This week we are featuring  the J Lo Hat and Scarf set.  This gorgeous, stylish and totally on-trend set comes in five stunning colours – purple, light blue, cream, beige and chocolate.

This is a classic example of eyecatching chic design,  mixed with the softness and incredible warmth that you can expect from our entire 100% pure cashmere range.

Spoil the lady in your life at Christmas and enjoy choosing the colour that will suit her best.

The Company began just over 2 years ago selling exquisite cashmere sourced under ethical principles from Outer Mongolia.  The on-line business is based in Harrogate although most clients have so far been in London.

Managing Director, Vanessa Streeton, wanted a northern presence where customers can see and feel the beauty and softness of cashmere which is unrivalled in its quality and design.  The cashmere pieces include exquisite, stylish accessories and knitwear for men and women and an exclusive interiors range.

CocoonU has also expanded its luxury ethical collection and now offers organic, hand-made bath and body products and beautiful fair trade jewellery.

The  CocoonU shop is located at 5 Montpellier Mews, Harrogate, HG1 2TQ. Take a short walk from Betty’s Tearooms down Montpellier Hill to visit us and experience the cosmopolitan and magical atmosphere of the cobbled streets.
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The Montpellier Quarter – An Overview

The Montpellier Quarter is home to 80 exclusive shops, pavement cafes, bars and award winning restaurants. The whole of Harrogate is encapsulated within the Montpellier Quarter, making it an ideal day out. Whether you choose to while away an afternoon in one of the quarter’s quaint street cafes, watching the world go by, or hit the street on a serious shopping mission, the Montpellier Quarter envelopes you in style. The breath taking surroundings, gardens, floral hanging baskets and cobbled streets all add to the traditional atmosphere of the area.

The Montpellier Quarter is also home to the ‘Antiques and Art Centre of the North’: with many quality antique shops and art galleries. These are accompanied by new, modern and contemporary retailers; London fashion designer Caroline Charles, Farrah’s famous toffee and food emporium, exclusive ladies’ and men’s fashions, hair and beauty salons, interior designers, contemporary furniture, kitchen and bedroom specialists can all be found nestling side by side in the quarter.

Take a short walk from Betty’s Tearooms down Montpellier Hill and experience for yourself the truly cosmopolitan atmosphere of the area and discover the real Harrogate and the new CocoonU shop for your special gifts this christmas.

For more information, visit www.montpellierharrogate.com

Our bespoke ranges are totally exclusive with a fascinating story behind them. CocoonU would like to look for re-sellers in the luxury market.

For further information please contact Vanessa Streeton – vanessa@cocoonu.com 01423-880975 www.cocoonu.com

CocoonU cashmere was originally inspired by the combination of lifestyle and beliefs of the nomadic herders in Outer Mongolia. Sourcing from this environment using sustainable and ethical practices has enabled CocoonU to produce a 100% cashmere and a lighter silk and cotton mix range; all with unrivalled softness, timeless designs and for all seasons.

The new 100% organic bath and body products use the finest natural ingredients with the purest of essential oils, locally sourced goat’s milk and honey all lovingly handmade in the UK

Our eco-friendly jewellery is all sourced from ethical, fair-trade and eco designers from around the world.  Whether you are seeking something unique and original, sleek and contemporary, classic and sophisticated, or traditional with a modern twist, we have an exciting range of stylish and affordable pieces to see you through not only this season, but the next and beyond. It’s jewellery that’s pleasurable to wear, beautiful to look at and designed to be as individual as you.

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Its beautiful landscape varies depending in which part of the country you are. High mountains, lakes, forests and Gobi desert breathtakingly blend with its nomads peacefully grazing their animals, horses, camels, sheep, goats and cows, in the wide open spaces.

Mongolia’s nomadic lifestyle has not been influenced much despite Russian control for over 70 years right before democracy, which began in 1990. A strong Russian influence to change its culture began in 1921 destroying over 700 monasteries and killing thousands monks and intelligent Mongolians.

Democracy arrived in the early 1990’s helped to slowly recover what people lost during communism. Today Mongolia is progressively changing under a free market economy and absorbing many of new developments of globalization.

Mongolia has so much natural resources, minerals and gems stones, which our ancestors have not touched. In a Market economy where everyone chases after money the country’s natural resources are the target for making money and selfishness and greediness of private businessmen to use for their personal benefit does not help the economy to grow but negatively impacts on nature and environment. Private companies and hand mining of desperate people destroy land, rivers and trees due to lack of consciousness and commitment to invest back into nature.

The strongest religion in Mongolia is Buddhism; it was introduced in 1300 century by Chingis Khaan’s grandson Kublai Khan. A highly intelligent King who invited a senior ranking monk from Tibet to gain spiritual guidance while he was ruling the Mongolian dynasty from Beijing. Since then Buddhism has played a significant role in the country and people, from generation to generation it was carried solemnly as a part of daily life and culture.

Soldiers who had previously invaded countries on horseback with weapons in hand totally changed in order to bring peace in earth and became monks with beads in their hand, trying to restore peace by enlightening people’s minds free from suffering.

