Cashmere is one of the finest natural fibres in the world. This precious and delicate fibre is luxurious to wear, yet requires a little more care and attention than products made from coarser wools.

WASHING

We recommend you gently wash your cashmere with a delicate liquid soap designed for wool and cashmere. You can either wash by hand and softly squeezing out the excess water before laying flat on a towel until it is light enough to hang without stretching. Alternatively, you can machine was using the same liquid detergent, but it must be on a wool setting with the temperature 30 degrees or cooler, and a spin of no more than 400.

PILLING

After wearing your new cashmere the first few times, you might find small balls of fibre forming on the surface, sometimes referred to as bobbles. These small balls, or pills, are caused by some of the loose fibres tangling together as areas of your garment are rubbed during wear. The pilling is not indicative of inferiour quality, in fact it is an inevitable consequence of the careful processing of this fine fibre. Pills can be easily removed by hand, or by using a cashmere comb. You will find that by removing the pills in this way, the garment will consolidate and soften further. If cared for properly, your cashmere will maintain its original sumptuous quality.

MOTHS

Moths are attracted to sweat, hair, and food stains - and they also love the dark! We recommend you keep your cashmere clean and aired, unless you are storing it. Keeping your cashmere in plastic cover bags with cedar balls is a good repellant.

COLOUR VARIATIONS

We have made every effort to display product colours as accurately as possible on the Cocowai website. If there are colour variations between the colours shown on the website on your computer and the actual colours of the products, this may be due to the colour reproduction on your computer.

MATERIAL

Careful consideration is given to the materials used in all our products. Your Cocowai cashmere product is made using the very highest quality of yarns available in the world. The totally handmade nature of each product must allow for natural irregularities in the weave and knit, and the dye of each product. The very nature of these differences is what makes every Cocowai piece completely unique.