{ "store": "Mulberry Silk Company", "website": "https://mulberrysilk.shop", "currency": "CAD", "count": 47, "products": [ { "id": "black-25-momme-silk-bonnet", "sku": "black-25-momme-silk-bonnet", "title": "Black 25 Momme Double Layer Mulberry Silk Bonnet", "slug": "black-25-momme-silk-bonnet", "price": 71.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-bonnets", "category_label": "Silk Bonnets", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/black-25-momme-silk-bonnet/main-black-25-momme-silk-bonnet.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/black-25-momme-silk-bonnet/black-25-momme-silk-bonnet-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/black-25-momme-silk-bonnet/black-25-momme-silk-bonnet-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/black-25-momme-silk-bonnet/black-25-momme-silk-bonnet-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Double layer 100% mulberry silk inside and out, a 25 momme weight that feels dense and fluid, and an adjustable elastic edge with a bow so one size sits comfortably on most heads.", "description": "The problem nobody mentions until it is too late\n\nYou go to bed with your hair looking fine. You wake up and it looks like it has been through a wind tunnel. Curls have flattened on one side, the ends feel rough, and whatever you did the night before has to be redone.\n\nThe culprit is not sleep. It is friction. Cotton weaves are made of short fibres twisted together, and under a microscope that surface looks like fine sandpaper. Every time you turn your head, your hair drags across it. Multiply that by seven or eight hours and a few hundred nights a year and you can see why hair that gets handled gently during the day still ends up roughed up by morning.\n\nA silk bonnet solves this in the simplest way available. It puts a smooth surface between your hair and everything else, and it keeps your hair gathered in one place instead of spread across a pillow.\n\nWhat makes this one different\n\nTwo things, really. The silk and the construction.\n\nThis is a double layer bonnet, with 100% mulberry silk on the inside and the outside. That sounds obvious, but it is not how every bonnet is built. Plenty of them use a silk or satin outer with a cheaper lining, which means the layer actually touching your hair is not the layer described in the headline. Here there is no gap between what you see and what you feel.\n\nThe silk is 25 momme, grade 6A mulberry silk. Momme is the weight measure used for silk fabric. Think of it as roughly how much a set area of the cloth weighs, so a higher number means a denser fabric. Sleepwear silk often lands around 16 to 19 momme. At 25, this sits at the heavier end. You notice it the moment you pick the bonnet up. It has body. It falls rather than floating, it keeps its shape across the crown instead of flattening against your head, and it does not have that papery crispness that thinner silks can have.\n\nGrade 6A describes the raw silk filament before it was woven, with 6A sitting at the top of the grading scale used in the industry. Together with the momme weight, it tells you this is not a budget-weave bonnet with a silk label on it.\n\nWho it suits\n\nThe maker suggests this bonnet for short to medium curly hair, and that is a sensible place to start. Curly and coily textures catch on cotton more than straight hair does, because the strands are not lying parallel to each other. Every twist and bend is another place to snag. If that describes your hair, a low friction cover at night makes a visible difference by morning, and it is why so many people hunting for the best silk bonnet for curly hair end up looking at momme weight first.\n\nThat said, nothing about the bonnet is restricted to curls. People with straight hair use one to keep a blow dry looking neat for an extra day. People with fine hair like that it stops the ends roughing up. People with short hair wear it simply because it is comfortable.\n\nWhere you need to think twice is length and volume. One size with an elastic edge covers a wide range of head sizes, but it cannot create space that is not there. If you have a lot of hair to tuck away, measure how big a bundle you are dealing with when it is coiled at the crown. Long braids, big twist-outs and waist-length hair usually want a deeper bonnet. Short to medium hair tucks in without a fight.\n\nHow the fit works\n\nThe opening has an elastic edge finished with a small bow. That band is what holds the bonnet on while you move, and it is adjustable, so the fit is not fixed at one circumference.\n\nThe trick with any elastic bonnet is placement. Sit the band just above your hairline, not down across your forehead. Pulled too low, elastic presses into the skin and you wake up with a line. Sat correctly, you barely notice it. If the fit still feels tight, loosen the adjustment rather than stretching the fabric, because stretching is what kills elastic over time.\n\nTuck your hair in properly before you lie down. A bonnet that comes off during the night has almost always come off because hair was pushing it out of position from the inside, not because the elastic failed.\n\nLiving with silk\n\nSilk is a protein fibre, closer in structure to hair than cotton is. It is strong for its weight, but it has preferences. It dislikes heat, it dislikes harsh detergents, and it dislikes being wrung out.\n\nCare here is hand wash only. Cold water, a neutral detergent made for delicates, no bleach. Swish it around for a minute or two, rinse it clean, then press the water out between the folds of a towel. Do not twist it. Hang it to dry in the shade, away from direct sun, radiators and heat vents. It will be dry in a few hours.\n\nSkip the dryer entirely. Heat is the fastest way to ruin good silk, and a dryer combines heat with constant tumbling. A couple of minutes at the basin once a week is all this needs.\n\nHow often to wash depends on what you put in your hair. If you use oils, creams or leave-in treatments, the inside of the bonnet will pick them up and dull the surface faster. Washing weekly keeps it smooth. If you use very little product, you can stretch it longer.\n\nWhy black is the practical choice\n\nPale silk shows everything. Oils, product residue, the faint mark of a hair treatment. Black does not. It also matches whatever you sleep in, it looks tidy if someone knocks on the door, and there is no print to fade unevenly over months of washing.\n\nSolid dyes do sometimes release a small amount of excess colour on the first wash. Wash it on its own in cold water the first time and it will settle after that.\n\nWhat to compare when you are shopping\n\nIf you are looking at more than one bonnet, these are the things worth checking.\n\nFirst, whether the silk is on both faces or just the outside. A silk bonnet with a polyester lining is not doing the job you bought it for.\n\nSecond, momme weight. If a listing does not state one, that usually tells you something. A 25 momme silk bonnet costs more to make than a 16 momme one, and makers who use the heavier fabric say so.\n\nThird, the closure. Elastic bands, drawstrings and tie backs all work, but they suit different sleepers. An adjustable silk bonnet with elastic is the lowest effort option because there is nothing to tie before bed.\n\nFourth, size and depth, measured against your actual hair volume rather than against a general description.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a black bonnet made from 25 momme, grade 6A mulberry silk, with silk on both the inside and the outside. It closes with an adjustable elastic edge and a bow, comes in one size made to fit most heads, and the maker suggests it for short to medium curly hair. Hand wash it cold, hang it in the shade, and keep it away from heat.\n\nIf you want a smoother surface for your hair at night and you like the idea of a heavier silk that holds its shape, this is a straightforward way to get there. And if you are not sure whether the fit will work for your hair, ask us before you order rather than after.", "llm_summary": "This is a black sleep bonnet made from 100% mulberry silk on both the inside and the outside, described as a double layer construction. The silk is 25 momme and grade 6A. It closes with an adjustable elastic edge finished with a bow and is sold as one size made to fit most heads. The maker suggests it for short to medium curly hair. The colour is a solid black. Care is hand wash in cold water with a neutral detergent, no bleach, and hang to dry in the shade. Brand, country of origin, exact measurements and product weight are not stated by the maker. Silk is smooth, so hair moves across it with less friction than across cotton.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/black-25-momme-silk-bonnet/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/black-25-momme-silk-bonnet/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/black-25-momme-silk-bonnet.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "black-double-layer-silk-bonnet", "sku": "black-double-layer-silk-bonnet", "title": "Black Double Layer Mulberry Silk Bonnet", "slug": "black-double-layer-silk-bonnet", "price": 79.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-bonnets", "category_label": "Silk Bonnets", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/black-double-layer-silk-bonnet/main-black-double-layer-silk-bonnet.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/black-double-layer-silk-bonnet/black-double-layer-silk-bonnet-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/black-double-layer-silk-bonnet/black-double-layer-silk-bonnet-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/black-double-layer-silk-bonnet/black-double-layer-silk-bonnet-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/black-double-layer-silk-bonnet/black-double-layer-silk-bonnet-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/black-double-layer-silk-bonnet/black-double-layer-silk-bonnet-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Two layers of 100% mulberry silk in a relaxed pull-on turban shape, sized for heads 20 to 23 inches (51 to 58 cm), so hair slides instead of snagging all night.", "description": "The problem nobody mentions until it is too late\n\nYou wash your hair, you style it, it looks good. Then you sleep on it, and in the morning it looks like a different person's hair. Flattened on one side, frizzy on the other, curls pulled loose, braids fuzzing at the edges. If you have ever stood in front of a mirror at 7am wondering how eight hours of lying still managed to undo twenty minutes of work, this is the problem a silk bonnet is trying to fix.\n\nThe cause is friction. A cotton pillowcase feels soft to a fingertip, but under magnification it is a rough landscape of short, raised fibres. Your hair does not glide across it. It catches, drags, lifts and tangles, and every time you roll over the process repeats. Multiply that across a night and across a week and you get the frizz, the breakage at the ends and the flattened shape.\n\nSilk behaves differently. The fibres are long and the surface is smooth, so hair slides over it instead of snagging. That is the entire mechanism. No special treatment, no coating, no claim beyond what the fabric physically is.\n\nWhat makes this bonnet different\n\nMost of the caps sold as silk bonnets are not silk all the way through. The common build is a satin or silk lining inside a stretch polyester shell. You get a smooth inside, which is better than nothing, but the outer face behaves like any synthetic, and the cap can sit hot against your head.\n\nThis one is 100% mulberry silk in two layers. Silk inside, silk outside. The side touching your hair and the side touching your pillow are the same material. That also means the bonnet itself slides a little against the pillowcase rather than gripping and dragging the whole cap sideways when you turn over.\n\nMulberry silk specifically means the silkworms were fed on mulberry leaves, which produces long, even fibres. Long fibres make a smoother and more consistent fabric than shorter ones. It is the standard grade used across silk bedding and silk hair accessories, and it is the one worth looking for when you are comparing options.\n\nThe maker does not state a momme weight, which is the measure of how heavy a given silk fabric is. For a bonnet this matters less than it does for a pillowcase, because the double-layer construction already gives the cap body and the fabric is not under tension the way a fitted sheet is.\n\nThe shape, and why pull-on matters\n\nThis is a turban style with no ties, no drawstring and no elastic band to adjust. You pull it on like a beanie and settle it where you want.\n\nThat sounds like a minor detail. It is not. The single most common complaint about bonnets is the band, specifically that it is either too tight and leaves a dent across your forehead, or too loose and ends up on the floor by 3am. A tie-back design puts the responsibility on you to get the tension right every night, and most people either overdo it or give up.\n\nA relaxed pull-on removes that decision. It sits on, it stays, you stop thinking about it. The trade-off is that the fit range is fixed rather than adjustable, which brings us to sizing.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nThe bonnet measures 29 x 28 cm laid flat and is cut for head circumferences between 20 and 23 inches (51 to 58 cm). That covers most adults comfortably.\n\nTo check your own measurement, take a soft tape measure and run it around your head, sitting just above the eyebrows and ears and around the fullest part at the back. Keep it snug but do not pull. If your number falls inside that range, you are fine. If you are right at the top of it and you also have a lot of hair to tuck in, think about whether the volume will push the fit.\n\nThe maker says the bonnet suits medium-length hair best. That is a useful and fairly honest note. Short hair fits easily. Medium hair fits well. Long hair can go in if you coil or pineapple it at the crown first rather than letting it pile loose. Hair that is both very long and very dense may be happier in an oversized bonnet with more room in the crown.\n\nWho this suits\n\nPeople with curls and coils get the most obvious benefit, because curl patterns are the thing most easily disturbed overnight. Protecting the shape while you sleep means less refreshing, less manipulation and fewer wash days.\n\nAnyone with braids, twists or a protective style gets a second reason, which is keeping the edges tidy and stopping fuzz from building up along the parts. If you have paid for a style, keeping it looking fresh for an extra week or two is worth the small nightly habit.\n\nPeople with straight or fine hair are sometimes surprised that it helps them too. Fine hair tangles easily and breaks easily, and the same friction that roughs up a curl pattern roughs up a smooth one. Waking up with fewer knots to brush out is a modest but real improvement.\n\nThen there are people who wear it during the day. A plain black turban does not look like sleepwear. It works over a wash-day mess, under a hood, on a long flight or on a day where styling your hair is simply not happening. If you are shopping for the best silk head wrap for day wear as well as night, a solid colour in a turban shape is the version that crosses over.\n\nHow to choose between bonnets\n\nA few things actually matter, and a lot of things do not.\n\nMaterial composition matters. 100% silk is different from satin, which is a weave rather than a fibre and is usually polyester. Satin is cheaper and smoother than cotton, so it is not useless, but it does not breathe the way silk does.\n\nConstruction matters. Silk on both faces is better than silk lining in a synthetic shell, and a double layer gives you more durability than a single thin one.\n\nFit style matters, and it is personal. Pull-on is simpler and kinder to your hairline. Tie-back is adjustable and holds more securely if you thrash around. Neither is objectively correct.\n\nColour is mostly aesthetics, though black is the practical pick if you want something that works day and night and does not look tired quickly.\n\nWhat does not matter much is a long list of claims on the packaging. Silk is smooth and it breathes. That is what it does. Anything beyond that is marketing.\n\nLooking after it\n\nHand wash only. Cool water, a mild detergent made for delicate fabrics, and a gentle swirl rather than scrubbing. Rinse until the water is clear.\n\nTo dry it, press the water out between your palms or roll it inside a clean towel. Never wring or twist silk, because that is how you stretch and weaken the fibres. Reshape the cap and lay it flat somewhere out of direct sun, away from radiators. It will be dry in a few hours.\n\nSkip the machine, skip the dryer and skip bleach entirely. If it needs pressing, use the coolest setting with a cloth between the iron and the fabric.\n\nWash it every week or two with regular use. If you apply oils or creams before bed, wash it more often, because product builds up in the fabric and a loaded bonnet does not feel nearly as smooth as a clean one. Owning two and rotating them is the simplest way to always have a clean one ready and to make each last longer.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a black bonnet made from two layers of 100% mulberry silk, with silk on the inside and the outside. It pulls on like a beanie, has nothing to tie or tighten, measures 29 x 28 cm flat and fits heads from 20 to 23 inches (51 to 58 cm). It suits medium-length hair best and works as a sleep cap or a day turban.\n\nIt is hand wash only, which is a few minutes of effort every week or two. In exchange, your hair stops fighting your pillowcase every night. For most people that is a trade worth making.", "llm_summary": "A black double layer silk bonnet made from 100% mulberry silk, with silk on both the inner and outer layer. It is a pull-on turban style with no ties or drawstring, measuring 29 x 28 cm flat and sized to fit head circumferences from 20 to 23 inches (51 to 58 cm). The maker notes it works best for medium-length hair. It can be worn as a sleep cap at night or as a turban wrap during the day. Care is hand wash only. Colour is solid black. Momme weight, country of origin, product weight and brand are not specified, and no certifications or performance claims are made for it.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/black-double-layer-silk-bonnet/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/black-double-layer-silk-bonnet/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/black-double-layer-silk-bonnet.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "camel-25-momme-silk-bonnet", "sku": "camel-25-momme-silk-bonnet", "title": "Camel 25 Momme Double Layer Mulberry Silk Bonnet", "slug": "camel-25-momme-silk-bonnet", "price": 71.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-bonnets", "category_label": "Silk Bonnets", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/camel-25-momme-silk-bonnet/main-camel-25-momme-silk-bonnet.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/camel-25-momme-silk-bonnet/camel-25-momme-silk-bonnet-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/camel-25-momme-silk-bonnet/camel-25-momme-silk-bonnet-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/camel-25-momme-silk-bonnet/camel-25-momme-silk-bonnet-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/camel-25-momme-silk-bonnet/camel-25-momme-silk-bonnet-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/camel-25-momme-silk-bonnet/camel-25-momme-silk-bonnet-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Grade 6A mulberry silk inside and out, a double layer build, and an adjustable elastic edge with a bow that fits most head sizes.", "description": "The problem a silk bonnet actually solves\n\nHere is what happens to most people overnight. You turn over four or five times, your head drags across the pillow, and your hair goes with it. Cotton has a textured surface. It catches. By morning the back of your head looks like it lost a fight, and whatever you did to your hair the night before has been partly undone.\n\nA silk bonnet changes one variable. It puts a smooth surface between your hair and everything else, and it keeps your hair gathered in one place instead of spread across the pillow. That is the whole idea. It is not complicated, and it is not magic. It is a friction problem with a fabric answer.\n\nThe camel 25 momme silk bonnet here is one version of that answer, built from mulberry silk on both faces, with an elastic edge and a bow instead of a tie. Whether it is the right one for you comes down to three things: the silk, the fit, and how much washing effort you are prepared to put in.\n\nWhat momme means and why 25 is worth noticing\n\nMomme is the unit silk is measured in. It describes weight per unit area, and you can treat it as a rough stand in for how substantial the fabric feels. Most silk sleep caps and pillowcases land at 19 momme, because that is the point where cost and quality meet comfortably for a mass market product.