About us

Ocabini is the creation of two sisters - Loren, who lives in Nepal and Suzy who is in London.

Ocabini combines classic styling with contemporary design to create luxury cashmere for women, children and men. Our cashmere is super-soft, light-as-air, value-for-money durable and wonderfully warm. It comes from the fine undercoat of goats that thrive in harsh, dry mountainous conditions of Inner Mongolia, but our clothes are made for easy living.

Goats may live in herds, but we prefer clothes that are more individual. Each garment is hand crafted by skilled and talented people using traditional methods. Using eco-friendly Swiss dyes our expert Nepalese dye-master measures and mixes the pigments to achieve unique colours and our yarn is hand-dyed, sun-dried and hand-spun.

The knit-master calculates the pattern for each garment and oversees experienced knitters who create our designs on hand-operated machines. Our garments are unhurried and from time to time show slight variations that come with individually made items.

The factory we use is a small family-run business employing 29 workers. Salaries start at four and a half times the national average wage and all overtime is paid. No children are employed, all working hours are regular and all national and religious holidays are observed.

We are proud of our staff and the quality garments that they produce.

The Knitting Room	Spools of cashmere thread	Creating the yarn

Dyeing	Dyes	Sharmala, Seamstress	Nar Singh, Knitting Master