Buddhism which forcibly died down during socialism under Russian control has quickly revived since democracy took place. The temples have been restored and new ones built and the number of Buddhist practitioners increased. Births, deaths, weddings, starting new business, lunar year celebration, etc in fact every event involves religion and rituals, which are becoming more of a necessity to ensure proper practicing of religion. Mongolia does not discriminate over the people’s right to choose their faith and religion and there are all kinds of religion exist, but 90% of population practices Buddhism.

A political stability and tolerance towards other religions and less violence between ethnic groups compared to some other nations is a reflection of the Buddhist philosophy to love every human being equally.

Rural areas are least inflicted in any external change, therefore they carry the values of culture and religion which xisted hundreds of years ago. Slow reaction to the modern society is related to remoteness, small population and underdevelopment of infrastructure. The contrast between city life and countryside is becoming increasingly apparent, it is not clear to anyone yet what kind of future lies there with the migration of rural inhabitants to the capital city of Mongolia, where people seek for jobs, better education and medical service.

CocoonU was inspired by the combination of lifestyle and beliefs of the nomadic herders who live in Outer Mongolia. Their simplistic, mutually supportive life has given us the opportunity to create the most stunning collection of 100% cashmere knitted and woven throws, cushion covers and blankets, using sustainable, eco and ethical practices.

View our cashmere collections at www.cocoonu.com

CocoonU was inspired by the combination of lifestyle and beliefs of the nomadic herders in Outer Mongolia, who have given us the opportunity to create the most stunning collection, using sustainable, eco and ethical practices.

CocoonU combines exceptional quality and classic designs using only the very best raw materials created by temperatures of 50 degrees. Sourcing from this fascinating landscape leaves the owner of these exquisite products with a clear conscience and only the lightest footprint on the planet.

With over 300 beautiful colours to work with we are able to create bespoke living concepts to fit any environment worldwide for the luxury market. View our collections

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luxury with a clear conscience

To be sure that your cashmere items are the absolute finest, there can only be one source – Outer Mongolia and CocoonU in particular.

Why is our cashmere simply the finest?

Cashmere from CocoonU is the finest available from legal sources. The harsh winter climate of Outer Mongolia ensures that our fibres beat all others. It is most suitable for high grade knits because each downy strand is very thin and very long. The length directly affects the touch and feel of the cashmere. What gives our cashmere a soapier feel is known by an affect called coarseness. Coarseness in this regard is the friction that occurs when sections of cashmere hair is rubbed or touched by the skin.

Cashmere is a hair-like downy fiber and hair itself is made of platelets or scale like sections, much like stacking cups together.

In the case of the widely used but inferior Inner Mongolian (Chinese) cashmere, the diameter of each cup is very narrow, but the height of each cup is also very short. Hence you get a very thin stack or cups that is; for the sake of example about 40 mm tall. Here there are many individual cups or sections stacked together to make up this 40 mm strand; there are many gaps where the cups are joined.
These gaps are what affect the soft feeling because the more gaps you have, there are more contact points for friction to occur.

CocoonU Cashmere Collection

Now if you take our Outer Mongolian cashmere in comparison the cups are perhaps at times 1 micron thicker, but each cup is much taller. Therefore you get a stack that is a little thicker but 50 mm tall.

It takes fewer sections of cups and even fewer gaps to be 50 mm tall, which is the case for CocoonU cashmere. Because our stack of cups has fewer gaps or joints in the stack the friction ratio is very low. Adding to this is the quality of strength; our cashmere fibers are stronger which makes for even better yarn.

This is why super thin fiber does not necessary mean it makes for a better cashmere yarn.

Ours is simply the most suitable for strong, soft, and high grade cashmere. This has now been confirmed by a leading European fashion house who has confirmed that CocoonU cashmere surpassed their requirements for quality and price.

Our quality factors are:
• Most Favorable in Width per downy strand
• Extremely Long fiber
• Extremely Strong fiber
• ‘Soapier’ Feel

Ethical
In addition we are thought to be the only processor and manufacturer in Mongolia who personally know our suppliers. We are committed to ethical practices and work closely with our goat herders to optimize the benefits to them goat herders and their families. We are currently investigating having our cashmere FairTrade certified.

CocoonU Cashmere Black Pashmina

Our Products and Services

We can make knits with high quality yarn in all sorts of colors and gauges.
We can make different items and styles ranging from scarves, shawls, socks, knitwear, cardigans, jackets, blankets,throws,pashmina’s,dressing gowns etc…
When it comes to colors, we can make colors to suite the requirements of our clients – any colour on the Pantone™ chart .

We can create a brand and supply luxury gifts.

We don’t just do cashmere…..Contact vanessa@cocoonu.com for further details

CocoonU 100% cashmere pashmina in black

CocoonU combines exceptional quality and classic designs, using only the very best raw materials, created by temperatures of minus 50 degrees. Sourcing our cashmere from Outer Mongolia leaves the owner of these beautiful products with a clear conscience and only the only lightest footprint on the planet. The collection ranges from interiors, knitwear and accessories to luxury corporate gifts and bespoke designs. Cashmere is a true investment which will repay you year after year.

CocoonU fairtrade ethical and ecofriendly jewellery

CocoonU’s stunning new jewellery collection offers a mixture of colourful, handcrafted pieces from designers across the globe.

Created from the highest quality raw, natural materials, each item has a unique texture and glamour, adding an individual elegant edge to any outfit.