\n\nThis bonnet is 25 momme. In the hand that reads as denser, with more weight in the drape and less of the thin, slippery feel you get from light silk. It does not crumple as easily and it does not feel like it will snag on a fingernail. For something you pull on and off every single night and wash regularly, that extra body is useful. Thin silk gives up first at the seams and the edge.\n\nHeavier is not automatically better for every silk product. For a summer scarf or a lightweight camisole, 19 momme is often the nicer choice because it moves more freely. But for a bonnet that needs to survive nightly handling, the best 25 momme silk bonnet options tend to outlast their lighter cousins.\n\nThe maker also states this silk is grade 6A. That is the top band in the common grading scale used by silk mills, describing long, even filament. It is a supply side quality mark, not a performance promise, but it tells you the raw material was sorted toward the better end.\n\nWhy double layer matters more than it sounds\n\nThis is the part most shoppers skip, and it is where a lot of money gets wasted.\n\nWalk through any marketplace and you will find bonnets described as silk that are, in truth, silk on the outside and polyester satin on the inside. The outer face is what shows in the photo. The inner face is what touches your hair for eight hours. Putting the cheap fabric where nobody looks is an old trick.\n\nThis bonnet is 100% mulberry silk on both the inside and the outside, built as two layers. So the face against your hair is the same silk as the face showing to the room. If you are paying for a mulberry silk bonnet, that is the configuration you want. When you are comparing the best double layer silk bonnet listings, read past the headline and look for the word that describes the lining specifically. If a listing only says silk without naming both faces, assume the worst and ask.\n\nThe second benefit of two layers is structure. A single layer cap tends to collapse and slide. Two layers hold a shape, which means the bonnet stays where you put it rather than creeping up the back of your head at three in the morning.\n\nGetting the fit right\n\nFit is where one size bonnets either work beautifully or disappoint, and it has almost nothing to do with your head and almost everything to do with your hair.\n\nThis bonnet uses an adjustable elastic edge finished with a bow. There is no tie to knot in the dark and no drawstring to tighten. You pull it on, tuck, and it holds. That is genuinely easier than the tie style caps, especially if you are putting it on half asleep.\n\nThe maker says it suits short to medium curly hair. Take that seriously as a capacity statement. One size caps are limited not by head circumference, which varies less than people assume, but by how much hair volume needs to go inside. Short to medium curls tuck in comfortably. Very long hair can often be coiled and contained, but it will fill the cap. A thick set of long box braids, a large head of locs, or waist length hair will likely want something bigger than a standard one size bonnet.\n\nA simple test before you order. Gather your hair the way you would at bedtime, hold it in one hand, and see how big the bundle is. If it fits easily inside a loosely cupped hand, a one size cap is almost certainly fine. If it does not, look for an extra large option instead. This is the single most common reason people return a silk sleep cap, and a thirty second check avoids it.\n\nWho this suits\n\nPeople with short to medium curly hair are the clearest fit, because that is what the maker designed around. It also works for anyone with straight or wavy hair of a similar length who simply wants their hair contained and off their face overnight.\n\nIt suits travellers well. A silk bonnet weighs almost nothing and folds flat, so it costs you no real space in a carry on. If you have ever woken up in a hotel bed with hair you could not fix before a meeting, you understand the appeal.\n\nIt also makes a straightforward gift. One size removes the sizing problem, camel is a neutral that goes with everything, and silk reads as a considered present rather than a filler. If you are hunting for the best silk hair bonnet gift for someone who is hard to buy for, this is an easy category.\n\nWho it suits less well: anyone with a very large volume of hair, and anyone who will not hand wash. Which brings us to the next part.\n\nCare, honestly\n\nHand wash in cold water with a neutral, mild detergent. Do not use bleach. Swirl the bonnet gently rather than scrubbing it, rinse in cold water, press the water out in a towel without wringing or twisting, and hang it to dry in the shade.\n\nThat is the whole routine, and it takes about four minutes. The parts that matter most are the cold water, the absence of bleach, and the shade drying. Heat damages silk fibre and tires out elastic. Sunlight fades dye. Bleach destroys protein fibres outright, which is what silk is.\n\nIf you use oils, leave in creams or heavy styling products, wash the bonnet more often. Product builds up on the inner face and will make the silk feel tacky instead of smooth. Every week or two is a reasonable rhythm for most people, less if you use very little product.\n\nDo not tumble dry it, ever. If you want to press it, use the lowest iron setting with a cloth between the iron and the silk, keep the iron moving, and stay away from the elastic edge entirely. Most people find that hanging it straight after washing gets it smooth enough with no ironing at all.\n\nStore it somewhere dry and out of the sun. A small pouch or a drawer is plenty.\n\nHow to compare bonnets without getting fooled\n\nFour things to check on any listing, in order of how often they are fudged.\n\nWhat is the lining made of? Both faces should be named. Silk outside and satin inside is not a silk bonnet in any meaningful sense.\n\nWhat is the momme? If a listing does not state it, that is usually because it is low. Anything from 19 upward is reasonable silk. Twenty two and 25 are the heavier end.\n\nIs it mulberry silk, and is it stated as 100%? Mulberry is the cultivated silk most quality bedding uses. A vague mention of silk blend means something is in there with it.\n\nHow does it fasten, and what size is it? Elastic edges are easier than ties. One size is convenient but capacity limited, as covered above.\n\nPrice follows these specs fairly closely. A very cheap bonnet claiming 25 momme mulberry silk on both faces is making a claim worth questioning.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a camel coloured bonnet in 25 momme, grade 6A mulberry silk, double layered so both the inner and the outer face are real silk. It fastens with an adjustable elastic edge and a bow, comes in one size made to fit most heads, and is described by the maker as suiting short to medium curly hair.\n\nThe heavier silk gives it more body than the common 19 momme caps. The double layer construction means you are not paying for silk and sleeping on polyester. Care is cold hand wash, no bleach, shade dry.\n\nIf your hair is short to medium and you want less friction overnight plus everything tucked in one place, this fits the job. If you have a very large volume of hair, measure first or look at a larger cap instead.", "llm_summary": "A camel coloured silk sleep bonnet made from 100% mulberry silk on both the inside and the outside, built as a double layer. The silk is 25 momme and grade 6A, heavier than the 19 momme commonly used in sleep caps. The colour is a solid camel with no print. Fit is handled by an adjustable elastic edge finished with a bow, sold as one size made to fit most head sizes, and described by the maker as suiting short to medium curly hair. Care is hand wash in cold water with a neutral detergent, no bleach, and hang to dry in the shade. Exact head measurements, bonnet dimensions, weight and country of origin are not specified.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/camel-25-momme-silk-bonnet/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/camel-25-momme-silk-bonnet/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/camel-25-momme-silk-bonnet.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "champagne-19-momme-silk-bonnet", "sku": "champagne-19-momme-silk-bonnet", "title": "Champagne 19 Momme Mulberry Silk Bonnet", "slug": "champagne-19-momme-silk-bonnet", "price": 39.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-bonnets", "category_label": "Silk Bonnets", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/champagne-19-momme-silk-bonnet/main-champagne-19-momme-silk-bonnet.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/champagne-19-momme-silk-bonnet/champagne-19-momme-silk-bonnet-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/champagne-19-momme-silk-bonnet/champagne-19-momme-silk-bonnet-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/champagne-19-momme-silk-bonnet/champagne-19-momme-silk-bonnet-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/champagne-19-momme-silk-bonnet/champagne-19-momme-silk-bonnet-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk at 19 momme, with an elastic edge and an adjustable tie band so it sits snug without pinching, and roomy enough for long, thick or curly hair.", "description": "The problem with waking up to a nest\n\nYou go to bed with hair that looks fine. Seven hours later it is tangled at the back, flat on one side, and frizzy everywhere else. Nothing dramatic happened. You just turned over a few times on a cotton pillowcase.\n\nCotton feels soft to your hand, but at a fibre level it is rough and absorbent. Every time your head moves, thousands of small hairs catch on the weave and get dragged. Over a night that adds up to a lot of friction. Over a year it adds up to breakage, frizz and a morning routine that takes longer than it should.\n\nA silk bonnet solves this in the simplest possible way. It puts a smooth surface between your hair and everything else. Your head can move as much as it likes, and the hair moves with it inside the bonnet instead of being scrubbed against the pillow.\n\nWhat 19 momme actually tells you\n\nMomme is the silk world's weight measurement, a bit like thread count is for cotton but more honest. The number tells you how dense the fabric is. Lower numbers mean thinner silk, higher numbers mean heavier silk.\n\nFor sleepwear and bedding, the common range runs from about 16 up to 25. Sixteen momme is light and airy but gives up sooner under repeated washing. Twenty-two and above has lovely weight, though on your head it can start to feel warm.\n\nNineteen momme sits in the middle, and that is why so many people land on it when hunting for a best 19 momme silk bonnet. It has enough body to hold its shape over the crown rather than collapsing onto your hair, and it is still light enough that you forget you are wearing it. You get durability without bulk.\n\nThe grade 6A marking is about the raw silk thread rather than the fabric weight. It refers to filament quality, with 6A at the top of the usual scale, meaning long and even threads. In practical terms it contributes to that even, snag-free surface.\n\nWhy the tie band matters more than you think\n\nMost bonnet complaints come down to one thing, fit. Elastic-only bonnets are a compromise. Factories pick an elastic tension that suits an average head, and if your head is smaller the bonnet works its way off during the night. If your head is larger, or you have a lot of hair pushing outward, the elastic bites and you wake up with a line across your forehead.\n\nThis design uses both. There is elastic around the edge doing the basic gripping, and then an adjustable tie band sitting over the top of it. You pull the tie to the tension you want and that is your fit, not the factory's guess.\n\nIt is worth spending the first few nights experimenting. Start looser than you think you need. If you wake up and the bonnet has slipped back, tighten it a little. Small adjustments, not big ones. Once you find the setting that works, it tends to stay right.\n\nThe tie also helps as your hair changes. A freshly washed and blow-dried head takes up a different amount of space than a week-old protective style. One bonnet handles both.\n\nWho this suits\n\nAnyone with long hair gets an obvious benefit, because long hair has more surface area to drag across a pillow and more length to tangle with itself. Coiling it loosely inside the crown keeps the whole length contained.\n\nCurly and coily hair benefits for a different reason. Curls lose definition when they are compressed and rubbed. A roomy bonnet lets the pattern sit rather than flatten, which is why people search specifically for a best silk bonnet for curly hair rather than just any cap. Gather the curls gently on top of your head before putting the bonnet on, and they have somewhere to go.\n\nBraids, twists and other protective styles fit the same way. Loop longer braids loosely before covering so nothing is pulling at the roots.\n\nIf your hair is short, fine or you buzz it, the case is weaker. A silk pillowcase might make more sense for you, since there is not much length to protect.\n\nPeople who use oils, masks or leave-in treatments overnight also find a bonnet useful, because it keeps the product on their hair rather than on the bedding. Just expect to wash the bonnet a bit more often.\n\nSilk versus satin, and why it is not the same thing\n\nThis trips people up constantly. Satin is a weave, not a material. You can weave satin from polyester, and most inexpensive caps sold as satin are exactly that. Polyester satin is smooth, and it does reduce friction compared to cotton, so it is not useless.\n\nMulberry silk is a natural protein fibre. It is smooth in the same way, but it handles differently, breathes differently and tends to feel cooler against skin. It also costs more, which is the honest trade-off.\n\nIf you are comparing options and the listing says satin without naming the fibre, it is almost certainly polyester. This one is stated plainly as 100% mulberry silk.\n\nLooking after it\n\nCare here is simple but not optional. Hand wash only.\n\nUse cool water, never hot. Add a small amount of mild detergent made for delicates, swish the bonnet through gently for a minute or two, then rinse until the water runs clear. No bleach, no fabric softener, no scrubbing.\n\nWhen it comes out, do not wring it. Twisting stresses the fibres and can distort the elastic. Press the water out between your palms, or roll the bonnet in a clean towel and press down. Then reshape the crown and lay it flat to dry somewhere out of direct sun and away from heaters.\n\nIt dries quickly, usually faster than people expect, because it is one thin layer.\n\nHow often? Every week or two for most people. If you use heavy oils or creams, make it weekly, because product builds up on the inside and the fabric slowly stops feeling slippery. That build-up, not wear, is usually why a bonnet starts underperforming.\n\nMany people keep two in rotation. One on the head, one drying. It saves you from the night you forgot to wash the only one you own.\n\nGetting more out of it\n\nA few small habits help. Make sure your hair is dry or close to dry before you put the bonnet on, because trapping damp hair under silk overnight is not comfortable and does not help the fabric.\n\nIf you have a particular style you are trying to preserve, think about where the bonnet sits. Pulling it down low over the forehead flattens a fringe. Setting it slightly back leaves more room.\n\nIt is also worth remembering this is not strictly a bedtime item. A lot of people reach for it while washing their face or doing their makeup, simply because it holds all the hair back in one go. Keeping it on the bathroom shelf rather than buried in a drawer means you actually use it.\n\nFor travel it is almost ideal. It folds into nothing, weighs almost nothing, and means you are not at the mercy of whatever pillowcase a hotel provides.\n\nThe short version\n\nA silk bonnet is a small, cheap change that reduces the friction between your hair and your bed. This one is 100% mulberry silk at 19 momme, which is the practical middle weight, with a 6A grade filament, a solid champagne colour, and a crown cut roomy enough for long, curly or braided hair.\n\nThe thing that sets it apart from a basic cap is the fit. Elastic edge plus adjustable tie band means you set the tension, rather than hoping the factory guessed your head size correctly.\n\nHand wash in cool water, dry flat, keep it away from heat, and it will keep doing its job. If your hair is long, curly, textured or just prone to waking up in a tangle, it earns its place on the bedside table quickly.", "llm_summary": "A champagne-coloured sleep bonnet made from 100% mulberry silk with a 19 momme fabric weight and a 6A grade. It closes with an elastic edge combined with an adjustable tie band, so the fit can be tightened or loosened by the wearer, and the crown is cut roomy enough for long, thick, curly or braided hair. The colour is a solid champagne with no pattern. Care is hand wash only. Silk is smooth, so hair and skin slide across it with less friction than cotton. It is worn for sleeping and is also used to hold hair back during skincare or makeup. Weight, dimensions, brand and country of origin are not specified; the maker does not state them.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/champagne-19-momme-silk-bonnet/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/champagne-19-momme-silk-bonnet/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/champagne-19-momme-silk-bonnet.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "ivory-19-momme-silk-bonnet", "sku": "ivory-19-momme-silk-bonnet", "title": "Ivory 19 Momme Mulberry Silk Sleep Bonnet", "slug": "ivory-19-momme-silk-bonnet", "price": 39.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-bonnets", "category_label": "Silk Bonnets", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/ivory-19-momme-silk-bonnet/main-ivory-19-momme-silk-bonnet.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/ivory-19-momme-silk-bonnet/ivory-19-momme-silk-bonnet-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/ivory-19-momme-silk-bonnet/ivory-19-momme-silk-bonnet-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/ivory-19-momme-silk-bonnet/ivory-19-momme-silk-bonnet-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk at 19 momme with an elastic edge and an adjustable tie band, it sits snugly without pinching and leaves room for long, thick or curly hair.", "description": "The problem a bonnet quietly solves\n\nMost people do not think much about what happens to their hair between lights out and the alarm. But eight hours of rolling, turning and pressing against a pillow adds up. Cotton fabric has a textured surface at the fibre level, and hair catches on it. Over a night that friction works your strands loose, roughs up the outer layer and turns yesterday's neat style into something that needs twenty minutes of fixing.\n\nIf you have curls, braids, twists or a blowout you would rather keep, the maths is worse. You spent real time on that hair. A night of dragging it across cotton undoes a chunk of the work.\n\nA silk bonnet puts a smoother surface between your hair and everything else. Silk fibres are long and even, so hair slides over them instead of snagging. The bonnet also keeps your hair gathered in one place rather than spread across a pillow, which means less of it is being rubbed at all.\n\nWhat 19 momme actually tells you\n\nMomme is the silk world's weight measurement. One momme is roughly the weight of a specific length of silk, and the higher the number, the denser and heavier the fabric. You will see silk sold anywhere from about 12 momme up to 30.\n\nLow momme silk, say 12 or 14, is thin. It feels nice in the hand but seams pull and the fabric wears through at stress points. Very high momme silk, 25 and up, is lovely for bedding but on a bonnet it can feel warm and a bit stiff, and it costs considerably more.\n\nNineteen momme sits in the middle. It drapes, it feels light, and it has enough body to hold up to repeated hand washing. For a garment that gets pulled on and off every single night, that balance matters more than chasing the highest number on the shelf. If you are comparing options and trying to find the best 19 momme silk bonnet, you are already looking in a sensible part of the range.\n\nThe grading is a separate thing. Grade 6A is the top tier in the grading scale used for mulberry silk filaments, and it refers to the length and consistency of the fibres used. Longer, more even filaments produce a smoother and more durable fabric.\n\nMulberry silk, and why the word matters\n\nMulberry silk comes from silkworms fed exclusively on mulberry leaves. The controlled diet produces a more uniform fibre than wild silk, which is why mulberry silk is the standard for bedding and sleepwear. This bonnet is 100% mulberry silk, not a blend, so the surface touching your hair is silk the whole way round.