Planet Berlin: Fashion from the Mongolian steppe
Mongolian Saranzul Bazarvaani and the German Kathleen Hager created their own unique woolwear label with yarn from the Mongolian steppe.
Close affinity
They combine two distant cultures: hip style from Berlin and traditional cashmere from Mongolia. "Nature is the greatest luxury for us," say the Cashmere Sisters. That's why they only work with pure and naturally-produced yarns. While Kathleen Hager is busy designing the garments, Saranzul Bazarvaani takes care of the Mongolian production.
Cashmere from head to toe
The store label doesn’t only have the compulsory cashmere sweaters in its line. The Cashmere Sisters have also designed cardigans, ponchos, coats, scarves and caps.
Nomadic yarn
Cashmere is the extremely fine, soft wool shorn from the Kashmir goats, a luxury yarn that has been used for textile processing for around 3000 years. But while Kashmir goats are now also reared on large breeding farms in Australia or Scotland, the Cashmere Sisters source their extra fine cashmere from nomadic goats in Mongolia.
The perfect showroom
In Berlin, the Cashmere Sisters sell their unique woolwear creations in a large, light-filled store in the popular Kollwitz neighborhood.