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THE KEKEXILI
Kekexili(Hoh Xil), which lies in the border areas of the Tibet Autonomous Region, qinghai Province and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, was founded in 1995, covers 45,000 square kilometers at an average elevation of 4,600 meters. It is home to many rare species including the Tibetan antelope, the yak,wild donkey and other plateau animals.
 

SHAHTOOSH IS OUT, PASHMINA IS IN

It was about a hundred years back in time that Oscar Wilde called fashion a form of ugliness so intolerable that it has to be changed every six months. Were Wilde to be around today to comment on the fading into history of the shahtoosh shawl, he might have made a gorier proclamation.

It is no more chic to drape this shawl woven from wool taken from the Tibetan antelope or chiru.

Yes, days of the shahtoosh shawl being a fashion statement are over. It is a prê