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| dateAdded | 2022-07-22T02:26:37Z |
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| annotationComment | The niche ecology frame (for cashmere goats) associates quality with environment. The impacts of climate change may be implicit. |
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| parentItem | bornofnomad.pdf |
| version | 3383 |
| annotationAuthorName | Ananda Thrift |
| dateModified | 2022-07-22T02:27:04Z |
| annotationText | Culture Creates Luxury A consumer may only see the end result; warm luxury fabrics that can be shaped into any garment they might desire. But for the nomads, it all begins with the connection they have with their animals. Goats and Yaks are the companions of the nomads in this unforgiving environment. Every gust of wind and every harsh winter night in their world shape the long fine threads that make Mongolian cashmere and Yak wool some of the most desirable materials on the planet. The bone-chilling temperatures on the plateau can fall below -40 Celsius, and it is only in this environment that Hircus goats can grow the velvety undercoat that creates our cloud-like cashmere. Their coats are dense and packed with incredibly fine hairs that measure 19 microns or less individually, arguably creating the most luxurious feeling cashmere in the world. |