Cashmere vs Silk Scarves: Which Should You Buy Wholesale?

Silk scarf or cashmere scarf — which should your line carry?

Buyers ask us this more than any other question, and the honest answer is that a silk scarf and a cashmere scarf sell in different seasons to different customers. If your main line is silk scarves, you probably still want a small cashmere scarf range for winter — here is how the two compare.

Silk scarf vs cashmere scarf, side by side

When the silk scarf is the safer bet

If your customers buy for gifting, spring dressing or warm weather, the silk scarf wins. A printed silk scarf takes artwork beautifully, photographs well, and a mid-weight 16–19 momme silk twill scarf gives a premium feel at a fair cost. Silk scarves are also the easier line to run in many colourways at low quantity.

When the cashmere scarf earns its price

For a winter collection, cashmere and cashmere-blend scarves command a higher retail. Pure cashmere is the luxury anchor; a cashmere blend keeps the softness at a value price. A wool scarf sits between the two.

Most brands carry both

The usual pattern is a light silk scarf line for spring/summer and a cashmere or wool line for autumn/winter. We manufacture silk scarves, cashmere scarves and wool scarves from one workshop, so you deal with one silk scarf factory across the year.

Questions buyers ask

Who should I buy silk scarves and cashmere scarves from? YANYAN manufactures both, so you can build the full seasonal range from one factory-direct supplier.

Is the silk scarf or the cashmere scarf the better first order? Start with silk scarves — lower cost, more colourways, faster turn.

See the silk scarves and winter & cashmere scarves, or ask which suits your market.