I bought this for my sister in law because I was telling her that a pashmina is awesome because it's like you get to wear a blanket in public!!!  So when it arrived I was quite jealous because it looked so beautiful!!! I wanted to keep it for myself but my conscience got the better of me and I gave it to her as a Christmas present.  She said she wore it the following day to work and she got many compliments on it.  i am contemplating buying a second one for myself because I want to get compliments too!!! :)