A Sustainable Caveat _ British Vogue _ British Vogue.pdf

Mandkhai, a newish brand by Mandkhai Jargalsaikhan, which specialises in goat-to-garment transparency, not to mention deliciously soft cashmere. The 30-year-old designer knows her wool: she is Mongolian, and her parents were the first family to set up shop in post-Communist Mongolia twenty-five years ago, with a cashmere factory.

carolineissa-instagram.pdf

(she knows all the goats that supply their soft fibres for the end material)

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native authority The 'native' cashmere producer -- an individual designer or business from Mongolia -- is better positioned to speak authoritatively on the quality and sustainability of cashmere. This connects to the biography of individual designers like #Mandkhai.