\n\nPlenty of bonnets on the market are satin, which is a weave rather than a fibre. Polyester satin is shiny and cheap and does reduce friction compared with cotton, but it does not breathe the same way and tends to feel warmer against the scalp. If you have ever taken a satin cap off at 3am because your head felt hot, that is the difference.\n\nFit is the whole game\n\nA bonnet that will not stay on is useless. You wake at four in the morning to find it on the floor and your hair pressed into the pillow anyway.\n\nMost bonnets rely entirely on elastic. The trouble with elastic alone is that it has one tension, set by whoever made it. Too loose and it migrates off during the night. Too tight and you get a red line across your forehead and a dull ache by morning.\n\nThis one has elastic around the edge plus an adjustable tie band. That second piece is what makes it work across different head sizes and different sleeping habits. A light sleeper who barely moves can wear it loose. Someone who thrashes around can cinch it up. You are setting the tension yourself rather than hoping the factory guessed right for your head.\n\nWhen you first try it, start looser than you think you need. Sleep in it a night. If it has shifted by morning, bring the tie in slightly. Two or three nights of small adjustments and you will land on the setting you keep forever.\n\nRoom at the crown\n\nThe other half of the fit question is volume. A bonnet that grips your head like a swim cap flattens everything underneath it. That defeats the purpose if you are protecting a wash and go, a set of twists, rollers or a lot of natural volume.\n\nThis bonnet is cut with a roomy crown. The idea is that your hair sits inside the bonnet rather than being compressed by it. If you have length, gather it loosely on top of your head first, then pull the bonnet over the whole lot from front to back. Pushing hair in from the sides is how you end up with lumps and a pulled hairline.\n\nFor anyone with box braids or long locs, the roomy design is the deciding factor. A standard snug cap simply will not hold them.\n\nWho it suits\n\nHonestly, most people with hair. But a few groups get more out of it than others.\n\nIf you have curly or coily hair, friction is your main enemy overnight and this is the simplest fix available. If you have long hair, a bonnet keeps the length contained so it is not being pulled every time you turn over. If you have had colour or chemical treatment done, reducing nightly friction helps the style hold its shape longer between salon visits. And if you have a short cut you style in the morning, keeping it off the pillow means less to redo.\n\nIt is also worth having one if you simply want hair out of your face. Washing your face with hair falling forward is annoying. So is doing eye makeup while a strand keeps sweeping across your cheek. A bonnet handles both in two seconds.\n\nLooking after it\n\nHand wash only. That is the instruction and it is worth following.\n\nFill a basin with cool water, add a small amount of detergent made for delicates, and swish the bonnet through for a minute or two. Do not scrub, do not twist, do not wring. Rinse in clean cool water until the water runs clear.\n\nTo dry, lay the bonnet on a towel, roll the towel up and press gently to draw the water out. Then unroll and lay the bonnet flat somewhere with air moving, out of direct sun and away from radiators. Heat and UV are both hard on silk.\n\nEvery one to two weeks is a sensible washing rhythm. Push it to weekly if you use heavy oils or butters in your hair, since those transfer onto the fabric and pale ivory shows marks more than a dark colour would. Giving products time to absorb before you put the bonnet on helps a lot.\n\nKeeping two in rotation is a common move, because hand washed silk needs a few hours to dry and you will want one ready at bedtime.\n\nA few things to avoid\n\nDo not throw it in the washing machine, even on a delicate cycle in a mesh bag. The agitation and the heat shorten its life.\n\nDo not tumble dry it. Silk does not like heat and the bonnet will dry flat in a few hours anyway.\n\nDo not use bleach or anything with enzymes. Regular laundry detergent is often too harsh. A dedicated delicates wash or a mild shampoo both work.\n\nAnd do not store it damp. Fold it when fully dry and keep it in a drawer rather than crumpled at the bottom of a bag.\n\nThe short version\n\nA silk bonnet is a small, cheap piece of kit that saves you time every morning. This one is 100% mulberry silk at 19 momme in grade 6A, which is a sensible middle weight that feels light but holds up. It closes with an elastic edge and an adjustable tie band, so you set the tension rather than living with someone else's choice. The crown is cut roomy, which is what makes it workable for long hair, curls, braids and twists.\n\nCare is hand wash in cool water and dry flat. Do that and it will keep doing its job for a long time. The colour is a plain solid ivory, which goes with everything and makes it an easy thing to buy for someone else.", "llm_summary": "An ivory silk sleep bonnet made from 100% mulberry silk in a 19 momme weight, graded 6A. The colour is a solid ivory. Closure is a combination of an elastic edge and an adjustable tie band, which allows the wearer to set the tension rather than rely on elastic alone. The crown is cut roomy to accommodate long, thick, curly or braided hair without flattening it. It is worn for sleeping and also while applying makeup or washing the face. Care is hand wash only. Silk has a smoother surface than cotton, so hair moves across it with less friction. Exact dimensions, weight, country of origin and brand are not stated by the maker.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/ivory-19-momme-silk-bonnet/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/ivory-19-momme-silk-bonnet/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/ivory-19-momme-silk-bonnet.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "pink-floral-double-layer-silk-bonnet", "sku": "pink-floral-double-layer-silk-bonnet", "title": "Pink Floral Double Layer Mulberry Silk Bonnet", "slug": "pink-floral-double-layer-silk-bonnet", "price": 79.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-bonnets", "category_label": "Silk Bonnets", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/pink-floral-double-layer-silk-bonnet/main-pink-floral-double-layer-silk-bonnet.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/pink-floral-double-layer-silk-bonnet/pink-floral-double-layer-silk-bonnet-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/pink-floral-double-layer-silk-bonnet/pink-floral-double-layer-silk-bonnet-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/pink-floral-double-layer-silk-bonnet/pink-floral-double-layer-silk-bonnet-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/pink-floral-double-layer-silk-bonnet/pink-floral-double-layer-silk-bonnet-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Two layers of 100% mulberry silk in a relaxed pull-on turban shape, sized for heads 20 to 23 in (51 to 58 cm), wearable overnight or as a daytime wrap.", "description": "The problem with waking up to a nest\n\nMost people discover silk bonnets the same way. You go to bed with hair that looked fine, you spend seven hours rolling against a cotton pillowcase, and you wake up to something matted, flattened on one side, and frizzed at the edges. Then you spend ten minutes fixing it before you can leave the house.\n\nCotton is the usual culprit. It is a textured fibre, and when hair drags across that texture a few hundred times a night it catches, tangles and roughs up. A cotton sleep cap does not solve much either, because you have just swapped one textured surface for another.\n\nSilk behaves differently. It is a smoother fibre, so hair slides over it instead of snagging. That is the whole argument for a mulberry silk bonnet, and it is a material fact rather than a promise about what your hair will look like in six weeks.\n\nWhat this particular bonnet is\n\nThis one is a pull-on turban made from 100% mulberry silk, built in two layers. The print is pink floral on a pink ground. It fits heads measuring 20 to 23 in (51 to 58 cm), and the maker says it suits medium-length hair best.\n\nNo ties, no drawstring, no clasp. You pull it on and it sits. For a lot of people that is the deciding factor, because the fiddliest part of any night-time routine is the bit you have to adjust in the dark.\n\nThe double layer matters more than it sounds. A single layer of silk is lovely to touch but can collapse on the head and sit limp. Two layers give the cap enough structure to keep its shape, while still staying light. You get silk against your hair on the inside, which is not always true of cheaper caps that line silk with polyester.\n\nHow a silk bonnet actually works\n\nThere is no mechanism to it. The cap puts a smooth surface between your hair and everything else, meaning your pillow, your sheets, and the arm you throw over your head at three in the morning. Friction drops because the fibre is smoother. That is it.\n\nA bonnet also keeps hair contained. Instead of spreading across the pillow and getting dragged in four directions, it sits in one loose bundle inside the crown. People with curls often say this is the part they notice most, because the curl pattern is not being pressed flat and pulled apart all night.\n\nDay wear works on the same principle, just with different motivation. A turban wrap covers hair that is not ready to be seen, keeps it off your face while you are cooking or cleaning, and does it in a fabric that is not going to rough up your hairline.\n\nWho it suits\n\nIf your hair is roughly shoulder length or a bit shorter, this is a straightforward fit. The crown has room for hair to coil without being compressed, and the relaxed opening sits at the hairline rather than squeezing it.\n\nPeople with very long or very thick hair should think carefully. The best silk bonnet for a lot of volume is usually a larger, deeper style with an adjustable band. This one is cut for medium-length hair, and stuffing more into it than it was designed to hold means it will ride up overnight.\n\nShort hair works fine. There is less to contain, and the cap stays put without much effort.\n\nRestless sleepers are the other group to flag. A pull-on cap with no band relies on the shape and the fabric body to stay on. Most people are fine. If you are someone who wakes up with the duvet on the floor every morning, a bonnet with an elastic edge may hold better.\n\nChoosing between silk bonnets\n\nA few things are worth checking whenever you are comparing options.\n\nSilk content. \"Silk\" on a label can mean anything from pure mulberry silk to a blend with a satin finish. This one is stated as 100% mulberry silk, both layers. Satin is a weave, not a fibre, so a \"satin bonnet\" is often polyester with a shiny face.\n\nConstruction. Single layer, double layer, or silk outer with a synthetic lining. The lining is the one to watch, since the inside is the surface that touches your hair. Double silk means silk both sides.\n\nFit range. Look for an actual measurement. A listing that says \"one size fits all\" without a number is not telling you anything useful. The figure here is 20 to 23 in (51 to 58 cm), which you can check against your own head with a tape measure in thirty seconds.\n\nClosure. Pull-on is simplest. Tie-back gives you adjustment. Elastic band sits somewhere between. None is better in the abstract, it depends on how still you sleep and how much hair you are containing.\n\nCare. Hand wash is normal for silk. If you know you will never hand wash anything, be honest about that before you buy, because machine washing silk shortens its life.\n\nLooking after it\n\nHand wash only. Cool water, a small amount of detergent made for delicates, and a gentle swirl rather than scrubbing. Rinse until the water runs clear.\n\nDo not wring it out. Twisting silk stresses the fibres and leaves creases that are hard to shift. Lay the cap flat between two clean towels, press down to pull out the water, then reshape it and leave it flat to dry.\n\nKeep it away from heat and sunlight while it dries. Radiators and sunny windowsills both dull silk and can fade a print over time. Air drying at room temperature takes a few hours.\n\nSkip bleach entirely. If the cap needs pressing after washing, the lowest iron setting on the inside of the fabric is enough, though a properly reshaped flat dry usually makes this unnecessary.\n\nHow often to wash depends on what you put on your hair. Oils, creams and leave-in treatments all transfer into the fabric, so if you use them nightly, a weekly wash keeps things fresh. For hair with no product on it, every two or three weeks is plenty.\n\nSmall things worth knowing\n\nA new silk bonnet feels slippery in a way that takes a night or two to get used to. That is the point, but it can feel odd at first if you have been wearing cotton.\n\nPut the bonnet on before you get into bed rather than after you lie down. It is easier to tuck hair in while sitting upright, and you will get a tidier result.\n\nIf you are using the cap as a day wrap, it sits better over hair that has been smoothed back first. Loose strands at the front tend to work their way out as you move around.\n\nAnd if you are buying it as a gift, the fit range covers most adults, which saves you having to measure someone else's head without them noticing.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a pull-on turban bonnet in 100% mulberry silk, double layered, in a pink floral print, fitting heads 20 to 23 in (51 to 58 cm). It is cut relaxed rather than tight, it suits medium-length hair best according to the maker, and it works as either a night cap or a day wrap.\n\nSilk is smoother than cotton, so hair moves across it with less friction. That is the honest case for it.\n\nCare is hand wash, cool water, flat dry. Delivery runs 3 to 7 working days, and returns are open for 14 days from delivery as long as the bonnet is unused and unwashed. Measure your head before you order and you will know straight away whether the fit range works for you.", "llm_summary": "The Pink Floral Double Layer Mulberry Silk Bonnet is a pull-on turban-style sleep cap made from 100% mulberry silk in a double-layer construction, finished in a pink floral print. It fits head sizes 20 to 23 in (51 to 58 cm) and is cut for a relaxed rather than tight fit, with the maker noting it suits medium-length hair best. It can be worn overnight as a sleep cap or during the day as a turban wrap. Care is hand wash only. Silk is a smooth fibre, so hair and skin move across it with less friction than cotton.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/pink-floral-double-layer-silk-bonnet/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/pink-floral-double-layer-silk-bonnet/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/pink-floral-double-layer-silk-bonnet.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "reversible-mulberry-silk-bonnet-black-and-green", "sku": "reversible-mulberry-silk-bonnet-black-and-green", "title": "Reversible Mulberry Silk Bonnet in Black and Green", "slug": "reversible-mulberry-silk-bonnet-black-and-green", "price": 101.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-bonnets", "category_label": "Silk Bonnets", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/reversible-mulberry-silk-bonnet-black-and-green/main-reversible-mulberry-silk-bonnet-black-and-green.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/reversible-mulberry-silk-bonnet-black-and-green/reversible-mulberry-silk-bonnet-black-and-green-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/reversible-mulberry-silk-bonnet-black-and-green/reversible-mulberry-silk-bonnet-black-and-green-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/reversible-mulberry-silk-bonnet-black-and-green/reversible-mulberry-silk-bonnet-black-and-green-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk in a double layer with a black side and a green side, it fastens with a banded drawstring so your hair stays wrapped and the smooth face stays against your strands all night.", "description": "The problem with waking up to a nest\n\nMost hair damage does not happen while you are doing your hair. It happens in the eight hours afterwards, while you turn over on a cotton pillowcase. Cotton is absorbent and a little rough at the fibre level. Hair catches on it, drags, and over weeks of that you get frizz, fluffed out curls, and ends that look tired well before they should.\n\nYou notice it most the morning after a good hair day. Yesterday the curls sat where you wanted them. Today they are flattened on one side and fuzzy on the other, and you are reaching for water and product to redo work you already did.\n\nA silk sleep bonnet is the low effort fix. It puts a smooth surface between your hair and everything else, and it keeps your hair contained so it is not being rubbed against the sheets all night. That is the whole mechanism. No promises beyond physics.\n\nWhat makes mulberry silk different\n\nSilk is a protein fibre spun by silkworms. Mulberry silk specifically comes from worms raised on mulberry leaves, and it produces long, uniform filaments. That uniformity is why it feels so smooth and why it is the grade used for good bedding, pillowcases and hair accessories.\n\nThe practical difference is friction. Hair slides over silk rather than catching on it. Compare it to cotton and the gap is obvious the first time you feel both. That is not a health claim, it is just the surface behaving differently.\n\nHere is the part people get confused about. Satin is not a fibre, it is a weave. A satin bonnet is usually polyester woven in a satin pattern. It looks shiny and it is cheap, and it is genuinely smoother than cotton. But it is still plastic, and it tends to run warmer and feel less breathable. A 100% mulberry silk bonnet is the fibre itself, not a weave imitating it.\n\nWhy a double layer matters\n\nSingle layer bonnets go limp. They sit on your head like a deflated balloon, and anything you have gathered underneath pushes the fabric into odd shapes that slip off during the night.\n\nTwo layers of silk give a bonnet structure. It holds a dome over a bun or a pile of twists instead of flattening them. That structure is also what keeps the bonnet on, because a bonnet that holds its shape has something to grip against rather than sliding down your head.\n\nWith this one, the double layer is doing a second job. Because both faces are mulberry silk, the bonnet reverses. Black on one side, green on the other. Turn it inside out and the silk surface against your hair is identical. That is not true of most reversible accessories, where one face is silk and the other is something cheaper that would never touch your hair.\n\nThe closure is the part that decides everything\n\nIf you have given up on bonnets before, there is a good chance the closure was the reason. Fixed elastic is the usual culprit. It either grips so hard it leaves a red band across your forehead, or it is loose enough that the bonnet is on the floor by two in the morning. Elastic also degrades. It stretches out after a few months of washing and the fit never comes back.\n\nA drawstring band sidesteps that. You set the tension yourself, and you can change it. A wash day with product in your hair needs more room than a third day bun. Winter hair pinned up sits differently to summer hair left loose. With a drawstring you adapt in two seconds rather than buying a second bonnet.\n\nIt is also the reason a drawstring silk bonnet works as a gift. You do not need to know anyone's head measurement. The band covers the range.\n\nWho this suits\n\nCurly and coily hair gets the most obvious benefit, because curl pattern is exactly what friction destroys overnight. Wrap it up and the definition you set yesterday is largely still there in the morning.\n\nBraids, twists and protective styles are the other big use case. These styles take time to install, and the hours spent are wasted if they fuzz up in a week. Containing them under silk keeps them neater for longer.\n\nLong straight hair benefits too, especially at the ends where breakage usually starts. And if you have had a blowout, a bonnet buys you an extra morning or two before the roots go flat.\n\nShorter hair works as well. Just pull the drawstring tighter so the bonnet sits close to the head rather than ballooning.\n\nHow to get the fit right\n\nGather your hair first. Most people do a loose bun on top or a low pineapple at the crown, depending on length and how much volume they want to protect. Tip your head forward, settle the bonnet over everything, then sit up and let the hair fall into the dome.\n\nPull the drawstring until the band sits just behind the hairline and feels secure without pressing. If you can slide a finger under the band comfortably, that is about right. Tie it off or knot it, whichever the string allows.