Norlha Textiles | Our Story: Press

New York Times

“The products they make are absolutely beautiful. They are taking the traditional skills they have and marketing it to the outside world. Few ...

"In case you were wondering what the chicest and coziest scarf to wear for this awfully chilly start to spring looked like, this is it. Norlha...

"Norlha Textiles—a leading enterprise in Tibet and one of the few local brands in the world to combine cultural and environmental sustainabilit...

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"Norlha’s founders believe that culture thrives where people are happy, earning enough to sustain themselves, and free from the need of migrati...

"We want to make sure that people who collect fibers and turn them into luxury products are local Tibetans," Yeshi says, "and that the profit w...

"Khullu is a soft fiber with insulating qualities, and the best khullu comes from a two year-old yak that sheds its coat in the spring. The un...

"Somewhere in the Land of Snows, in a small village away from it all, you can hear music from another time. It is punctuated by the comings and...

"Dechen Yeshi is a true inspiration and the driving force behind the company. She started Norlha with her mother and now lives permanently in ...

"One of the ways we foster a healthy work environment is by providing our workers with two meals a day, and we try to incorporate as many nutr...

"We are a new model for development - we are not an NGO and we don’t fit the traditional business model, but hover somewhere in between. We bel...

"Norlha’s clients now include Parisian fashion houses Louis Vuitton, Lanvin, and Balmain, yet it’s in Zorge Ritoma where the company’s impact ...

"Norlha is a story of beauty, tradition, self sufficiency and hard work, each of these things is woven into each and every Norlha scarf, shawl...

"Norlha stands as an outstanding example of traditional craftsmanship and sustainability, and has been gaining the attention of big names in t...