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3 unusual facts about Cashmere


Cashmere, Washington

Some of America's first technical climbing routes were established here by Fred Beckey and others.

Changra

Known in the occidendental world as Cashmere, changra fiber is considered as the finest natural fiber in the world.

Gerrit Visser

Gerrit Visser (February 2, 1903, Nieuwendam, North Holland – December 1984, Cashmere, Washington) was a Dutch football (soccer) center forward who played in the Netherlands and the United States.


Australian Cashmere goat

Cashmere was effectively rediscovered on Australian goats in 1972 when two CSIRO researchers Dr. Ian Smith and Mr. Wal Clarke identified cashmere on some feral goats under inspection at the property of The Australian Mohair Company at Brewarrina.

Blacksocks

The socks come in a limited variety of sizes and styles, with options such as calf socks, knee socks and silk cashmere socks.

Émile Munier

His father, Pierre François Munier, was an artist upholsterer at the Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins and his mother, Marie Louise Carpentier, was a polisher in a cashmere cloth mill.

Gabriel Casseus

He had a small role as pool playing Freddie in the 50 Cent movie Before I Self Destruct (2009); as Elliot's cellmate in Bedazzled ; as Kurth, one of the protagonist's squad mates in Black Hawk Down; In Lockdown, he played Cashmere, a drug dealer who was sent to prison wrongfully on a murder charge; and also played a small role in the 1998 movie Black Dog.

Iris von Arnim

In 2010, Iris von Arnim formed a joint venture with Claudia Schiffer to develop the Claudia Schiffer Cashmere Collection.

Knitted fabric

In the 1980s, knitwear emerged from the realm of sportswear to dominate high fashion; notable designs included Romeo Gigli's "haute-bohemian cocoon coats" and Ralph Lauren's floor-length cashmere turtlenecks.

KZPH

KWWX, a radio station (106.7 FM) licensed to Cashmere, Washington, United States, which used the call sign KZPH from February 1991 to January 2008

The Red Dot

Elaine gets George a job at a publishing company; to repay her, he buys her an ostensibly expensive, cashmere sweater, that has a minor flaw, for which it was marked down considerably (the flaw is visible to the characters but not to the camera).

Via Manzoni

Fashion retailers here include Anna Rita N, Antonini, Armani Casa, Artemide, Bolaffi, Bottega del Cashmere, Coccinelle, Frette, Gattinoni, Grimoldi, Les Copains, Mila Schön, Napapjri, Pal Zileri, Patrizia Pepe, Paul Smith, and Scappino.


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