Baby Cashmere: The Long Journey of Excellence

Author:   Loro Piana ,  Loro Piana ,  Bruna Rotunno
Publisher:   Skira
ISBN:  

9788857203690


Pages:   184
Publication Date:   16 August 2010
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained


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Baby Cashmere: The Long Journey of Excellence


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The illustrated story of a journey that Loro Piana goes on every year through remote, unspoiled lands to purchase an extremely precious fibre. Mongolia is a vast expanse of land between China and Russia. Its unspoilt terrain is battered by sudden sandstorms, and for 257 days a year no rain falls. A travel across this country is a genuine adventure. For more than ten thousand years Mongolia's uplands have been home to the Hircus goat. This curious animal, which is cared for by a mainly nomadic population of goat-herders, hides a genuine treasure under its outer coat: the warm, fine, ultra-soft luxury fibre that is cashmere. Baby Cashmere is an extremely precious fibre exclusively obtained from the underfleece of Hircus goat kids, which is gathered by means of a delicate and completely harmless combining procedure that is only done once in a goat's life, before the kids are 12 months old. It takes the fleece of 19 kids to make just one pullover. Nature lovers, fine-photography aficionados, armchair travellers alike will appreciate this fascinating exploration under endless skies and over golden deserts in search of the ultimate in genuine quality.

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Author:   Loro Piana ,  Loro Piana ,  Bruna Rotunno
Publisher:   Skira
Imprint:   Skira
Dimensions:   Width: 28.00cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 30.00cm
Weight:   1.620kg
ISBN:  

9788857203690


ISBN 10:   8857203697
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   16 August 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

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Bruna Rotunno is a photographer who loves to capture the soul in all the images she shoots, from landscapes to advertising.

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