Nilofer

Nilofer is a house of Kashmiri pashmina, founded by Nilofer Wani. The fibre is combed, never shorn. The makers are named. Through Nilofer Cares, artisan families — and above all the girl child — are offered education, health, hygiene and skill.

September 2026

Grand Nilofer is open

The house of pashmina now keeps its rooms on every stage the world offers — Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, X, and the rest. Same valley. Same hands. Same patience.

Autumn 2026

Harud

Fifteen shawls of Kashmir. Every piece takes its name from something real in the valley: a garden, a lake, the saffron fields at Pampore, the snow.

A letter from the house

Nilofer Wani

“A shawl is not an accessory. In Kashmir it is an inheritance, the thing a mother folds into a daughter's hands.” The house carries her name for a reason.

The Shawl Edit

SATRANG, a short film

Look, weave, drape. Fifty shawls, each turned into a short film so the cloth can be seen the way it is worn — in motion, in light.

The Craft

Hands before machines, always

Pashm is combed, never shorn. Spun on a wooden wheel, worked on the kani loom, finished with a needle no thicker than an eyelash.

Nilofer Cares

A responsible house

House of Nilofer is a social enterprise. Through Nilofer Cares, artisan families — and above all the girl child — are offered education, health, hygiene and skill.

Catalogue, Volume I

Pashmina, named

The first pashmina catalogue of the house. Each shawl named for something real within Kashmir, so the word pashmina is no longer borrowed by cloth the valley would not recognise.