\n\nGive it a few nights. Nearly everyone adjusts the tension once or twice before finding the setting that works, and after that it becomes automatic.\n\nKeeping it in good shape\n\nHand wash only. That is the instruction and it is worth following, because machine agitation is hard on fine silk and a spin cycle will stretch the band.\n\nFill a basin with cool water and add a small amount of detergent made for silk or delicates. Swish the bonnet through for a minute or two, then rinse in clean cool water until it runs clear. Do not wring it or twist it. Lay it on a clean towel, roll the towel up and press to push the water out, then lay it flat to dry somewhere out of direct sun.\n\nSkip bleach and skip fabric softener. Softener coats the fibre and takes away the very smoothness you paid for. If the bonnet needs pressing, the lowest iron setting with a cloth over the silk will do it, though a few minutes hanging in a steamy bathroom usually sorts out creases without an iron at all.\n\nWash it every week or two. More often if you use oils or rich creams, because that is what transfers into the fibre and dulls it.\n\nTwo colours, one purchase\n\nThe reversible black and green setup is practical rather than decorative. Black is the default most people reach for and it hides everything. Green gives you a change when you are tired of looking at black, or when the black side is in the wash and still damp. Between the two, one bonnet covers the rotation that would otherwise take two.\n\nThe short version\n\nSilk reduces friction, and friction is what wrecks your hair overnight. This one is 100% mulberry silk in a double layer, so it has the body to sit over gathered hair and both faces are proper silk. The drawstring band means you set the fit instead of accepting whatever elastic some factory chose. Black on one side, green on the other.\n\nHand wash it, dry it flat, and it will keep doing its job for a long time. The maker does not state the bonnet dimensions, momme weight or country of origin, so if those matter to you, be aware they are not specified.", "llm_summary": "A reversible mulberry silk bonnet made from 100% mulberry silk in a double layer construction, with a black side and a green side so it can be worn either way. It closes with a drawstring set into a band, allowing the wearer to adjust the fit rather than relying on fixed elastic. Care is hand wash only. Silk is smoother than cotton, so hair slides across it with less friction, which is the common reason people wrap their hair for sleep. The maker does not state the bonnet dimensions, momme weight, country of origin or net weight. Condition is new and the item is in stock.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/reversible-mulberry-silk-bonnet-black-and-green/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/reversible-mulberry-silk-bonnet-black-and-green/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/reversible-mulberry-silk-bonnet-black-and-green.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king", "sku": "black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king", "title": "Black 22 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcase, King", "slug": "black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king", "price": 59.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king/main-black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% grade 6A mulberry silk in a 22 momme weight, cut to king size 20 x 36 inches (51 x 91 cm), with a hidden zipper that keeps the pillow tucked in and the surface smooth.", "description": "The small annoyance that silk actually fixes\n\nMost people do not go looking for a silk pillowcase because of some big problem. They go looking because of a small, repeated one. Hair that looks slept-on no matter what you did to it the night before. A cheek that wakes up with a crease pressed into it. A pillowcase that feels warm and a bit grabby when you roll over at two in the morning.\n\nCotton is a good fabric. It is also a fairly grippy one. Woven cotton fibres have texture, and texture creates friction. Hair catches on it, skin drags against it, and over a seven or eight hour night that adds up to a lot of small tugs.\n\nSilk has a much smoother surface. Hair and skin slide across it instead of catching. That is the whole mechanism, and it is a fabric property rather than a treatment, so it does not wash out or wear off.\n\nWhat momme means and why 22 is the common choice\n\nCotton bedding gets described by thread count. Silk does not, because thread count tells you almost nothing useful about silk. Silk uses momme, which measures the weight of the fabric.\n\nThink of it as fabric density. A 16 momme silk is light. It feels slippery and a bit insubstantial, and it tends to wear faster at the seams and at the point where your head sits every night. A 25 momme silk is noticeably heavy and holds more warmth.\n\nTwenty-two momme is where most bedding silk lands, and for good reason. It has enough weight to drape properly over a pillow and feel like real fabric under your hand, without crossing into the warmth of the heaviest grades. If you are comparing the best 22 momme silk pillowcase options against cheaper lightweight ones, that weight difference is the main thing you are paying for.\n\nGrade 6A, explained without the mystique\n\nYou will see grade 6A on a lot of silk listings, and it does mean something specific. Silk is graded on the quality of the raw filament before it is woven, looking at length, evenness and cleanliness of the fibre. Grade 6A sits at the top of that scale.\n\nLonger, more even filaments weave into a smoother face with fewer slubs and bumps. On a pale pillowcase you might not notice. On black, you notice immediately, because dark dyes show every irregularity in a weave. A black case made from poor silk looks uneven under lamplight. A black case made from 6A looks deep and consistent.\n\nThis pillowcase is listed by the maker as 100% mulberry silk at grade 6A, 22 momme.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nKing size here means 20 x 36 inches (51 x 91 cm). That is the standard king pillow measurement, so it should slip over a king pillow without the seams straining or the fabric gaping.\n\nThe sizes worth knowing are these. Standard pillows are 20 x 26 inches. Queen pillows are 20 x 30 inches. King pillows are 20 x 36 inches. The width stays the same across all three, so the length is the only number you really need to check.\n\nBefore ordering, lay your pillow flat and measure it end to end. Pillows plump up differently depending on fill, and a very firm or deeply stuffed king pillow can feel tighter in a case than a soft one. If your pillow measures shorter than 36 inches, a king case will have slack at one end. That is not harmful, but a close fit looks and feels better.\n\nFor anyone hunting the best king size silk pillowcase, fit is more important than most people expect. A loose case creases under your head, and creases defeat the point of a smooth surface.\n\nWhy the zipper matters more than it sounds\n\nThis case closes with a hidden zipper along the open end. It is a small detail that changes how the case behaves night to night.\n\nEnvelope closures, where a flap of fabric folds back inside, are cheaper to make. They also work loose. Silk is slippery, so an envelope flap on a silk case tends to creep open and let the pillow edge out. Then you wake up with bunched fabric under your ear.\n\nA zipper holds the pillow in fully. It also keeps the case contained in the wash, which matters because loose silk in a machine can snag. Keep the zipper closed every time it goes in the water.\n\nBlack, and who it suits\n\nBlack bedding divides people. It suits a dark or neutral bedroom, it photographs well, and it hides water marks and the faint traces that night creams and hair products leave behind. White silk shows all of that within a week.\n\nThe trade-off is lint and pale hair, which show against black the way they show against a dark jumper. A shake out before bed handles it. If you have pets that sleep on the bed, be aware of this going in.\n\nSilk has natural lustre, so a black silk case is not flat. It catches the light with a quiet sheen rather than looking like a block of dark cotton.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk has a reputation for being delicate that it only half deserves. It does not like heat, bleach or harsh detergent. Keep it away from those and it holds up well.\n\nHand washing is the gentlest route. Cool water, a small amount of detergent formulated for delicates, a gentle swish for a few minutes, then rinse until the water runs clear. The maker also lists a gentle machine wash, which works if you zip the case closed, put it inside a mesh laundry bag and use a cool delicate cycle.\n\nDo not wring it out. Press the water out between your hands or roll the case briefly in a towel. Then hang or lay it flat to dry, out of direct sun. Sunlight fades dark dye and weakens silk fibre over time.\n\nSkip the fabric softener. Silk does not need it, and softener leaves a film that dulls the sheen. If you want to iron, use the lowest setting with the case turned inside out, though most creases drop out on their own once the case is on a pillow.\n\nWashing every one to two weeks is normal. If you use leave-in hair products or heavy night creams, wash more often. Owning two cases makes the rotation painless, and it is why a lot of people who start with one end up buying the second.\n\nWorking out whether it is for you\n\nA silk pillowcase is worth it if you turn over a lot, have long or textured hair, or simply want your bed to feel better than it does. It is not a cure for anything. It is a smoother surface, and that smoother surface changes how the night feels.\n\nIf you have never tried silk, start with one case rather than a full set. Sleep on it for a couple of weeks against your usual cotton case on the other pillow. The comparison is immediate and you will know quickly whether to buy the second.\n\nIf you are buying as a gift, black is one of the safest choices you can make. It works with almost any bedding and it does not look fussy.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a king size pillowcase, 20 x 36 inches (51 x 91 cm), made from 100% mulberry silk at grade 6A and 22 momme, in solid black, closing with a hidden zipper. One case per pack.\n\nCheck your pillow measures close to 36 inches long. Wash cool, dry in the shade, skip the bleach and the softener. Buy two if you want a matching pair on a king bed. Delivery runs 3 to 7 working days, and returns are open for 14 days from delivery as long as the case is unused and unwashed.", "llm_summary": "This is a king size pillowcase made from 100% mulberry silk, graded 6A by the maker, with a momme weight of 22. It measures 20 x 36 inches (51 x 91 cm), the standard king pillow size, and the colour is a solid black. The open end closes with a hidden zipper. One pillowcase is included in the pack. The maker lists care as hand wash or a gentle machine wash. Silk has a smoother surface than woven cotton, so hair and skin move across it with less friction. Fibre origin, exact weight and country of manufacture are not stated by the maker. No certifications or warranty terms are stated.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen", "sku": "black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen", "title": "Black 22 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcase, Queen", "slug": "black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen", "price": 47.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/main-black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk in a 22 momme weight, with a hidden zipper that keeps the pillow tucked in and the surface flat all night.", "description": "The problem with the pillowcase you already own\n\nMost people never think about their pillowcase. It is cotton, it came in a set with the sheets, and it gets washed with everything else. Then one morning you notice the sleep creases on your cheek have not faded by the time you get to work, or you spend ten minutes untangling your hair, and you start to wonder whether the surface you press your face into for eight hours a night is doing you any favours.\n\nCotton is a good fibre. It is durable, it washes well and it costs very little. But cotton staple is short and slightly rough, and it has a lot of grip. Hair catches on it. Skin drags against it. Over a long night of turning, that friction adds up. Silk behaves differently because the fibre itself is different. Silk filaments are long, continuous and smooth, so hair and skin slide across them instead of catching. That is the whole idea behind a silk pillowcase, and it is a property of the fibre, not a coating or a finish that washes out.\n\nWhat momme actually measures\n\nIf you have spent any time shopping for silk, you have seen the word momme. It is the traditional unit of silk weight, pronounced \"mummy\", and it tells you how much silk fibre is packed into a given area of fabric. Cotton uses thread count for roughly the same purpose. Silk uses momme.\n\nLightweight silk sits around 16 momme. That is fine for a scarf or a camisole, but on a pillowcase it can feel thin and it will wear out faster, because every wash and every night of friction takes a toll on less fabric. At the other end, very heavy silk starts to feel stiff and loses some of the drape people buy silk for in the first place.\n\nThis pillowcase is 22 momme. That is a dense, substantial weight that you can feel the moment you pick it up. It holds its shape over a pillow, it drapes rather than clings, and there is enough fibre there to stand up to a weekly wash. If you are comparing options and trying to work out which is the best 22 momme silk pillowcase for your bed, start by making sure the momme figure refers to the whole case and not just one side.\n\nGrade 6A, and what grading tells you\n\nThe other number you will see is the grade. Mulberry silk is graded on a scale that runs up to 6A, and the grade describes the raw filament rather than the finished fabric. It covers how long the strands are, how even they are in thickness, and how consistent the colour is before any dye goes near them.\n\nLonger, more even filaments produce a smoother, stronger fabric with fewer slubs and weak points. The maker lists this fabric as 100% mulberry silk at grade 6A. Combine that with a 22 momme weight and you have the specification most people are after when they go looking for the best mulberry silk pillowcase.\n\nOne thing worth saying plainly: grade and momme describe the fabric, nothing more. They are useful because they are measurable. Treat any claim that goes beyond fabric facts with a bit of caution.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nCanadian pillow sizes are straightforward once you know them. A standard pillow is 20 x 26 inches (51 x 66 cm). A queen is 20 x 30 inches (51 x 76 cm). A king is 20 x 36 inches (51 x 91 cm).\n\nThis case is a queen at 20 x 30 inches. If you have queen pillows, it is a direct match. If you have standard pillows, it will still go on, but you will have about four inches of spare fabric at the open end. Some people genuinely do not mind that, and a few prefer the looser drape. Others find the slack annoying. King pillows will not fit at all, since they are six inches longer than the case.\n\nThe quickest way to check is to pull the pillow out of its current case, lay it flat and measure it seam to seam. Pillow labels go missing, but a tape measure does not lie. Anyone searching for the best queen silk pillowcase should do this first, because a size mismatch is the most common reason a silk case ends up back in the box.\n\nZipper or envelope\n\nSilk pillowcases usually close one of two ways. An envelope closure uses an overlapping flap of fabric, like a standard cotton pillowcase. A zipper closure runs along one edge and seals the case shut.\n\nThis one uses a hidden zipper. The zip is set into the seam so it is tucked away rather than sitting on the surface. The practical benefit is that the pillow stays fully enclosed. Envelope flaps have a habit of working loose as you move at night, and once the flap shifts, you get a fold of extra fabric bunched up somewhere under your head. That defeats the point of a smooth surface.\n\nPosition the zipped edge at the outer end of the pillow, away from where your face lands, and you will not notice it is there. If you have been hunting for the best silk pillowcase with hidden zipper, the thing to check is that the zip is enclosed in the seam rather than exposed along the top.\n\nWhy black\n\nColour is personal, but black has some practical advantages worth mentioning. It goes with almost everything, which matters if your sheets rotate through the year. It reads as calm and quiet rather than decorative. And dark silk is more forgiving about the small marks of ordinary life, the trace of a night cream or a dot of hair oil, which show up quickly on ivory or blush.\n\nBlack silk also has a particular look. It is not flat. Silk picks up light along the filament, so a dark case has a soft sheen that shifts as the light moves across it. That is one reason the best black silk pillowcase options tend to photograph better in person than on a screen.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is a protein fibre, closer to wool or hair than to cotton. Treat it the way you would treat a good wool sweater and it will last.\n\nHand washing is the gentlest route. Cool water, a small amount of mild detergent made for delicates, a few minutes of light agitation, then a thorough rinse. If you would rather use the machine, put the case in a mesh laundry bag, run the delicate cycle at a low temperature, and keep it separate from anything with zips or hooks.\n\nSkip bleach completely, and skip fabric softener too. Softener coats fibres, and coating a fibre that is already smooth does nothing useful. After washing, press the water out between your palms rather than wringing, then hang or lay the case flat to dry somewhere out of direct sun. Heat and strong sunlight both break silk down over time.\n\nIf you want it crisp, iron on the lowest setting, inside out, while the fabric still holds a little moisture. A dry iron on dry silk is how shine marks happen.\n\nWashing once a week is a sensible rhythm. More often if you use heavy creams or oils at night. Having two cases makes this easier, because one can be in the wash while the other is on the bed.\n\nThe short version\n\nLook for 100% mulberry silk rather than a blend or a satin finish. Check the momme weight, with the low twenties being the sweet spot for a pillowcase. Measure your pillow before you order, because queen at 20 x 30 inches is not the same as standard at 20 x 26. Prefer a zipper over an envelope flap if you want the surface to stay flat all night. Then wash it cool, dry it flat and keep it away from heat.\n\nThis one ticks those boxes: 100% mulberry silk at grade 6A, 22 momme, queen sized at 20 x 30 inches (51 x 76 cm), solid black, hidden zipper, one case in a gift box. Delivery runs 3 to 7 working days from Canadian warehouses, free over $150 and $20 below that, with 14 days to return it unused and unwashed if the fit is not right.", "llm_summary": "A queen-size pillowcase made from 100% mulberry silk, graded 6A, in a 22 momme weight. It measures 20 x 30 inches (51 x 76 cm), which is the standard queen pillow size, and is a solid black colour with no print. The closure is a hidden zipper along one edge, which keeps the pillow enclosed and the sleeping surface flat. Each order includes one pillowcase packed in a gift box. Care is hand wash or a gentle machine wash. Silk is a smooth fibre, so hair and skin move across it with less friction than across cotton. Brand, country of origin, weight and packed dimensions are not stated by the maker.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "blue-grey-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-king", "sku": "blue-grey-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-king", "title": "Blue Grey 21 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcase, King", "slug": "blue-grey-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-king", "price": 75.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/blue-grey-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-king/main-blue-grey-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-king.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/blue-grey-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-king/blue-grey-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-king-2.jpg" ], "description_short": "Grade 6A mulberry silk with a hidden zipper closure, sized 20 x 36 inches (51 x 91 cm) so it fits a standard Canadian king pillow without bunching.", "description": "The problem with most pillowcases\n\nMost of us never think about the pillowcase. We buy sheets, and whatever case comes in the set goes on the pillow. Cotton is fine. It is also rough, at a microscopic level, and it holds onto moisture. If you have long hair, you already know what cotton does overnight. You wake up and half your hair is going one direction and the rest is going somewhere else.