We carefully choose our fabrics in the best mills of Italy and England.

Although most of the people usually forgets or even doesn’t know that the silk route begins a bit far away.

Silk fibres are cultivated from the cocoons of silk worms, requiring a great deal of effort for very little output. Thousands of silk worms together produce only a small piece of fabric.  For this reason alone silk is costly and continues to carry an elite status in textile world.

The process starts in some India areas with silkworm eggs that are incubated and hatch, growing into worms that then form cocoons. The worms are then killed before they can break out of the cocoons ( which would damage the continuous fibres ) . The cocoons are sorted for size, colour, and texture, and then softened in hot water, which causes the cocoon to unwind, realising the fibres.

Since the fibres are too fine to be used alone, they are grouped together to form thick strands, which are wound with additional strands and finally spun into yarn. The yarn is then dyed and woven into colourful fabrics.

While China once had a monopoly on the production and trade of silk fibres, India is the second largest producer, and is also the number one consumer of this fabric. Thailand is also a big player, with the trade being passed down form generation to generation.

Often woven on handlooms, it can take 40 hours to produce 3 pounds of silk .