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Angora wool: A fluff y warmt h The immensely soft, knitting wool fiber, renowned for its fluffiness and warmth is not produced by any goat, sheep or yak, the finished fabric provided to us comes all the way from a most pleasant and peacefull animal, a Rabbit . Known by the name Angora Rabbit is famous worldwide for the production of Angora Wool used to make sweaters, scarves and many more winter wears. The luxurious, shiny, lightweight and comfortable characteristics possessed makes it worth loving. Loft and floting feel of angora wool For the production, the fur of the Angora Rabbit is harvested by shearing, combing or pulling out the hair from different parts of body. The fiber is basically 10-13 microns in diameter which makes it impossible to spun the pure angora wool fabric, thus the later is mixed with other soft fibers like cashmere (a wool type) or lambswool . The hollowness of the fiber provides it the loft and floating feel. Warmth and softness of Angora wool The histor...

  Silk: An immortal fashion As defined by the title itself, in the world of fashion “ Silk ” is an evergreen word. Basically the past life of silk began from china and then entered in India through the “ Silk Road ” (sikkim). The fiber used by mankind since 4 th millennium BC is actually the production of a tiny larva of an insect called silkworm . Basically there are different types of silk fiber produced by different species of silkworm, like Eri, Tassar, Muga, and Mulberry. Eri silk : also called as endi or errandi is obtained without killing the silkworm and hence called as Ahimsa silk or Peace silk . This type is mostly used by the Buddhists monks of India, China, Nepal and Japan of non-violent origin. Tassar silk : also called as Kosa silk in sanskrit produced in central Indian states. Production of this type takes place in wild forests, thus also known as Wild silk .   But the most famous and widely used Mulberry silk is the product of Bombyx mori silkwor...