\n\nSilk behaves differently because the fibre is smoother and the weave sits flatter. There is simply less for hair and skin to catch on. That is a property of the fabric, nothing more dramatic than that, but it is the reason silk pillowcases went from a niche item to something you now see in regular bedding aisles.\n\nThe second problem is fit. King pillows are long. A lot of silk cases sold online are cut to standard or queen dimensions and then described loosely, which leaves a king pillow either jammed in or rattling around. This one is cut to 20 x 36 inches (51 x 91 cm), the proper Canadian king measurement.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nSilk is sold by momme, written as mm in some listings, and it is the single most useful number on the label. It measures weight, and weight tells you roughly how much silk is in the fabric. Higher momme means denser, more substantial cloth.\n\nFor bedding you will mostly see 16, 19, 21, 22 and 25 momme. Sixteen is light and inexpensive, and it feels lovely in the shop but tends to show wear at the seams sooner. Twenty-five is heavy, luxurious and priced accordingly. Twenty-one sits in the middle and is where a lot of people land once they have tried a couple. It has enough body to drape over a pillow properly, it does not feel flimsy, and it can take regular gentle washing without going thin.\n\nThis pillowcase is 21 momme. The maker also lists a 600 thread count and grades the silk 6A. Thread count is a less meaningful measure for silk than it is for cotton, because silk filaments are so fine, but 6A is worth noting. Silk grading describes the raw filament, with 6A at the top of the usual scale, meaning long and even fibres with fewer joins in the yarn. Evener yarn gives you a smoother, more consistent surface.\n\nBoth sides matter\n\nHere is a detail that separates a good silk pillowcase from a disappointing one. Many cheaper cases use silk only on the sleeping face and back it with cotton or polyester. It cuts the cost significantly. It also means that every time you flip the pillow over in the night, you land on the cheap side.\n\nThis case is 100% mulberry silk on both faces. Mulberry silk comes from silkworms raised on a mulberry leaf diet, which produces a long, uniform filament. It is the fibre used for fine silk clothing and for most of the better bedding. When people search for the best pure silk pillowcase, this double-sided construction is usually what they are actually after, even if they have not put it in those words.\n\nClosures, and why zips win on a king\n\nYou get two common closures on silk pillowcases. An envelope flap folds the extra fabric over the pillow end. A zipper closes the opening completely.\n\nOn a standard pillow, an envelope flap is usually fine. On a king pillow, which is a full 36 inches long, it is more of a gamble. The pillow shifts through the night, the flap works loose, and you wake up with a bare corner sticking out. A hidden zipper, like the one on this case, holds everything in place from lights out to morning. It also keeps the edge looking crisp when the bed is made.\n\nTwo small habits help the zip last. Close it fully before you wash the case, so the teeth cannot catch the silk. And do not force it when the pillow is overstuffed, ease the fabric along instead.\n\nWho this suits\n\nAnyone with a king bed and king pillows, first of all, since the fit is cut for exactly that. Beyond that, it tends to appeal to people with longer hair who are tired of morning tangles, people who find cotton too warm against the face, and anyone who wants one upgrade to the bedroom that is noticeable without redecorating.\n\nThe blue grey colour is deliberately quiet. It is cool-leaning, more grey than blue in daylight, and it works against white, cream, charcoal and navy. If your bedroom is already busy with pattern, a solid tone like this calms it down. If your bedroom is all neutrals, it adds a bit of depth without introducing a new colour story.\n\nIt also makes a reasonable gift. A silk pillowcase sits in that useful category of things people enjoy but rarely buy for themselves, and a neutral colour removes the guesswork.\n\nCaring for it so it lasts\n\nSilk is a protein fibre, closer to hair than to cotton, and it wants the same gentle treatment. The care guidance here is a gentle hand wash or dry clean, no bleach.\n\nFor a home wash, fill a basin with cool water and add a small amount of detergent made for delicates or wool. Swirl the case through the water for a minute or two. Do not scrub it, and do not leave it soaking for ages. Rinse in clean cool water until the water runs clear.\n\nThen the important part. Never wring silk. Press the water out between your palms, lay the case flat on a towel, roll the towel up and press gently to draw out the rest. Hang it to dry in the shade, or dry it flat. Direct sun and radiator heat are the two things most likely to dull the colour and stiffen the fabric.\n\nIf it needs pressing, use the coolest iron setting on the reverse side while the silk is still a little damp. Most of the time you will not need to bother, because silk hung to dry drops its own creases.\n\nWashing every one to two weeks suits most people. If you use heavy night creams or leave-in hair products, go more often. Having a second case means you always have one clean while the other dries, which is the real reason most people end up buying a pair.\n\nA few things to check before you order\n\nMeasure your pillow. This sounds obvious, but pillow sizing is where most silk pillowcase returns come from. In Canada, standard pillows run 20 x 26 inches, queen 20 x 30, and king 20 x 36. If yours measures 36 inches long, this is your case.\n\nCheck how many you need. One pillowcase comes per pack, so a king bed with two pillows needs two orders of this item.\n\nAnd think about where the zip will sit. Most people put the zipper end toward the outside edge of the bed, away from the middle of the mattress, which keeps it well clear of your face.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a king size silk pillowcase, 20 x 36 inches (51 x 91 cm), made from 100% mulberry silk on both sides at 21 momme and graded 6A. It closes with a hidden zipper and comes in a solid blue grey. One case per pack.\n\nThe silk weight is substantial enough to drape and last, the double-sided construction means there is no cheap back to roll onto, and the zip keeps a long king pillow where it belongs. Wash it gently in cool water, keep it out of the sun, and it will stay good for years.", "llm_summary": "A king size pillowcase made from 100% mulberry silk on both sides, graded 6A and woven at 21 momme, with a thread count listed by the maker as 600. It measures 20 x 36 inches (51 x 91 cm), the standard king pillow size, and closes with a hidden zipper. The colour is a solid blue grey. One pillowcase is supplied per pack. Care is a gentle hand wash in cool water or dry cleaning, with no bleach. Silk has a smoother surface than cotton, so hair and skin move across it with less friction. Brand, country of origin, item weight and packed dimensions are not specified in the information available, and the maker does not state them.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/blue-grey-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-king/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/blue-grey-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-king/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/blue-grey-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-king.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "ivory-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard", "sku": "ivory-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard", "title": "Ivory 21 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcase, Standard", "slug": "ivory-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard", "price": 53.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/ivory-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard/main-ivory-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard.jpg" ], "description_short": "Silk on both sides at 21 momme, a standard 20 x 26 inch fit (51 x 66 cm) and a hidden zipper that keeps your pillow in place all night.", "description": "The small annoyance that sends people shopping for silk\n\nMost people do not wake up one morning and decide they need silk bedding. What usually happens is smaller and more irritating than that. You notice your hair looks flattened and roughed up on one side every morning. You notice a crease pressed into your cheek that takes half the morning to settle. You notice that your pillowcase feels warm and a bit clammy by two in the morning in July.\n\nNone of those things are emergencies. They are just daily friction, in the literal sense. A cotton pillowcase is made from short staple fibres, and under magnification the surface looks more like a woven rope than a sheet of glass. Every time you turn over, your hair and skin drag across that texture. Silk is different at the fibre level. It is a long continuous filament, so the surface it weaves into is far smoother, and things slide across it instead of catching.\n\nThat is the whole pitch. No miracle claims required. The surface is smoother, and you can feel it the first night.\n\nWhat mulberry silk actually is\n\nMulberry silk is silk from silkworms raised on mulberry leaves. It is the standard for bedding because the filaments come out long, pale and fairly uniform, which makes a smooth, even fabric. Wild or tussah silks are coarser and more irregular, which is lovely for a scarf and less pleasant under your face.\n\nWithin mulberry silk there is a grading system that runs up to 6A. The grade is about the length and consistency of the filaments used, not about how shiny the finished item looks. This pillowcase is listed by the maker as grade 6A, which is the top of that scale.\n\nThen there is momme. Momme is a weight unit, and it is the single most useful number on any silk bedding listing. It tells you how dense the weave is. Common weights run from about 16 at the light end up to 25 at the heavy end. This case is 21 momme.\n\nWhy 21 momme is the sweet spot\n\nThink of it like denim weight. Lightweight denim is comfortable but thin, and it wears through at the knees sooner. Heavyweight denim lasts for years but takes a while to break in and costs more.\n\nSilk is similar. A 16 or 19 momme case feels light and cool, costs less and can look slightly translucent over a dark pillow. A 25 momme case feels dense and almost liquid, and it is noticeably more expensive. At 21 momme you get a fabric with real body, one that drapes over the pillow with a bit of weight and holds up through regular washing, without stepping into premium pricing territory.\n\nIf you are comparing listings and trying to find the best mulberry silk pillowcase for your money, momme is the number to line up side by side. Thread count gets quoted too, and this one lists 600, but thread count is a measure borrowed from cotton weaving and it tells you less about silk than momme does.\n\nSilk on both sides is not a given\n\nThis is the detail that catches people out. A surprising number of pillowcases sold as silk are silk on one face only, with a cotton or polyester backing. The maker is not necessarily hiding it, but it is easy to skim past.\n\nThe practical problem is simple. You flip your pillow. You turn over in the night. The case gets pulled out of the laundry basket and put on in whatever orientation your hands happened to grab. If only one side is silk, you have a coin flip every night. A both sides silk pillowcase removes that entirely. This one is 100% mulberry silk front and back, so there is no wrong way round.\n\nZip versus envelope\n\nThe two common closures are the envelope flap, where a tongue of fabric folds over the open end, and a zip.\n\nEnvelope closures are cheaper to make and slightly easier to wash because there is no hardware. The catch is that pillows migrate. Over several hours of shifting around, the pillow works its way toward the open end and you wake up with a bare corner poking out. On a slippery fabric like silk, this happens faster than it does on cotton.\n\nA zip closes the end properly. The concern people raise is snagging, and it is a fair one, which is why a hidden zip set into the seam is the better design. This case uses a hidden zipper. Keep the zipped end at the foot of the pillow, away from your face, and you will rarely think about it again.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nCanadian pillow sizes are fairly standardized. Standard is 20 x 26 inches (51 x 66 cm), queen is 20 x 30 inches, and king is 20 x 36 inches. This case is cut for standard.\n\nMeasure your pillow before you order. It takes thirty seconds and it is the most common reason silk pillowcases get returned. A standard case on a queen pillow will not close, and a queen case on a standard pillow will bunch and wrinkle. If your pillow has lost loft over the years it may measure smaller than the label said when you bought it, so trust the tape measure rather than the packaging.\n\nAlso note that one pillowcase comes per pack. For a double bed with two pillows, order two.\n\nWhy ivory is the easy choice\n\nColour decisions in bedding are more stressful than they need to be. Ivory white solves most of them. It is a warm, soft white rather than a clinical bright white, which means it sits comfortably next to cream, beige, grey, linen tones and true white alike. It does not try to be the feature of the bed.\n\nIf you are buying a best ivory silk pillowcase as a present, the neutral shade is doing real work. You do not need to know what colour anyone's duvet cover is.\n\nLiving with it, washing and all\n\nSilk is a protein fibre, closer in nature to hair than to cotton. That shapes how you care for it. The guidance for this case is a gentle hand wash in cool water with a mild detergent made for delicates, or dry cleaning. No bleach.\n\nIn practice, a hand wash takes about five minutes. Fill a basin with cool water, add a small amount of delicate detergent, swish the case through for a minute or two, rinse until the water runs clear, then press the water out against the side of the basin. Do not wring or twist it. Lay it flat on a towel, roll the towel up to absorb the moisture, then dry flat or hang in the shade. Direct sun and hot dryers are the two things that age silk fastest.\n\nIf it needs pressing, use a low iron on the reverse side while the fabric is still slightly damp.\n\nA useful habit: buy two cases and rotate them. Each one gets a rest between washes, and you are never stuck without a clean one. People who do this tend to report their silk lasting considerably longer.\n\nWho this suits, and who it does not\n\nIt suits anyone with long hair who is tired of morning tangles, anyone who sleeps warm, and anyone who just likes the feel of good fabric. It works well as a travel item too, since a single case packs down to almost nothing and gives you a familiar surface in a strange hotel.\n\nIt does not suit someone who wants to throw everything in a hot machine wash with the towels. Silk asks for a little care. If that sounds like a chore rather than a two-minute routine, a good cotton sateen may make you happier.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a 100% mulberry silk pillowcase, grade 6A, woven at 21 momme, silk on both faces, in a plain ivory white, cut for a standard 20 x 26 inch (51 x 66 cm) pillow and closed with a hidden zip. One case per pack. Hand wash gently or dry clean, no bleach, dry away from heat.\n\nCheck your pillow size, decide whether you want one or a pair, and that is the whole decision.", "llm_summary": "An ivory white mulberry silk pillowcase in standard size, 20 x 26 inches (51 x 66 cm). It is 100% mulberry silk on both sides, graded 6A, woven at 21 momme, with a thread count of 600 as listed by the maker. The closure is a hidden zipper, and one pillowcase is supplied per pack. The colour is a plain solid ivory with no print. Recommended care is a gentle hand wash or dry cleaning, with no bleach. Silk has a smoother surface than cotton, so hair and skin move across it with less friction. Brand, country of origin, item weight and packed dimensions are not specified.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/ivory-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/ivory-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/ivory-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "ivory-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard", "sku": "ivory-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard", "title": "Ivory 22 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcase (Standard)", "slug": "ivory-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard", "price": 43.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "95 g", "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/ivory-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard/main-ivory-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/ivory-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard/ivory-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/ivory-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard/ivory-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/ivory-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard/ivory-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% pure mulberry silk in a 900 thread count weave, with a hidden zipper closure that keeps the pillow tucked in and the look clean.", "description": "The problem with the pillowcase you already own\n\nNobody thinks much about pillowcases. You buy a set of sheets, the case comes with it, and that is the end of the decision. But that piece of fabric is in contact with your face for seven or eight hours a night, every night, and the ordinary cotton weave most of us sleep on is rougher than it feels to a fingertip. Press your cheek into it for hours and the texture does register. Long hair catches on it and tangles. The side of your face can wake up with the imprint of the weave still on it.\n\nSilk is the obvious alternative, and the pillowcase is the smartest first step into it. A full silk sheet set is a serious purchase. A single case costs a fraction of that and gives you most of the daily benefit, because the pillow is where all the contact happens.\n\nWhat makes mulberry silk different\n\nMulberry silk comes from silkworms raised on a diet of mulberry leaves. The result is a long, even, uniform fibre, which is what lets it be woven into a fabric with that smooth, almost liquid surface. Other silks exist, but mulberry is the one used for bedding because of that consistency.\n\nThis case is 100% pure mulberry silk on both sides. That matters more than it sounds. Some cheaper options use silk on the sleeping face and a cotton or polyester back to save money. You can feel the difference when you turn the pillow over at two in the morning. Here, both sides are the same.\n\nThe practical effect of a smooth silk surface is lower friction. Your hair slides across it rather than snagging in a woven texture, and your skin does the same. That is a physical property of the fabric, nothing more mysterious than that, and it is the single clearest reason people make the switch.\n\nMomme, and why 22 is the number to look for\n\nIf you only learn one piece of silk vocabulary, make it momme. It measures the weight of the fabric, and it is the quickest way to judge quality in silk bedding.\n\nSilk pillowcases usually run from about 16 momme up to 25. At the bottom end, 16 and 19 momme feel light and can look slightly see-through over a dark pillow. They are fine, but they wear out sooner because there is simply less fibre there. At the top end, 25 momme is lovely and priced accordingly.\n\nTwenty-two momme is where most people land, and it is where this case sits. The fabric has enough body to hang properly over the pillow, enough density to stand up to repeated washing, and it still feels light and cool when your face hits it. If you are comparing options and trying to work out which is the best 22 momme silk pillowcase for you, start by confirming the momme is actually stated. Listings that do not mention it are often hiding a lighter weight.\n\nThe 900 thread count listed alongside it describes a fine, tight weave. It is not directly comparable to a cotton thread count and it is not the number to shop on. Momme is.\n\nSize, and getting it right first time\n\nThis is a standard size pillowcase at 20 by 26 inches, which is roughly 51 by 66 cm. That is the most common bed pillow size, but it is worth checking rather than assuming.\n\nPull the case off your current pillow and measure the pillow itself, across and down. Standard is 20 by 26. Queen is 20 by 30. King is 20 by 36. The width is the same across all three, so the number you actually need to check is the length.