Welcome to the home of the most luxurious pashmina in the world

These beautiful handcrafted pashmina wraps and shawls are brought to you from the tiny Himalayan country of Nepal. Bhandari Pashmina Traders pashmina shawls are of the finest quality pashmina that has been hand-woven by skilled crafts people.
Bhandari Pashminas are noted for their quality both in the use of the most high-grade pashmina and silk fabrics and skill in manufacturing.

Prized by royalty for centuries, high altitude pashmina is the softest, warmest and lightest natural fabric in the world. During the last decade the pashmina wrap has transcended from its origins as dowry or heirloom piece to high vogue to fashion trend to timeless, classic accessory. Unfortunately, today, in response to a relentless global demand, there are many grades of pashmina and many copies that don’t have any pashmina quantity at all on the market! With pashmina, like other fine things, there have been cheaper versions and outright copies flooding the market. In the beginning, the label ‘pashmina’ was a guarantee of good quality, but that is sadly not the case any more, because some pashmina makers have had to resort to buying cheaper pashmina due to this high demand and the rising cost of good pashmina. Really fine pashmina is valuable and rare because it is only combed from the inner coat of the mountain goats that live 14,000 feet (approx 5,000 metres) above sea level. When the pashmina comes from the outer coat (cashmere) or from the goats that are living at lower altitude, it is really not pashmina, but because the name ‘pashmina’ is so popular this cheaper grade is still called pashmina by the majority of manufacturers. Really fine pashmina is very expensive but it is truly the essence of a superior pashmina garment. Bhandari Pahmina source the finest quality pashmina known as ‘Diamond Fibre’ pashmina that is harvested from the highest altitudes and hand combed from the inner coat of the Himalayan Mountain goat to create purely luxurious pashmina wraps.

Mostly our pashmina wraps and shawls are the popular silk blend pashminas developed in recent times as a fashion trend - the addition of good quality silk makes the pashmina stronger and shinier. We also carry the more traditional, ‘softer than a cloud’ 100% pashmina.  Then, light and almost sheer, the alluring ‘wedding ring shawl’ that is an even finer micron pashmina, perfect for summers in the Australian climate. Pashminas make a really special gift and most women will agree - you can never have too many! A good quality pashmina is the most treasured luxury garment of millions of women worldwide and a must have accessory. If you don't already own a good quality Pashmina - you're missing out on what has been defined as the best discovery of the decade!