Pashmina Stole – 70x200cm – 70% Cashmere / 30% Silk – Rabbit

What colour is a rabbit? It is a fair question, and the answer here is a muted mauve-brown with a soft plum cast, somewhere between taupe and a dusky purple. This mauve brown pashmina is cool for a brown, and the slight sheen from the silk brings out the plum in it as the cloth moves.

Woven in Kathmandu from a 28-count, 2-ply yarn of 70% cashmere and 30% silk, this 70 × 200 cm stole is finished with hand-twisted tassels at both ends. The silk adds strength and a slightly closer weave, so the cloth drapes well. It is an easy colour for every day: worn open across the shoulders at the office, or doubled and looped with a camel coat or denim at the weekend.

Anne asked exactly that question before ordering, and called the result “a lilac brown and very nice indeed” and “a good-sized wrap”, with the quality she expected from us. Christina found it “Beautiful quality and gorgeous colour”. As this is a subtle in-between shade, and a few buyers of other colours found theirs differed from the photo, the swatchbook will help if you are pairing it with burgundy or plum.