This cap made from the skin of a Karakul lamb is very popular in Kashmir. This fur has a soft, curly texture, a velvety feel, and a glossy sheen. Depending on the quality of the leather, the price ...

The word 'Qaraqul' means black fur in Turkic. The Karakul cap is peaked and folds flat when taken off. The fur used to make the caps is called Astrakhan, Broadtail, Qaraqulcha or Persian lamb.

This cap made from the skin of a Karakul lamb is very popular in Kashmir. This fur has a soft, curly texture, a velvety feel, and a glossy sheen. Depending on the quality of the leather, the price ...

It may be stylish, but Hamid Karzai’s cap is made of karakul – and that has some calling it a product of cruelty. Karakul lambs produce a soft and shiny wool – but the coat thicke… ...

The Afghan Karakul hat, locally called Karakuli, is one such example. ... Apart from the Karakuli, Shah also uses Karakul fur to make variations of pakols and other round caps.

The fur on the hat comes from a Karakul lamb, whose pelt is removed just a few days after birth. Generals’ papakhi were made exclusively from Karakul lamb pelts. Return of the papakhi.

Fur is prominent in the “boom boom” fashion trend, which emphasises excess and “male-coded values”. It has been described by ...

Hamid Karzai’s karakul hat once represented Afghan unity and won admiration abroad; now its fortunes have fallen along with the president’s. ... the sheen is off the shimmery fur headwear.

The cap is made up of the fur of the Qaraqul or Karakul breed of sheep which is found in the desert areas of Central Asia. The sheep have been named in connection to the city of Qorako‘l, a town ...