\n\nA case that is too small will strain at the seams and the pillow will look compressed. A case that is too big will sag and bunch, which defeats the point of the clean lines. Spend the thirty seconds measuring.\n\nThe hidden zipper, and why closure type matters\n\nPillowcases close in three ways. Open ended, which is the plain tube most cheap cotton cases use. Envelope flap, where a folded panel tucks the pillow in. Or a zipper.\n\nOpen ended cases let the pillow creep out overnight. Envelope flaps are better, but the fold can work loose and end up as a ridge under your cheek, and on a slippery fabric like silk that happens more often than on cotton.\n\nA hidden zipper solves both problems. The pillow goes in, the zipper closes, and the pillow stays fully enclosed until you decide otherwise. Because the zipper is set into the seam it stays out of sight, so the case keeps a clean rectangular shape on the bed. It also makes removing the case for washing quicker, which matters when you are doing it weekly. For anyone hunting the best hidden zipper pillowcase, that is the whole argument in one paragraph.\n\nPosition the case so the zipper end sits away from where you rest your head and you will never feel it.\n\nIvory, and why it is the easy choice\n\nColour in bedding is where people overthink. Ivory white is the forgiving option. It is warmer than a bright optical white, which means it does not sit next to your existing sheets making them look grey and tired. Under a bedside lamp it reads soft rather than clinical.\n\nIt pairs with cream, oatmeal, stone, pale grey, natural linen and plain white without any clash. If you change your duvet cover next year, it will still work. And if you are buying the best ivory silk pillowcase as a gift for someone whose bedroom you have never seen, that versatility is exactly what you want.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk asks for a little care, but not as much as people fear. The stated care here is hand wash or dry clean only.\n\nHand washing takes about five minutes. Fill a basin with cool water, add a small amount of detergent made for delicates, and swirl the case through gently for a minute or two. No scrubbing, no wringing. Rinse until the water runs clear, then lay the case flat on a towel, roll the towel up and press to draw the water out.\n\nDry it flat or hang it somewhere with air moving, out of direct sun. Sunlight is what fades dyed fabric, so shade is your friend. Skip the dryer entirely, and skip fabric softener, which leaves a film that dulls the silk surface. Bleach is out too.\n\nIf it creases, a cool iron with a thin cloth laid over the silk will settle it. Most creases drop out on their own once the case is stretched over a pillow.\n\nThe single best habit is owning two and rotating them. One on the bed, one clean in the drawer. Washing becomes something you do without planning around it, and each case gets half the wear.\n\nWho this suits\n\nPeople with long hair that tangles overnight. Warm sleepers who find cotton cases hold heat. Anyone who has slept on silk in a hotel and wondered why their own bed does not feel like that. And people buying a present who want something that feels indulgent without being a gamble on taste.\n\nIt suits less well if you want something you can throw in a hot machine wash and forget about. Silk is not that fabric, and no amount of wishing changes it.\n\nThe short version\n\nOne ivory pillowcase in 100% mulberry silk, 22 momme, standard size at 20 by 26 inches, closed with a hidden zipper. Light at 95 g, solid colour, classic cut. Hand wash or dry clean, dry in shade, keep it out of the dryer.\n\nCheck your pillow measures 20 by 26 before you order. If it does, this is a simple, low-risk way to find out whether silk bedding is worth it for you.", "llm_summary": "This is a standard size pillowcase measuring 20 by 26 inches (26\"L x 20\"W), made from 100% pure mulberry silk at 22 momme weight with a stated 900 thread count. The colour is ivory white, the pattern is solid, and the style is described as classic. Closure is a hidden zipper at one end. Item weight is 95 g and item thickness is 0.5 cm. One pillowcase is included per pack. Care is hand wash or dry clean only. No customer rating or review count is recorded.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/ivory-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/ivory-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/ivory-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "space-grey-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen", "sku": "space-grey-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen", "title": "Space Grey 21 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcase, Queen", "slug": "space-grey-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen", "price": 57.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "120 g", "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/space-grey-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/main-space-grey-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/space-grey-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/space-grey-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-2.jpg" ], "description_short": "Queen sized at 20 x 30 inches (51 x 76 cm), 21 momme 100% mulberry silk on both sides, with a hidden zipper that keeps the pillow in place all night.", "description": "The part of the bed nobody shops for\n\nPeople spend weeks on a mattress. They read reviews, lie on showroom beds, compare foam densities. Then they put a cotton pillowcase on top that cost eight dollars and never think about it again.\n\nThat is strange when you consider the arrangement. Your face is pressed against that one piece of cloth for about a third of your life. Everything else in the bed is under you or over you. The pillowcase is the only fabric that spends the whole night touching your cheek and your hair.\n\nA silk pillowcase is a small change to the smallest part of the bed. It does not require new sheets, a new duvet, or a new colour scheme. You take off one pillowcase and put on another.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nSilk is sold by momme, which is a weight measure. One momme is about 4.3 grams per square metre. The higher the number, the more silk is packed into the same area of cloth.\n\nBedding silk usually lands somewhere between 16 and 25 momme. Below about 16 the fabric starts to feel thin and insubstantial, and it tends to shift around on the pillow rather than lying flat. Above about 25 you are paying considerably more for a cloth that some people find too warm and too heavy for a pillow.\n\nThis pillowcase is 21 momme. It is not the lightest and not the heaviest. In practice that means the fabric has enough body to drape over the pillow properly, holds a smooth surface instead of rucking up, and still feels cool and fluid when you first put your head down. If you have been reading around trying to find the best mulberry silk pillowcase and keep seeing momme numbers thrown about without explanation, 21 is a safe landing spot.\n\nMomme is not the same as thread count, and the two are not interchangeable. A silk pillowcase advertising a thread count rather than a momme weight is usually hiding something.\n\nMulberry silk and why the word matters\n\nNot all silk comes from the same place. Mulberry silk is produced by silkworms fed exclusively on mulberry leaves, in controlled conditions. The result is a long, continuous, even filament.\n\nOther silks, such as tussah, come from wild moths and produce shorter, more irregular fibres. They have their own character and their own uses, but they do not give you the same uniform smoothness. For a pillowcase, where the entire point is an even surface, long filaments matter.\n\nThis case is 100% mulberry silk on both faces. That second detail is worth pausing on. A fair number of silk pillowcases on the market use silk on the top face and a cotton or polyester back, which keeps the cost down. You notice immediately when you flip the pillow over at two in the morning. Both sides here are the same cloth.\n\nThe friction question\n\nHere is the honest version of why people switch. Cotton is woven from short staple fibres and the weave has a slight texture to it. When you turn your head, your hair and your skin catch on that texture a little. It is a tiny amount of drag, repeated hundreds of times a night.\n\nSilk filaments are long and the surface is smooth and even. Hair and skin slide across it instead of catching. That is a straightforward physical difference and it is the main reason people with long hair in particular go looking for the best silk pillowcase for long hair rather than just buying another cotton one.\n\nWe are not going to tell you what that does for your skin or your hair beyond the friction itself. Plenty of websites will. The measurable fact is the smoothness, and it is real.\n\nZipper versus envelope\n\nPillowcases close one of two ways. An envelope style has an overlapping flap of fabric that tucks the pillow in. A zipper runs along one edge and seals it shut.\n\nEnvelope closures are cheaper to produce and they are perfectly fine on a cotton case that you do not mind re-tucking. On silk they are less convincing, because the fabric is slippery and the flap has nothing to grip. Over a night of turning over the pillow works its way out, and you wake up with the corner of a bare pillow poking out of the case.\n\nThis one uses a hidden zipper. The pillow goes in, you close it, and it stays closed. The zipper is set along one short edge and tucked under fabric, so it does not sit where your head rests. It also keeps the case from turning itself inside out in the washing machine, which matters more than you would think. If you have been comparing the best hidden zipper pillowcase options, this is the construction you want.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nCanadian pillow sizing is straightforward once you know the three numbers. Standard is 20 x 26 inches. Queen is 20 x 30 inches, or 51 x 76 cm. King is 20 x 36 inches.\n\nThis pillowcase is a queen. Before you order, lay your pillow flat and measure it across and down with a tape. Do not guess from the bed size, because people often use standard pillows on a queen bed and queen pillows on a king bed.\n\nIf your pillow is a little smaller than 20 x 30 you will have some slack at one end, which is harmless. If your pillow is bigger, the case will be stretched tight and the seams and zipper will take the strain. In that situation, size up rather than squeezing it in.\n\nDepth matters too. A thick contoured foam pillow takes up more of the case than a flat feather one of the same length and width. If your pillow is unusually deep, allow for that.\n\nLiving with silk\n\nSilk has a reputation for being fussy. Most of that reputation comes from garments with linings and structure, not from a flat rectangle of cloth.\n\nWash this on a delicate or hand-wash cycle in cool water, inside a mesh laundry bag. The bag is the part people skip and it is the part that matters, because it stops the case from tangling with zips and buttons on other items. Use a mild detergent made for silk or wool.\n\nStay away from bleach, fabric softener and anything with optical brighteners in it. Softener does nothing useful on silk and leaves a film. Brighteners affect the colour.\n\nThen air dry, flat or hanging, out of direct sun. It dries quickly. A dryer will get the job done but the heat shortens the life of the fibres, and silk is not an item you want to replace every year. If you want it crisp, press it on a cool setting from the reverse while it is still slightly damp.\n\nWashing weekly is normal. If you use hair oil or a heavy night cream, wash it more often, because oils sit on silk rather than soaking in.\n\nWho this suits\n\nPeople with long hair who are tired of waking up to a nest. People who find cotton feels rough by the end of a hot night. People who have already upgraded the mattress and the duvet and are wondering what is left.\n\nIt also makes a genuinely good gift, which is worth noting. Silk bedding is one of those things most people enjoy but rarely buy for themselves, and the space grey colour avoids the problem of guessing someone's taste. It goes with white, it goes with navy, it goes with patterns.\n\nWho it does not suit: anyone who wants a wash-and-tumble-dry item they never have to think about. Silk needs a cool wash and a line, and if that sounds like too much, a good cotton percale will serve you better.\n\nThe short version\n\nTwenty-one momme is a sensible mid-weight for a pillowcase. Mulberry silk on both sides means you do not have a cotton back waiting to disappoint you. A hidden zipper keeps the pillow where it belongs. The queen cut is 20 x 30 inches, so measure your pillow before you order.\n\nWash it cool in a mesh bag, hang it to dry, keep softener away from it, and it will stay smooth for a long time. One pillowcase per order, so buy two if you want the pair.", "llm_summary": "A single queen size pillowcase made from 100% mulberry silk on both sides, in a solid space grey colour. The silk is 21 momme, a mid-weight for bedding, and the case measures 20 x 30 inches (51 x 76 cm) to fit a standard queen pillow. It closes with a hidden zipper rather than an envelope flap, which keeps the pillow enclosed overnight. Item weight is 120 g and one pillowcase is included. Care is machine wash on a delicate cycle in a mesh laundry bag, then air dry. Brand, country of origin and weave type are not stated by the maker. Silk is smoother than woven cotton, so hair and skin slide over it with less friction.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/space-grey-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/space-grey-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/space-grey-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "white-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen", "sku": "white-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen", "title": "White 21 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcase, Queen", "slug": "white-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen", "price": 67.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/main-white-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk on both sides with a hidden zipper closure, this queen pillowcase measures 20 x 30 inches (51 x 76 cm) and slips over a standard queen pillow in seconds.", "description": "The problem with your current pillowcase\n\nMost of us sleep on cotton without ever thinking about it. Cotton is cheap, it washes hot, and it lasts. The trade-off is texture. Woven cotton has a slightly rough surface at the fibre level, and your face and hair spend seven or eight hours pressed against it every night, turning and shifting. That is a lot of contact with a surface that grips.\n\nYou notice it in small ways. Hair that looks fine when you go to bed and looks slept-in when you wake. A crease line down one cheek that takes an hour to fade. A pillowcase that feels warm and a bit clingy in summer.\n\nSilk is the usual answer, and it works because the fibre itself is smooth. Hair and skin slide over it instead of catching. That is the honest extent of it, a surface change, not magic. But it is the kind of small change you feel every single night, which is why people who switch tend to stay switched.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nIf you shop for silk pillowcases for more than ten minutes you will run into the word momme. It is a weight measure, and it does roughly the same job for silk that thread count does for cotton, though it is more useful.\n\nMomme measures how much a set area of the fabric weighs. Higher number, denser silk. The range you see on pillowcases runs from about 16 up to 25 or so. Below 19 the fabric starts to feel thin, and over a dark pillow it can look slightly see-through. Above 22 it gets heavier and can feel a bit stiff out of the packet, softening after a few washes.\n\nThis pillowcase is 21 momme. That sits in the middle, which is where most people are happy. It drapes over the pillow from the first night instead of standing away from it, and it has enough substance that it lies flat rather than rucking up. If you are buying your first silk case and you do not want to gamble, a middle momme is the safe pick.\n\nWhy both sides matter\n\nHere is a detail worth checking on any silk pillowcase. Some are silk on the face and something else on the back, usually cotton or polyester. It cuts the cost, and from a photograph you cannot tell.\n\nYou find out in the middle of the night. You flip the pillow for the cool side, and the surface feels different. Whatever you bought the silk for is suddenly not there.\n\nThis case is 100% mulberry silk on both sides. Flip it as often as you like and nothing changes. The maker also lists the silk as grade 6A, which is a trade grading for the raw filament, with 6A sitting at the top of the usual scale. Alongside that the maker lists a 600 thread count. For silk, momme is the number that tells you more, but it is there if you want it.\n\nThe zipper question\n\nSilk pillowcases close in one of two ways. Either an envelope flap, where a tongue of fabric folds over the pillow end, or a zipper.\n\nEnvelope flaps are fine until they are not. If you shift around at night, a corner of the pillow can work its way out past the flap, and you wake up with bare pillow against your face. There is also a slight ridge where the flap overlaps, which some people feel and some do not.\n\nThis one uses a hidden zipper. It runs along one edge, sewn into the seam so it does not show from the outside once the case is on. The pillow stays enclosed. The sleeping surface is unbroken, with no overlap and no ridge. Taking it off for washing is a two-second job, which matters when you are hand washing weekly.\n\nIf you are sensitive to anything firm near your face, turn the case so the zipper edge sits at the far side or up towards the headboard. In practice most people forget it is there.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nPillow sizing trips up more online orders than anything else in bedding. In Canada the three common sizes are standard at 20 x 26 inches, queen at 20 x 30 inches, and king at 20 x 36 inches. They all share the same width, so the only difference is length, and that is exactly why people guess wrong.\n\nThis case is cut to the queen measurement, 20 x 30 inches (51 x 76 cm).\n\nBefore you order, pull your pillow out and measure it edge to edge, or just read the tag on the pillowcase you are using now, which almost always prints the size. A standard pillow will go inside this case but will float around with slack at one end. A king pillow will not go in at all without squashing.\n\nOne more thing worth knowing. Pillow depth affects fit too. A deep latex or memory foam pillow takes up more of the case than a flat down pillow of the same length, so it will sit tighter. That is normal and does no harm, but if you have a very deep pillow expect a snug fit rather than a loose one.\n\nWho this suits\n\nPeople with long hair tend to be the first to switch, because the friction difference is most obvious there. Anyone who wakes with pillow creases on their face is a close second.\n\nIt also suits anyone upgrading a bedroom without redoing the whole bed. A silk pillowcase is a small, visible change. Plain white works with any sheet colour, so you are not committing to a scheme.\n\nWho it suits less well is anyone who wants zero maintenance. This is hand wash only. If the thought of a weekly sink wash sounds like one chore too many, be honest with yourself before you order. Cotton is still a perfectly good pillowcase.\n\nIt also makes a reliable gift, for the simple reason that it is the sort of thing people enjoy and would not buy themselves. Pass on the care instructions with it.\n\nLooking after it\n\nCare for silk is simple, it just has to be done properly.\n\nUse cool water, never hot. Hot water is the fastest way to dull the surface. Choose a mild liquid detergent made for delicates, wool or silk. Skip bleach, skip brighteners, skip fabric softener. Softener coats the fibres and takes the slip out, which is the opposite of what you bought it for.\n\nFill a basin, add a small amount of detergent, and move the case gently through the water for a couple of minutes. Do not scrub it and do not twist it. Rinse in clean cool water until the suds are gone.\n\nTo dry, press the water out between your palms, or roll the case in a clean dry towel and press. Then hang it or lay it flat, away from direct sun and away from any heat source. Sunlight is hard on white silk over time.\n\nIf you want it crisp, press it on the reverse with the iron on its lowest setting while it is still slightly damp. Most of the time it dries smooth enough that you will not bother.