You've gotta check these out, especially if you don't live around LA
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're sad-but-true and hilarious!!!!! JoanLA County Fair ads---not really OT
Oct 14, 2005
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And can't you just hear all those people saying "cashmere doesn't come from a cow. It comes from sheep." *snort*
Elizabeth
Now I'm confused. I always thought Cashmere came from Bloomingdale's har de har har
Lucille
Or - a goat!!!!
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Cheryl
Yes, dear, that was my point and what the snort was about. Sorry if it was too subtle.
Elizabeth
Actually, there is (supposedly) a breed of sheep called cashmere. I can't find it on the web, but I have seen fleeces and wool labeled as sheep's cashmere.
Cheryl
According to the FTC, cashmere comes from only one source:
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far as I can tell, the only people using the term "sheep cashmere" are merchants in China. They are referring to a fiber made from the hairs of the belly of certain sheep and claiming that it is as good as, but cheaper than the fibers from the belly of Kashmir goats. But the very fact that it must be called sheep cashmere should tell you that it's not cashmere.
Elizabeth
I am pretty sure I saw some fleeces locally, but it was last year at a state fair venue.
But it completely true that only goats give cashmere.
Cheryl
Land's End has some pretty nice cashmere things, too! ;)
Joan
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