Care For Silk With Love
Care Instructions
Silk is a natural fiber and wrinkles very easily, so it is best to store on a hanger in a dry place (avoid a bathroom with a shower) when it’s not being worn.
Silk can be hand washed or dry cleaned. If hand washing, wash with lukewarm water with or without delicate-friendly detergent. Do not let garments soak and do not wring out.
Lay flat or hang to dry, do not put silk in the dryer.
Putting silk in the washing machine may cause the silk to get damaged.
Garments should be ironed or steamed inside out.
History of Silk
Silk is an incredibly fine natural fiber that is valued for its lightweight, luxurious hand feel and its incredible strength.
Instead of using a thread count to measure quality, silk is measured by momme (mm) weight. This is the weight of 100 yards of silk, in pounds. The silk used for all GL garments is 20mm, or 20 pounds in weight of 100 yards, the most elegant silk available today.
The silkworm, not actually a worm, called Bombyx mori is known as the silkworm when in the larval stage. One cocoon can produce between 1,000-2,000 feet of silk filament made of two elements: fiber is called fibroin which makes up 75-90% and sericin which is the gum secreted by the caterpillar to glue the fiber into a cocoon is about 10-25%. One yard of silk material uses about 3,000 cocoons!
Silkworms are still being studied and researched to determine how to achieve the process of silk formation outside of using actual silkworms. Modern science has not brought many changes to silk manufacturing, making silk a very unique fabric.