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How Silk?
No matter how hard you try, sometimes accidents happen. Whether you were caught in the rain with a silk handbag, or spilled a glass of water over your favorite silk tie, the water can be absorbed and leave its mark. Even though the label may tell you to dry clean your item, it is possible to remove water marks on...
Luxury houses are putting a modern - and profitable - spin on the Queen's favourite accessory.
The Hermèsmatic laundry
In theory, silk scarves have everything going for them. They’re an uplifting hit of colour and pattern, evoking the breezy glamour of Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief. When it comes to brands such as Hermès and Gucci, with their floral...
You can vary the amount of pleats by pleating the full width of your scarf (option 1), or by folding your scarf into half first, which results in lesser pleats (option 2). You can further vary the width of the pleats, and therefore their amounts. Making the pleats small results in sculptural and bouncy knots, while making them wide results...
Why is there such a big difference in silk prices store to store?
Silk is an expensive fabric. With multiple factors affecting its price such as manufacturing difficulty, handling issues, and controls on output from suppliers.
You can find a $49 100% silk shirt at Uniqlo and head to Equipment to see that their 100% silk shirt is priced at $200!
To see why there is such...
How our fabulous silks are made...
Silk farming - or sericulture, as it is known, has a long and magical history. It was discovered by the Chinese 5,000 years ago. According to legend, the princess Xi Lingshi discovered that a cocoon could be unravelled to produce a thread when one dropped into her tea while sat under a mulberry tree. The Chinese held onto their...
Did you know you don’t have to hand wash silk?
Silk is like wool – it’s a natural, protein based fabric that is surprisingly resilient and long lasting. It is often categorised as hand wash or dry-clean only, but now that that washing machines have evolved to handle low-temperature, gentle cycles you can safely machine wash all of Patra’s silks.
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