ABOUT
SÉLBE is a London-based brand founded by Gandiima B, whose Mongolian heritage and interest in art, design and photography influence her work with cashmere.
SÉLBE is named after a river that runs through the founder’s hometown, that she used to cross everyday as a child.
ABOUT
SÉLBE is a London-based brand founded by Gandiima B, whose Mongolian heritage and interest in art, design and photography influence her work with cashmere.
SÉLBE is named after a river that runs through the founder’s hometown, that she used to cross everyday as a child.
Cashmere is a fibre found in the undercoat of Capra Hircus goats. These particular goats live mainly in Mongolian and Inner Mongolian (China) regions characterised by a harsh climate. To withstand the temperature fluctuations that can dip as low as -50°C, the goats developed ultra-fine downy hairs under their coarser layer of overcoat. As a result, cashmere is very lightweight yet has impressive insulating properties, up to eight times warmer than wool.
As temperatures rise in the Spring, herders carefully hand-comb the goats to collect the fine fibres, which would otherwise shed naturally.
Cashmere is expensive due to extensive production process and scarcity. Cashmere goats produce a limited volume of these fibres each year, no more than 200g per goat, while a sheep can produce 3kgs of wool per year.
SÉLBE products are made by an all women-run factory, in Ulaanbaatar Mongolia. Our cashmere yarns are sourced from a manufacturer of fully traceable cashmere in Inner Mongolia, and are certified to The Good Cashmere Standard®, The Responsible Wool Standard (RWS), and by The Sustainable Fibre Alliance.
ABOUT CASHMERE
Cashmere is a fibre found in the undercoat of Capra Hircus goats. These particular goats live mainly in Mongolian and Inner Mongolian (China) regions characterised by a harsh climate. To withstand the temperature fluctuations that can dip as low as -50°C, the goats developed ultra-fine downy hairs under their coarser layer of overcoat. As a result, cashmere is very lightweight yet has impressive insulating properties, up to eight times warmer than wool.
As temperatures rise in the Spring, herders carefully hand-comb the goats to collect the fine fibres, which would otherwise shed naturally.
Cashmere is expensive due to extensive production process and scarcity. Cashmere goats produce a limited volume of these fibres each year, no more than 200g per goat, while a sheep can produce 3kgs of wool per year.
SÉLBE products are made by an all women-run factory, in Ulaanbaatar Mongolia. Our cashmere yarns are sourced from a manufacturer of fully traceable cashmere in Inner Mongolia, and are certified to The Good Cashmere Standard® and The Responsible Wool Standard (RWS).
ABOUT CASHMERE