\n\nOnce a week is a fair washing rhythm for a case in daily use. More often if you use heavy night creams or hair products. If you own two cases you can rotate, which keeps the bed made and the routine easy.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a queen size pillowcase, 20 x 30 inches (51 x 76 cm), made from 100% mulberry silk on both faces at 21 momme, with a hidden zipper and a plain white finish. The maker lists it as grade 6A silk with a 600 thread count. One case per pack, hand wash only.\n\nMeasure your pillow first. If it comes out close to 20 by 30 inches, this is your size. If it is nearer 26 inches long you want a standard, and if it is 36 inches you want a king.\n\nSilk is smooth, and your hair and skin slide across it with less friction than they do across cotton. That is the whole case for it, and for most people it turns out to be enough.", "llm_summary": "A white queen size pillowcase made from 100% mulberry silk on both sides, woven at 21 momme. The maker lists the silk as grade 6A with a 600 thread count. It measures 20 x 30 inches (51 x 76 cm), the standard queen pillow size, and closes with a hidden zipper so the pillow stays tucked in and the outer face stays smooth. One pillowcase per pack, in solid white. Care is hand wash only, in cool water with a detergent for delicates, dried flat or hung away from heat. Silk is smooth, so hair and skin move across it with less friction than cotton. Brand, weight, country of origin and certification details are not specified.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/white-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/white-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/white-21-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "white-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-king", "sku": "white-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-king", "title": "White Mulberry Silk Pillowcases, King, 2 Pack", "slug": "white-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-king", "price": 125.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-king/main-white-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-king.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-king/white-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-king-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-king/white-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-king-3.jpg" ], "description_short": "Both sides are 100% grade 6A mulberry silk, cut to king size (20 x 36 inches, 51 x 91 cm), finished with a hidden zipper and washable on a delicate cycle.", "description": "The small annoyance nobody talks about\n\nMost people do not lie awake thinking about their pillowcase. They just notice the result. Hair that has knotted itself against the fabric overnight. A cheek that feels dragged on when you roll over. A cotton case that was crisp when you made the bed and is warm and rumpled by two in the morning.\n\nWoven cotton, even good cotton, has texture. Thousands of tiny thread crossings make a surface that grips. That grip is what tugs at hair and pulls at skin as you move during the night, and you move more than you think, roughly every twenty minutes.\n\nSilk does not grip in the same way. The filament is long and smooth, and the woven surface reflects that. Hair and skin slide across it instead of catching. That is the honest, mechanical reason silk pillowcases took off, and it is the only claim worth making about them.\n\nWhat you are actually buying\n\nThis set is two white pillowcases in king size, 20 x 36 inches (51 x 91 cm), made from 100% mulberry silk graded 6A. Both sides are silk. There is no cotton reverse, which matters more than it sounds, because a case with a cotton back only works if you remember which way up it is.\n\nMulberry silk is the type produced by silkworms raised on a mulberry leaf diet. The filaments come off the cocoon long and even, which is what lets a mill reel them into continuous yarn rather than spinning short staples together. Grade 6A is a mill grading for that yarn, describing consistency and few breaks. It is a yarn quality measure, not a thickness measure.\n\nThickness is described separately, in momme. The maker does not state a momme weight for this set, so if you are shopping with a specific number in mind, treat that figure as unknown here rather than assuming it.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nThis is where most pillowcase returns come from, so it is worth two minutes.\n\nPillow sizes are defined by length, not by the bed. A standard pillow is 20 x 26 inches. A queen pillow is 20 x 30 inches. A king pillow is 20 x 36 inches. All three are the same width.\n\nSo a king case fits a king pillow. It will also go over a queen pillow, but you end up with roughly six inches of empty silk flapping at one end. Some people genuinely like the soft draped look that creates, particularly on a made bed with a throw across the foot. Most people find it annoying, because the pillow slides around inside the case.\n\nPull a case off one of your current pillows and measure the pillow itself with a tape. Do not measure the case, which is usually cut slightly larger. If the pillow is around 36 inches long, this set is the one you want. If it is closer to 30, you want queen instead.\n\nWhy the zipper matters more on silk\n\nPillowcases close one of two ways. An envelope flap folds a panel of fabric back over the open end. A zip runs along a seam and shuts the case completely.\n\nOn cotton, either is fine. Cotton has enough friction that a pillow stays put behind a flap. Silk has almost none, which is the whole appeal, and that same slipperiness means a pillow can creep out of an envelope opening over a few nights.\n\nThese cases use a hidden zipper. You slide the pillow in, zip it, and the hardware vanishes into the seam. The pillow stays where you put it, and the finished edge looks clean when the bed is made. The zip sits along the bottom, well away from where your head rests on a case this long.\n\nOne habit worth building: zip the case shut before it goes in the washing machine. An open zip can snag on itself or on anything else in the drum.\n\nWho gets the most out of silk\n\nPeople with long hair notice the difference fastest. Long hair has more surface area dragging across the pillow, and more opportunity to tangle. A smoother surface means less of that mechanical catching overnight.\n\nHot sleepers often like silk too. It feels cool to the touch when you first lie down, and it does not have the insulating fuzz of a flannel or jersey case. Whether that is enough depends on your room, your duvet, and you.\n\nThen there are people who simply like how a bed feels. Silk is one of the few upgrades you notice immediately rather than gradually. There is nothing wrong with buying it for that reason alone.\n\nIf you are not sure, the honest advice is to try one night before deciding whether to switch every pillow in the house.\n\nWhite, and why it works\n\nWhite is the safest colour in bedding and the most demanding. Safe because it goes with everything, including whatever duvet cover you already own and whatever you buy next. Demanding because marks show.\n\nWhite silk has a particular quality that white cotton does not. Silk fibre is triangular in cross section, so it reflects light along its length and the white reads as soft and slightly luminous rather than flat. That is why silk photographs the way it does in hotel rooms.\n\nKeeping it white comes down to three habits. Wash regularly rather than waiting for a mark. Use a mild detergent, never bleach. Dry out of direct sunlight, because strong sun is what yellows protein fibres over time.\n\nCare that actually works\n\nSilk has a reputation for being fussy. Most of that reputation comes from silk garments with linings and structure, not from a flat pillowcase.\n\nWash on a delicate or hand wash cycle in cool water with a detergent made for silk or fine fabrics. Regular laundry detergent often contains enzymes that are designed to break down protein stains, and silk is a protein. A mesh laundry bag is a sensible extra layer of protection.\n\nSkip fabric softener. It coats the fibre with a film that dulls the sheen and takes away some of the slip you paid for.\n\nHang to dry somewhere with air moving, away from direct sun and away from heat sources. Silk dries fast. If you want it crisp, press on the lowest iron setting, on the reverse side, while it is still a little damp.\n\nHaving two cases in the set helps here. One on the bed, one in the wash, no gap.\n\nA few things to check before you buy\n\nIs the silk on both sides, or is one face cheaper fabric? On this set, both faces are mulberry silk.\n\nIs the closure a zip or an envelope? A zip holds better on a slippery fabric.\n\nDoes the size match your pillow, not your bed? King cases are 20 x 36 inches.\n\nIs the silk content stated plainly as 100% mulberry silk, rather than as a blend or as \"silky\"? The difference between silk and a satin weave polyester is large, and the word \"satin\" describes a weave, not a fibre.\n\nThe short version\n\nTwo white king pillowcases, 20 x 36 inches (51 x 91 cm), made from 100% grade 6A mulberry silk on both faces, closed with a hidden zipper. The momme weight is not stated by the maker. Care is a cool delicate wash with a gentle detergent, then hang to dry.\n\nMeasure your pillow before you order, keep bleach and softener away from them, and the pair will stay smooth through a lot of nights.", "llm_summary": "A two pack of white king pillowcases made from 100% grade 6A mulberry silk, with silk on both faces rather than a cotton reverse. Each case measures 20 x 36 inches (51 x 91 cm), the standard king pillow size, and closes with a hidden zipper that keeps the pillow inside and the closure out of sight. The colour is solid white with no print. Care is a delicate machine wash in cool water with a gentle detergent, or a hand wash, then line drying away from direct heat. The maker does not state a momme weight, country of origin, or product weight for this set, so those details are unknown. Silk is smooth, and hair and skin move across it with less friction than across cotton.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/white-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-king/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/white-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-king/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/white-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-king.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "white-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-standard", "sku": "white-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-standard", "title": "White Mulberry Silk Pillowcases, 2 Pack, Standard", "slug": "white-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-standard", "price": 91.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-standard/main-white-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-standard.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-standard/white-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-standard-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-standard/white-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-standard-3.jpg" ], "description_short": "Grade 6A mulberry silk on both sides, standard 20 x 26 inch (51 x 66 cm) fit, and a hidden zipper that keeps the pillow in place and the look tidy.", "description": "The small annoyance that silk actually fixes\n\nMost people do not buy a silk pillowcase because of a dramatic problem. They buy one because of a small, repeated annoyance. You turn over in the night and your hair bunches up under your cheek. You wake with creases pressed into one side of your face that take an hour to fade. Your pillow has crept halfway out of its case by morning and the corner is flapping about.\n\nNone of these are emergencies. They are just the kind of low-level friction that a change of fabric genuinely does change. Cotton is a spun staple fibre, which means thousands of short fibres twisted together, and the surface of the weave has texture you can feel with a fingertip. Silk is a single long filament reeled off the cocoon, so the surface is smooth in a way cotton cannot be. Skin and hair slide across it instead of catching.\n\nThat is the whole story, and it is worth being clear about what it is not. A smooth pillowcase is a smooth pillowcase. It is not a treatment, a remedy or a cosmetic product. What it does is reduce friction, and whether that matters to you depends on how much your hair tangles and how deeply your face creases.\n\nWhat mulberry silk means, and what grade 6A tells you\n\nMulberry silk comes from silkworms fed exclusively on mulberry leaves. The controlled diet produces a long, even, pale filament, which is why mulberry silk is the type used for good bedding rather than wild or tussah silk, which is shorter and coarser.\n\nGrade 6A is a classification applied to the raw filament. It looks at length, evenness, colour consistency and lustre. In plain terms, it is a statement about the quality of the thread going into the loom. It is not a measure of how heavy or thick the finished fabric is.\n\nThat second measure is momme, written as mm, and it describes fabric weight. For this pair, the maker does not state the momme weight. That is a gap worth knowing about rather than guessing at. If momme is the number you care about most, look for a listing that publishes it. If what you want is mulberry silk on both faces at a standard size, that is what is on offer here, and it is confirmed.\n\nBoth sides being silk matters more than people expect. A surprising number of budget pillowcases use silk for the face you see and a cheaper backing for the side nobody looks at. The moment you flip the pillow at 2am you are on cotton or polyester again. Silk both sides removes that problem entirely.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nThis is the single most common ordering mistake, and it is easy to avoid.\n\nStandard pillows measure 20 x 26 inches (51 x 66 cm). Queen is 20 x 30 inches. King is 20 x 36 inches. These cases are cut for standard.\n\nPull a pillow out of its current case, lay it flat on the bed and run a tape measure along the long edge. If you get about 26 inches, standard is right. If you get 30 or 36, you need a different size, because squeezing a queen pillow into a standard case leaves it bulging at the ends and puts strain on the seams every time you stuff it in.\n\nIf your pillows are old and have flattened, measure anyway. Flattened pillows often measure slightly longer than when they were new, as the fill spreads sideways.\n\nWhy the hidden zipper earns its place\n\nPillowcase closures come in three broad styles. An open end is the cheapest, an envelope flap folds the fabric back over itself, and a zipper seals the whole thing shut.\n\nOpen ends and envelope flaps both share the same weakness. Over a night of movement, the pillow works its way towards the opening, and by morning there is a gap. On silk this is more noticeable than on cotton, because the fabric is slippery and gives the pillow less grip to hold on to.\n\nA zipper solves it. The pillow stays where you put it, start to finish. Hiding the zipper in the seam means you get the function without a visible strip of plastic teeth across the edge of a made bed, which is the look most people are after when they buy white bedding.\n\nTwo small habits keep a zipper happy. Close it fully before washing, so the teeth cannot snag the fabric in the drum. And open and close it slowly, guiding the fabric clear of the slider rather than yanking.\n\nWho suits a pair like this\n\nA two-pack makes most sense for a shared bed. One silk pillowcase on a double is a recipe for quiet resentment. Two means both sides of the bed match and both people get the same surface.\n\nIt also suits anyone who wants to wash weekly without stripping the bed bare. One on, one in the laundry, and you are never caught out.\n\nBeyond that, white is the practical choice for guest rooms, rental suites and anyone who changes their bedding colours with the seasons. It is the shade that matches everything, including whatever you buy next year. If you have ever bought a coloured pillowcase and then found it clashed with a new duvet cover, you already know why plain white keeps selling.\n\nThe best standard size silk pillowcase for your home is usually the one that disappears into the rest of the bedding rather than announcing itself, and white does that job.\n\nHow to look after silk without it becoming a chore\n\nSilk has a reputation for being delicate. It is less fragile than people think, but it does dislike two specific things: heat and harsh chemistry.\n\nWash on a delicate cycle in cool water. Zip the case closed and pop it in a mesh laundry bag so it does not get caught on a zip or button from something else in the load. Use a small amount of mild liquid detergent. Avoid bleach, avoid oxygen brighteners, and avoid fabric softener, which leaves a residue that takes the shine off the surface.\n\nHand washing is gentler still if you prefer it. Cool water, a little mild detergent, gentle swishing, then press the water out between your palms. Do not wring it, as twisting stresses the fibres.\n\nDrying is where most damage happens. Hang the cases somewhere with air movement but out of direct sunlight, because strong sun is the main cause of white silk going yellow at the edges. If you must use a dryer, use the lowest heat or an air setting, and take them out slightly damp.\n\nIf you want them crisp, iron on a low setting, on the reverse side, while there is still a little moisture in the fabric. A hot iron on dry silk will scorch it.\n\nDone this way, washing a silk pillowcase takes no more thought than washing a wool jumper, and it will stay good for years.\n\nA few things to check before you buy\n\nMeasure your pillow. It takes thirty seconds and prevents the only common problem with ordering bedding online.\n\nDecide whether published momme weight matters to you. It is not stated here, and for many buyers that is fine, but it is better to know in advance than to be surprised.\n\nThink about how many you need. Two is right for a shared bed or a weekly wash rotation. If you want pillowcases for a main bed and a spare room, you may want two packs.\n\nCheck your laundry setup. If your machine has no cold or delicate cycle, you will be hand washing, which is perfectly workable but worth knowing before the parcel arrives.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a pair of standard 20 x 26 inch (51 x 66 cm) pillowcases, made from grade 6A mulberry silk on both faces, in plain white, closing with a hidden zipper. The momme weight is not published. Care is a cool delicate wash or a hand wash, no bleach, no softener, no hot drying.\n\nWhat you get for that is a surface with far less friction than cotton, a pillow that stays inside its case all night, and a colour that works with any bedroom you put it in. If your pillows measure standard and you want a matched pair rather than one, this is a sensible place to start with silk.", "llm_summary": "A two-pack of standard-size pillowcases made from 100% grade 6A mulberry silk on both faces. Each case measures 20 x 26 inches (51 x 66 cm), the standard pillow size, and closes with a hidden zipper so the pillow stays inside and the seam stays tidy. The colour is a solid white. The momme weight of the silk is not stated by the maker, and the weight, dimensions of the packed item, country of origin and brand are also not specified in the available information. Care is a delicate machine wash in cool water with a gentle detergent, or a hand wash, with no bleach or fabric softener. Silk is smooth, so hair and skin move across it with less friction than across cotton.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/white-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-standard/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/white-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-standard/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/white-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-2-pack-standard.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "black-chain-print-silk-square-scarf-27-inch", "sku": "black-chain-print-silk-square-scarf-27-inch", "title": "Black Chain Print Silk Square Scarf 27 Inch", "slug": "black-chain-print-silk-square-scarf-27-inch", "price": 51.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/black-chain-print-silk-square-scarf-27-inch/main-black-chain-print-silk-square-scarf-27-inch.