Often considered one of the finest, most luxurious fabrics readily available for purchase, Mulberry silk comes from silkworms produced from the Bombyx mori moth. It’s unique in the way it’s made and comes with a wide range of health, beauty and style benefits too! Mulberry silk is more refined than other types of silk as it’s made up of individual long fibers, which also helps to give it its bright white color. This is what makes products that are 100% Mulberry silk so desirable, because not only are they high quality, but they’re durable too.

How is Mulberry Silk Made

Mulberry Silk is the world’s favourite silk and accounts for around 90% of silk produced globally. It is so popular because it is thought to be the highest quality silk and is produced by the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori.

Although Mulberry Silk is the most highly regarded, you can even find different qualities of Mulberry Silk. The good news for those interested in buying products made with Mulberry Silk is that it’s easy to sort the wheat from the chaff by taking note of the ‘momme’ of the silk. Momme is the measure of the density of silk. If your silk garment contains one ‘momme’ of silk, then you can expect to find 4.340 grams of silk per square meter of that fabric.

If you’re looking for Mulberry Silk bedding, then pay attention to this momme count - you may think that you have found a bargain if you have sourced cheap Mulberry Silk bedding, when in fact the momme count of that bedding is probably between six and ten momme - which is far below the standard that you should expect.

What Makes it So Good

Natural, 100% Mulberry silk is hypoallergenic and temperature regulating. What’s more, as it’s a protein, it will naturally fend off any sort of allergy microbe or odor-causing bacteria. However, to keep it at this standard, it’s important that you’re fully aware of how to care for such a special material. When washing, drying and storing Mulberry silk, it must be handled with the utmost care. Just because it’s a delicate material, it doesn’t mean it isn’t durable. Regular upkeep will increase its longevity, meaning that you’ll be able to enjoy its many benefits for years to come.

Unlike Mulberry silk, such as charmeuse silk does not refer to a type of material. Instead, it is a silk fabric made with a particular way of weaving. This results in a stunning shine on the front side while there’s a slightly duller finish on the back.

How to identify artificial silk:

Cost - typically, artificial silk items will cost less. If the item is cheaply priced, then as a general rule the chances are that it is not genuine silk.

Colour - silk usually reflects some light and will be coated, meaning the colour will not look ‘flat’ and will shimmer. If the coloring of the silk looks like a flat, black color, then chances are it is not real silk.

Smell - if you want to test whether silk is real, take a few strands of the material and set it on fire. When burning, it will smell like burnt hair - which is a very strong, unmistakable smell.

Invisible flame - when burnt, silk will also burn with an invisible flame, and the burning will stop as soon as the flame source is removed.

Touch - if you rub a piece of silk between your fingers for a while then the material will become warm. If it stays the same temperature, then it is not genuine silk.

It’s labelled as satin - satin does not mean silk. Some may get the two confused, but satin products are often far cheaper than silk products.

The ring test - pulling silk through a ring is a traditional way of checking its authenticity. The ring will slide smoothly over real silk, while fake silk will often bunch or get caught on the ring.

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