Name of Shop: Antique Museum " Fakih group of company"
This place reminds me of a salvation Army store/Pier One Imports. It is a warehouse filled with Souvenirs, handicrafts, tshirts balcaps, traditional gifts, cashmere silk and silver, watches, carpets indian funiture and so much more. One of my friends told me about these Pahmina Shawls! They were a great buy! The store is out of the way, so if going by taxi, have him wait. Also not recomended for children due to so many fragle items that could get broken. If shopping in the UAE, this place is a must!
What To Buy: Pahmina Shawls. What is Pashmina ?
Oddly enough, it's a word which doesn't appear in the usual online dictionaries, or even in our Webster's. And yet, if you search for "pashmina" on Yahoo!, you'll find a host of sites offering pashmina shawls and scarves --in fact, pashmina seems to be this year's trendiest fashion fabric. Most of the information we were able to find comes from merchants selling pashmina products, so we had to read between the lines of copy, the alluring color charts, and lovely images for accurate information.
Most vendors claim that the wool in their pashmina is produced by very special Himalayan goats. Cashmere refers to the fine wool from the undercoat of these Kashmir goats -- we get the idea that pashmina is the crème de la crème of cashmere.
In the mountains of Nepal and India, local weavers knead, dye and combine pashmina goat hairs (which are thinner than cashmere) with silk (often in a 70-to-30 or 80-to-20 ratio) to give the material durability and luster.
What To Pay: Some women are buying multiple shawls, with beading, embroidery or London's latest fad: graduated color. Carrie Bradshaw sported one on HBO's "Sex in the City" and women's magazines like Redbook and InStyle have been touting the fabric as a must-have for months. Until recently, pashmina shawls cost upward of $300-$400; now they are available for less than $200.
I paid between 25-45 dollars each!
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Phone: 04-3479935
Address: Outside Dubai on the way to Abu Dhabi
Directions: Al Quoze Industrial Area off of Shaikh Zayed Road, 3rd interchange, south to Home center, turn right and go 3 blocks and the turn left . And there you are! If you pass the City Pearl restraunt, you went to far. Call for directions if you get lost, we did!
Website: http://www.fakihgroup.com/
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on May 1, 2005
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