I had already got to pashmina shawls from amazon,which are just solid colours and lovely,this is definately a different fabric,but I love it,it's not as warm as the others,but,after reading the other reviews,I didn't expect it to be. I'm very tempted to buy another exactly the same and hand sew them together to make a poncho,that would be beautiful,either casual or dressy! hhhmmmm!...