Considered the negation of color, black is conservative, goes well with almost any color except the very dark. It also has conflicting connotations. It can be serious and conventional. The color black can also be mysterious, sexy, and sophisticated.
Black is the absence of color. In clothing, black is visually slimming. Black, like other dark colors, can make a room appear to shrink in size and even a well-lit room looks dark with a lot of black. Black can make other colors appear brighter.
In most Western countries black is the color of mourning. Among young people, black is often seen as a color of rebellion. Black is both positive and negative. It is the color for little boys in China. Black, especially combined with orange is the color of Halloween. In early Westerns the good guy wore white while the bad guy wore black. But later on good guys wore black to lend an air of mystery to themselves.
Use the color black to convey elegance, sophistication, or perhaps a touch of mystery. Dark charcoal gray and very dark brown can sometimes stand in for black.
Be careful using black with very dark colors. It can work, but if the colors are too similar they blend together. Black works well with bright, jewel-toned shades of red, blue and green. Black is the ultimate dark color and makes lighter colors such as yellow really pop out. Photographs often look brighter against a black background. Black and gray is a conservative combo as is medium or light blue and black.
The fine woolen black pashmina shawl embodies softness, warmth and style. Handspun, woven and embroidered in Kashmir and through out the Himalayas, pashmina is famous for its feel and richness. These handmade shawls, although expensive, are also durable.
The Kashmiri black shawl is made of pashmineh, from sajan Persian wool, obtained from a special breed of goat found in the higher altitudes of the Himalayan Mountains. The goats shed their winter coat every spring, and it is this inner wool which is collected and spun to make cashmere.
Although primarily manufactured in Nepal and Kashmir, cashmere products are also manufactured in the Gobi desert area of Mongolia. The weather conditions in these regions are conducive to the rearing of goats and the quality of the final product manufactured in both regions is equally good.
Pure pashmina products cannot tolerate high tension and are not very durable, hence most manufacturers make their black shawls using a tightly woven blend of silk and pashmina in a 30:70 ratio. It is the silk that gives this kind of wrap a sheen.
These shawls can be bought for as little as $35 or as high as thousands of US dollars, depending on the purity of the wool used. The higher the content of the wool, the warmer is the shawl. A black pashmina shawl made from pure wool is so soft that it can pass through a ring
Office wear needs to be chosen carefully and consciously. The office decorum and formal wear guidelines need to be adhered while choosing an appropriate office wear. Formal shawls and wrap are a popular accessory chosen by females of all ages for office wear. Formal shawls may or may not essentially stick to the shawl style. A formal stole can also serve the purpose, but formal shawls are preferred as they are a little bigger in size. Since they are a popular accessory, different fabrics are used for manufacturing formal shawls with different purposes.
Silk Formal Shawls Famous for their amazing fabric quality, silk formal shawls are preferred as formal office wear considering its ethnic and traditional prints. Silk formal shawls with their elaborate designs and intricate handiworks, look very graceful when matched with office wear.
Pashmina is warm variety of formal shawls that is made from the ‘pashm’ fabric that originally belongs to Kashmir state in India. Pashmina formal shawls are extremely soft and warm and a good substitute for the heavy wool formal shawls.
Cashmere Formal Shawls Cashmere formal shawls are again very popular variety of silk formal shawls. Cashmere is an extremely beautiful variety of silk that offers a humongous variety in all kinds of shawls – formal shawls, casual shawls and the party shawls.
Chiffon Formal Shawls Of all the fabrics mentioned above for formal shawls manufacture, chiffon formal shawls are the softest of all. Chiffon are not as elegant as the above mentioned fabrics. Rather they are a little brighter than all other types of formal shawls. They look distinctly bright and vibrant as formal shawls. Due to the light weight and peppy element, chiffon formal shawls are more popular among young women for office wear purposes.