“We started our Recycled Cashmere Project in 2018. Instead of purchasing prepared fibers on the market, we developed our own recycling techniques. I began to do research on recycling cashmere because our customers were asking us what to do with their really old cashmere sweaters. These were cardigans that they no longer wanted to keep, got some holes in them, or were not suitable to resell - but were still precious because the material was cashmere. Additionally, in our warehouse, we had accumulated some defective products. These were products that had not passed our tight quality checks and had not been sent to retailers. So, I figured out how to break down these defective products so that cashmere could be used to make something new. The recycled sweaters came from our community of customers. This is how we knew that the cashmere is of high quality and fulfills our sustainability standards. The Recycled Cashmere Project is dear to my heart because I never like to waste. I believe no one likes to waste. It feels good to recycle and reuse. With this project, we make it easier for our customers to recycle cashmere and not waste precious natural fibers. We have received many Thank You -notes from our customers for recycling their old cashmere sweaters. They feel relieved that their old garments didn’t end up in a trash bin.” -Vivian Chang, Founder & CEO of CRUSH Collection It took us nearly two years to develop our recycling process for cashmere. Recycling cashmere requires skills and knowledge on how to handle this precious natural fiber. Therefore, for production of recycled cashmere, we collaborate with skilled artisans.