I ordered a case of the black pashminas to give as gifts to several family and friends. The shawls are lovely to look at and very soft. But the color is not stable. I wore mine to dinner and a show and came home with black fingers and nails. Before I can take them to be monogrammed for others, I have had to throughly wash them, hang dry them and steam press each one. I would have happily paid twice the price for better dyes.