History

The brand was created by the Caputo family that operates in Venice for over a century and whose house is built on the foundations of the travelers Polo family house from which originates Marco Polo.
In recent years, in the footsteps of Marco Polo, we have created a company with the desire to offer products with the best quality on the market, with an Italian design and exquisite workmanship of the lands discovered by the ancient Venetian merchant.
It is said that Marco Polo had discovered in the thirteenth century, in some caves in Mongolia, representations of wild goats domesticated by man. It is therefore likely that, already in very distant times, the shepherds have bred these goats are capable of providing a particularly warm wool, a blessing in those regions from winter particularly rigid.
Only in the nineteenth century, Europe will discover, amazed, this precious wool that will be called kasmir. The plateaus of the Himalayas of Ladakh and Tibet are the regions of authentic wool cashmere, where, at an average altitude of 4000 meters lives Capra hircus, domesticated animal today that, for the long winter, lasting six months, and withstand temperatures that reach -40 ° C, this animal is covered with a thick fleece of wool formed by long and fine hair. From this animal, the size of which is between the European domestic goat and the dwarf goat, comes this extraordinary wool that has made the term "kashmir"Famous all over the world.
The thinnest part of the fluff, present in the undercoat, is called "duvet", And has a special feature compared to any other animal fibers: thermoregulate the animal's body with respect to the surrounding environment, thus protecting from the low temperatures Capra hircus in nature and, of course, the man who wears his wool.
The pashmina: Persian pashm means wool, is a very precious textile product, obtained using the hair shears undercoat in the neck area of ​​the animal that lives in the Himalayas between Nepal, Pakistan and northern India.

In spring, when temperatures rise, the goat loses a part of his hair, is at this time that you can harvest the precious wool. The collection of cashmere can be done in two ways, depending on whether the goats are still wild, mainly in the Himalayas, or domesticated, especially in Mongolia. In the Himalayas, proceeding under a totally handmade and environmentally friendly method: When temperatures rise, the animal, which does not need the winter coat, rub against rocks and shrubs to speed up his pack, leaving many tangled clumps of their hair. The locals walk the mountains far and wide to raise the fluff that Hircus goat leaves during his pack. A single animal produces approximately 100 grams of usable cashmere, therefore, for the realization of a pull, it is necessary the wool of a number between 2 up to 6 to goats.

Mongolia is a vast region, arid and desert, the least densely populated of the planet, which is in fact split into two countries: Mongolia proper "Inner Mongolia" and Outer Mongolia. The whole nation is a "Chinese autonomous region" in which live between 70 and 80% of the world population of Capra hircus. Breeding is, nowadays, very traditional and makes a significant contribution to the maintenance of a traditional rural population.

Why "kashmir"If the matter does not come from the Kashmir region?

Simply because it is initially in Kashmir (India), which was developed processing of precious wool, which later walked the Silk Road. The name of the region has thus become the generic name of the fabric. Since then things have changed, the Indian production, which has not been able to evolve, it is considerably marginalized, even though the majority of travelers who travel to India continue to lead as a souvenir of "Pashmina" often paid a few dollars, but They will actually composed of 100% viscose: the authentic and kashmir 'precious and expensive in any country you are purchasing it.
The Caputo choice is to use the pure fiber, soft, silky and velvety 100% cashmere that offers a feeling of comfort, warmth and protection in all seasons. All our garments are available in this shop and you can buy them online from your home, and within a few days of ordering the product you will be conveniently delivered right to your door, or you can touch the quality of our products at our Store in San Martino al Tagliamento.