The shawl is known of a long time, and they remain in collective memory as an element of comfort, softness and elegance, appreciated by the women of all epochs. Also when you are tempted, the question of the choice takes all its importance.
Then, where to find a really interesting Shawl ?
It's undoubtedly necessary to turn to truths specialists for this type of products : traditional manufactures of Russia.
The rigour of the climate and the legendary elegance of the Russian women have allowed the emergence of a production of great quality
Russian Shawls: a long evolution
From the basis of a purely functional need, the craftsmen imagination, the customers requirements and the technological developments, made from them the fashion accessory which everyone knows today.
From the beginning of the 18th century, Russia began a broad shawl production, to serve the request provoked by the fashion Kashmir Shawls.
However, Russia followed its own way, and after having changed the matters and the manufactoring processes, Russia developed its own style whose emblematic figure is a shawl precisely called "Russian Beauty"
The specificity of the Russian Shawls
The Cashmere shawls uses the Tibet goat down, but as this matter is not in sufficient quantity, the Russians preferred a matter which they well knew : the combed wool sheep. Afterwards sophisticated and multiple treatments, solidity is comparable, and the very pleasant touch also.
Rather than to carry out the designs in embroidery, the Russian manufactures adapted the tapestry manufactoring processes to the shawls manufacture, which enabled them to produce shawls in sufficient quantity and excellent quality.
They also adopted floral patterns traditionally used by Caucasus people, which, stylized, simplified and realized with bright colors, marry perfectly with a empty center, surrounded by a river of fringes out of wool or better, out of silk.
This is why a Russian shawl is always a very appreciated gift.
For whatever reason, carrying it for yourself or to offer as a gift to a dear person, a Russian Shawl will always be accepted as a present of value.
How to find beautiful Russian Shawls?
In Russia, Obviously. In Moscow you will find sympathetic shops and markets where you will find all the most beautiful shawls. If you can't get you there, the simplest is undoubtedly to make a research on Internet where you will find many sites offering such products.
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