In winter, keeping warm has become important, while cashmere, a top-level fabric that is both warm and comfortable, is naturally favored by many fashionable customers.

Cashmere can be called "soft gold" in the fabric field, extremely light (generally within one lb, the weight is 1/5 of wool), extremely warm (the thermal effect is 1.5-3 times that of wool). 

Why cashmere is expensive? today I will tell you five reasons : 

I. Top fiber

Cashmere is a top-class natural fiber with fiber characteristics that no other fiber can replace. Cashmere is thin and curved fibers, which contain a lot of air and form an air layer. It can defend against the invasion of external cold air and keep the body temperature from decreasing. Cashmere is much thinner than wool, and the outer scales are also finer and smoother than wool. Therefore, it has light weight, high softness and good toughness. 

2., the output is small, extremely rare

Cashmere production is scarce, accounting for only 0.2% of the world's total animal fiber production. The global output of wool is over one million tons, while that of cashmere is only about 20,000 tons. In market transactions, cashmere is calculated in grams.

If all cashmere produced in the world every year is used to make cashmere sweaters, then every 5000 people in the world can share one piece. If all the wool produced every year in the world are made into woolen sweaters, then everyone in the world can have 2 pieces.

3. Difficult collection and high labor costs

The collection methods of cashmere and wool are completely different. Wool is collected from coarse wool, which is cut directly from sheep; While cashmere is a layer of fine fluff covered by goat's epidermis, which needs experienced herdsmen to comb down from the goat bit by bit. The collection cost is several times higher than that of wool, which also increases the cost. 

4. Complex process and high cost

Cashmere needs more careful protection in the textile process. Not only high-end knitting machine production is needed, but also professional cashmere special wax, lotion and ironing equipment are needed for waxing, washing and ironing. At the same time, facing such luxurious and delicate fabrics as cashmere, the design also needs more professional and experienced designers to complete. Printing and production workers also need professional masters. Therefore, the cost of the whole design and production process is several times higher than that of other fabrics. 

5, Royal choice, with the property of gold and expensive

During the reign of Queen Victoria more than 180 years ago. Cashmere became the favorite clothing fabric of the British royal family. Not only that, in many traditional royal nobles such as the Spanish royal family and the Japanese royal family, cashmere is regarded as the symbol of the royal family. This also led to the impression of the whole society on the luxury of cashmere. 

The reason why cashmere is expensive is inseparable from the above five reasons. It is precisely because of its natural characteristics, rare output and complicated technology.