How do I tell real silk from fake silk?

The honest ways to check silk — and how labelling removes the guesswork.

By YANYAN25 Aug 20261 min read

Real mulberry silk is smooth and cool to the touch, with a soft, subtle sheen that shifts with the light — not a flat plastic shine. It also softens and warms in your hand quickly. Polyester look-alikes feel slightly slick and less breathable.

The most reliable check, though, is the label. Our silk scarves are 100% pure mulberry silk and each is labelled with its grade and momme weight; our silk-feel polyester is labelled clearly as polyester, never as silk. That transparency is the point — a product page always states the true fibre, so you never have to guess. Read how we label silk.

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