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Stars make fashion statement, say no to shahtoosh
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- Mumbai (Reuters)
"The feel and texture of pashmina is a
good alternative to shahtoosh," designer Geetanjali Kashyap told
Reuters. "We are trying for a strict enforcement of the law to control production of shawls in Srinagar," added Aniruddha Mookherjee of the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) which has a stall at the event. The purchase and sale of shahtoosh shawls, made from the soft undercoat of the endangered Chiru, a Tibetan antelope, is banned in India and other countries including the United States. The Chiru is found in the Tibetan plateau and parts of Ladakh in India's Kashmir region. Environmentalists say at least three animals are killed to make a medium-sized shawl. They say Chirus are slaughtered in the thousands in the Tibetan plateau and their hides taken to Kashmir where the fibre is made into scarves and shawls by weavers. According to WTI more than 20,000 animals are killed every year for the shawl industry in Kashmir. Traders in shahtoosh -- Persian for "fit for a king" -- say the antelopes shed their wool naturally by rubbing themselves against shrubs and rocks in summer. |
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