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/black-chain-print-silk-square-scarf-27-inch/black-chain-print-silk-square-scarf-27-inch-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/black-chain-print-silk-square-scarf-27-inch/black-chain-print-silk-square-scarf-27-inch-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/black-chain-print-silk-square-scarf-27-inch/black-chain-print-silk-square-scarf-27-inch-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/black-chain-print-silk-square-scarf-27-inch/black-chain-print-silk-square-scarf-27-inch-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/black-chain-print-silk-square-scarf-27-inch/black-chain-print-silk-square-scarf-27-inch-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk in a 27 x 27 inch (68 x 68 cm) square, this chain-print scarf ties as a head wrap, bandana, neck knot or bag accent, and hand washes clean.", "description": "The problem a square silk scarf solves\n\nMost people have an outfit that is fine and nothing more. The jeans fit, the knit is clean, the shoes are sensible, and the whole thing still looks like you got dressed in the dark. What is missing is usually one small piece of pattern or one line of colour near the face.\n\nA square silk scarf fixes that in about four seconds. It is also the piece that handles the practical jobs no one puts on a mood board. Wind on the walk to the car. A bad hair day. A plain tote that needs something. Sun on the back of your neck. A chain print square in black and white does all of it without asking you to think very hard about styling.\n\nThis one is 100% mulberry silk, cut 27 x 27 inches (68 x 68 cm), printed with a chain pattern in black and white.\n\nWhy mulberry silk and not something cheaper\n\nSilk comes in grades, and mulberry silk sits at the top of the everyday range. Silkworms raised on a mulberry leaf diet spin a long, even filament, sometimes hundreds of metres in a single unbroken thread. Weave those long filaments and you get cloth with a smooth, regular surface and that soft, cool sheen that catches light without looking shiny.\n\nThat surface matters for more than looks. Silk has far less friction than cotton. Pull a cotton bandana across your hair and you can feel it drag. Pull silk across the same hair and it glides. For anything you tie over your head, around a ponytail, or against your neck, that difference is the whole point.\n\nSilk also drapes. A square of silk falls into soft folds instead of standing stiff, which is why a silk knot at the throat looks relaxed while the same knot in a woven cotton square looks like a boy scout badge. And silk is light. You can wear it in warm weather without feeling wrapped up, then fold it down to nothing in a pocket when the sun comes out.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nSquare scarves generally come in three useful sizes. Small squares around 20 inches are mostly neck and bag pieces. Large squares at 35 inches and up are shoulder wraps. The 27 inch square, this one, sits in the middle, and it is the size that does the widest range of jobs.\n\nThink about what 68 centimetres of fabric gives you. Opened flat, it covers the crown and the back of the head on most people, with enough left over to tie at the nape. Folded corner to corner into a triangle, the long edge runs comfortably across the forehead with tails long enough for a proper knot. Folded again into a narrow strip, you get a headband or a ponytail wrap that still ties without strain.\n\nAt the neck, 27 inches is the sweet spot too. A small square can end up looking tight and stiff. A large square bunches up under the chin and swallows a collar. The medium square knots into a neat shape that sits inside an open shirt or over a crew neck without bulk.\n\nWhy a chain print works harder than a floral\n\nChain motifs have been on scarves for decades for a simple reason. They are graphic, they repeat cleanly, and they do not carry a season. A floral reads as spring. A tropical print reads as holiday. A chain print reads as, well, a scarf, and it does that in January and in July.\n\nBlack and white does the same job on the colour side. It sits next to navy, camel, olive, burgundy, grey and every shade of denim without a conversation. If your wardrobe leans neutral, the print is the interest. If your wardrobe is colourful, the black and white calms everything down and ties it together. Either way you are not standing in front of a mirror working out whether it clashes.\n\nThat is why a black and white silk scarf tends to be the one that gets worn, while the bold multicolour one gets admired and left on the hook.\n\nWays to tie it\n\nStart with the four that cover most situations.\n\nThe bandana. Fold the square corner to corner. Lay the long edge just behind your hairline, bring the two ends back, and tie a double knot at the nape under your hair. Tuck the point underneath or let it show, both look deliberate.\n\nThe headband. Fold the square into a strip about two to three inches wide by folding in from both corners repeatedly. Lay it across the top of your head and tie underneath at the back, or tie it at the top for a knotted bow look.\n\nThe neck knot. Fold into the same strip, wrap once around the neck, and tie a small square knot slightly off centre. Pull the knot snug and fluff the tails. This is the one that makes a plain tee look intentional.\n\nThe bag tie. Fold into a strip, loop it once through the base of a handbag handle, and tie a double knot with short tails. On a plain black or tan bag the chain print does a lot of work for very little effort.\n\nBeyond those, you can thread it through belt loops, wrap it around a wrist, or wear it as a full head cover with the ends tied under the chin, which is still the best defence against a convertible roof or a coastal wind.\n\nWho it suits\n\nAnyone who wants an accessory that is low effort and does not need sizing. It works on long hair, short hair, braids and shaved heads. It works for people who are growing hair out and want a tidy cover on the in-between days. It works as a gift, because unlike clothing or jewellery it does not depend on knowing someone's size or taste in metals.\n\nIt is also a good first silk piece. If you have never owned real silk and are not sure whether the fuss is justified, a medium square is a small, useful way to find out.\n\nLooking after it\n\nHand wash only. Cool water, a small amount of gentle detergent, and a gentle swish rather than scrubbing. Rinse until the water runs clear, then press the water out between two towels. Never wring or twist silk, because that is how you set permanent creases in the weave.\n\nDry it flat on a towel or hang it somewhere shaded with good airflow. Direct sun and radiator heat both dull silk and both can fade a print over time. If you want it crisp, iron on the lowest silk setting, on the reverse, while it is still slightly damp. Steaming it on a hanger works too and takes less nerve.\n\nTwo small habits add years. Let perfume and hairspray dry fully before the scarf goes on, since alcohol marks silk. And store it rolled or loosely folded rather than crushed in a drawer, so it does not develop hard creases along the same lines.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a 100% mulberry silk square, 27 x 27 inches (68 x 68 cm), printed with a black and white chain pattern. The size is the practical middle ground that works as a head scarf, bandana, headband, ponytail wrap, neck knot or bag tie. The print and the colours are neutral enough to go with most of what you already own.\n\nSilk is smoother than cotton, so it glides over hair and skin instead of dragging. Care is simple: hand wash cool, dry flat in the shade, low iron on the reverse. Do that and it will still look good in five years.\n\nIf you want one scarf that earns its place rather than three that do not, this is a sensible one to start with.", "llm_summary": "A black chain print silk square scarf measuring 27 x 27 inches (68 x 68 cm), made from 100% mulberry silk. The pattern is a chain motif in black and white. The medium square size suits wear as a head scarf, hair wrap, bandana, neck scarf or a tie on a bag handle. Silk has a smoother surface than cotton, so hair and skin move across it with less friction. Care is hand wash only, in cool water, dried flat away from direct heat, with low-heat ironing on the reverse if needed. Brand, momme weight, colour code, hem finish, country of origin and item weight are not specified. guideTitle: How To Choose And Wear A Square Silk Scarf", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/black-chain-print-silk-square-scarf-27-inch/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/black-chain-print-silk-square-scarf-27-inch/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/black-chain-print-silk-square-scarf-27-inch.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "green-rose-print-long-silk-scarf", "sku": "green-rose-print-long-silk-scarf", "title": "Green Rose Print Long Silk Scarf", "slug": "green-rose-print-long-silk-scarf", "price": 75.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/green-rose-print-long-silk-scarf/main-green-rose-print-long-silk-scarf.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/green-rose-print-long-silk-scarf/green-rose-print-long-silk-scarf-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/green-rose-print-long-silk-scarf/green-rose-print-long-silk-scarf-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/green-rose-print-long-silk-scarf/green-rose-print-long-silk-scarf-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk in a satin weave, it measures 67 x 21 inches (170 x 53 cm) and works as a neck scarf, a head wrap or a light shawl.", "description": "The problem with most scarves\n\nMost scarves are either too small to do anything useful or too heavy to wear indoors. A little square sits at the neck and nothing else. A thick wool wrap is wonderful in January and unwearable in May. So people buy scarves, wear them twice, and leave them in a drawer.\n\nA long silk scarf solves that gap. It is light enough for a warm room and long enough to actually wrap. At 67 x 21 inches (170 x 53 cm), this one has the proportions that make a scarf flexible rather than decorative. You can loop it twice at the throat, hang it open down the front of a coat, tie it over your hair, or pull it across your shoulders when the air conditioning gets aggressive.\n\nThat versatility is the whole argument for silk. It is a thin fabric that still feels substantial, and it changes the look of a plain outfit without adding weight.\n\nWhat mulberry silk and satin weave mean\n\nTwo terms show up on almost every silk listing, and they describe different things.\n\nMulberry silk refers to the source. Silkworms fed on mulberry leaves produce long, even filaments, which spin into smooth yarn with very few short fibres poking out. That is why good silk feels cool and slippery rather than fuzzy. The maker lists this scarf as 100% mulberry silk, with no blended fibre.\n\nSatin weave refers to the structure. In a satin weave, each thread floats over several others before passing under one. Fewer interruptions on the surface means more unbroken reflection, which is where the sheen comes from. It also means the fabric slides. Hair and skin move over a satin-weave silk with less friction than over cotton, which is a simple mechanical fact about surface smoothness.\n\nWhat the maker does not give is a momme weight, which is the usual measure of silk thickness. The description is lightweight, and a scarf of this size in lightweight silk will drape close rather than hold a shape. If you want a scarf that stands up in sculpted folds, you want a heavier silk. If you want one that falls softly and packs flat, this is the category.\n\nWho this scarf suits\n\nIt suits anyone whose wardrobe is mostly plain. If your coats are navy, black, grey or camel and your knitwear is solid colour, a printed scarf does the work of an accessory without you having to think about jewellery. Roses on green read as a warm accent against all of those.\n\nIt suits people who move between temperatures. Offices, planes, restaurants with the door open, evenings that turn cooler than the afternoon promised. A silk wrap handles all of them because it takes up almost no room in a bag.\n\nIt suits travellers for the same reason. A long silk scarf rolls into a tube the size of a paperback. On the plane it is a shoulder cover. At the destination it is a shoulder cover again, this time for sun or for a building that asks you to cover up.\n\nIt suits gift buyers. Scarves have no sizing problem, and a floral print is a safer guess than a colour you hope someone likes. Of the things you can buy without knowing someone's measurements, a silk scarf is near the top of the list.\n\nIt is less suited to someone who wants a winter scarf. Silk is thin. It blocks a draught, it does not replace wool in freezing weather. Layer it under a coat collar if the temperature is genuinely low.\n\nHow to choose the right length and shape\n\nScarf shapes fall into a few families, and length decides what you can do.\n\nA square scarf, usually around 35 inches, is for neck knots, bandeau folds and bag ties. A short rectangle sits flat under a collar. A long rectangle, which is what this is, gives you the most options because you can always shorten it with folds but you cannot lengthen a short one.\n\nHere is the practical test. Hold a scarf up and drape it around your neck with both ends hanging. If the ends reach your waist with the scarf doubled, you can loop it. If they reach mid-thigh when single, you can wrap twice and still have ends to tie. At 67 inches, this scarf does both for most adults.\n\nWidth matters for shawl use. Anything under about 16 inches is a neck scarf and nothing else. At 21 inches, you get enough coverage to open it over the shoulders without the ends dropping to your knees. That is the sweet spot between a neck scarf and a full stole.\n\nWays to wear it\n\nThe loop is the default. Fold the scarf in half lengthwise, drape it around the neck, pull the loose ends through the folded loop and adjust. Takes three seconds and looks deliberate.\n\nThe open drape is for coats. Hang it flat down both sides of the front opening, no knot. It breaks up a long block of colour and adds a vertical line.\n\nThe head wrap uses the full length. Centre it over the crown, cross at the nape, bring the ends forward and tie or tuck. Silk is the right fabric here because the surface is smooth, so styled hair slides rather than catches.\n\nThe shoulder wrap is the simplest and the one most people reach for in a cold room. Open it, lay it across the back, let both ends hang at the front. Add a loose knot at the chest if it slips.\n\nThe bag tie uses whatever length is left over. Knot it through a handle and it becomes decoration until you need it.\n\nCaring for silk without fuss\n\nThe care instruction here is hand wash only, and it is worth following.\n\nFill a basin with cool water and a small amount of detergent made for silk or wool. Standard laundry detergent is often too alkaline for protein fibres. Move the scarf gently through the water for a minute or two. Do not scrub, do not rub a stain hard, and do not soak it for long periods.\n\nRinse in cool water until it runs clear. Lift the scarf out supporting its weight, lay it on a towel, roll the towel and press. Never wring it. Twisting a satin weave can leave permanent creases in the yarn.\n\nDry flat or hang in the shade. Sun fades print and heat stiffens silk. Once it is almost dry, press on a low setting with a cloth between the iron and the fabric, or hang it in a steamy bathroom and let the creases drop on their own.\n\nDay to day, apply perfume and hairspray before the scarf goes on, and let them dry. Alcohol is the most common cause of marks on silk. Check rings and watch clasps before you put it on, since a rough edge will pull a thread faster than anything else.\n\nFor storage, fold loosely or roll it and keep it out of direct light. A soft pouch or a drawer is fine. Avoid hanging it on a thin hook for months.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a 67 x 21 inch (170 x 53 cm) long silk scarf in 100% mulberry silk with a satin weave, printed with Chinese roses on green. It is light, it drapes, and it does several jobs: neck scarf, head wrap, shoulder cover, light shawl.\n\nBuy it if your wardrobe is mostly plain colours and you want one accessory that works across seasons, or if you travel and want something that packs flat. Buy it as a gift if you are stuck for sizing.\n\nSkip it if you need real warmth in winter, or if you want a structured scarf that holds its folds. For everything else, a long silk scarf earns its drawer space.\n\nHand wash it, dry it flat, keep it away from direct sun, and it will stay good for a very long time.", "llm_summary": "The Green Rose Print Long Silk Scarf is a long rectangular scarf measuring 67 x 21 inches (170 x 53 cm). The maker lists the fabric as 100% mulberry silk in a satin weave, which gives a smooth face with a quiet sheen and a soft drape. The print is Chinese roses on a green ground. It can be worn as a neck scarf, a head scarf, a shawl or a light wrap, and it folds small enough to carry in a handbag. Care is hand wash only, in cool water, dried flat away from heat. Momme weight, exact colour name, fibre origin and scarf weight are not specified. No certifications, ratings or warranty are stated.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/green-rose-print-long-silk-scarf/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/green-rose-print-long-silk-scarf/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/green-rose-print-long-silk-scarf.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "landscape-print-large-silk-shawl", "sku": "landscape-print-large-silk-shawl", "title": "Landscape Print Large Silk Shawl", "slug": "landscape-print-large-silk-shawl", "price": 75.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/landscape-print-large-silk-shawl/main-landscape-print-large-silk-shawl.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/landscape-print-large-silk-shawl/landscape-print-large-silk-shawl-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/landscape-print-large-silk-shawl/landscape-print-large-silk-shawl-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/landscape-print-large-silk-shawl/landscape-print-large-silk-shawl-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Woven in a lightweight satin weave and sized at 67 x 43 inches (170 x 109 cm), it works as a shoulder wrap, a head scarf or a long neck scarf with one easy fold.", "description": "The gap this fills\n\nMost people have a wardrobe gap that sits between a jacket and nothing at all. You walk out in the evening and the air has cooled by a few degrees. You sit down in a restaurant under an air-conditioning vent. You get on a plane and the cabin turns cold somewhere over the second hour. A coat is too much. Bare shoulders are not enough.\n\nA large silk shawl covers that gap better than almost anything else, because it gives you a layer that you can put on and take off in two seconds and then fold into a small square when you do not want it. It takes up almost no room in a bag. That combination, useful when you need it and invisible when you do not, is the whole argument for owning one.\n\nThis one measures 67 x 43 inches (170 x 109 cm). The maker lists the fabric as 100% mulberry silk in a satin weave, and the design is a landscape painting print.\n\nWhy size matters more than you think\n\nScarves come in three rough families. Small squares, around 21 inches, sit at the neck and do very little else. Long skinny scarves, around 12 inches wide, loop at the neck and that is about it. Then there are large scarves like this one, cut wide as well as long, which can genuinely work as shoulder coverage.\n\nThe 43 inch depth is the number that matters. That is what lets the fabric sit across both shoulders and reach down over the upper arms. Anything much shallower slides off the back and sits like a collar instead of a wrap. The 67 inch width gives you enough length to cross the ends over at the front, knot them, or throw one end back over the opposite shoulder.\n\nThis is also why a large silk scarf is more flexible than a smaller one. You can always fold a big scarf down. You cannot make a small one bigger.\n\nWhat mulberry silk and satin weave mean in practice\n\nMulberry silk refers to silk from silkworms raised on mulberry leaves. The filaments are long and even, which is why mulberry silk tends to have a smoother surface and a more uniform look than wild silks.\n\nSatin weave is a separate thing. It describes how the threads cross each other. In a satin weave, each thread floats over several others before dipping under one. Those long floats on the surface are what catch the light and give the fabric its sheen, and they are also why the cloth feels slippery under your fingers.\n\nPut the two together and you get what people mean when they say silk feels like silk. A smooth face, a soft fall and a fabric that slides over a coat sleeve or a knit instead of gripping it. Skin and hair move across it with less friction than they do across cotton, which is a simple physical fact about the surface, not a claim about anything else.\n\nThe flip side of satin weave is that it can snag. Long surface floats are more exposed than tightly bound ones. Rings with sharp settings, rough bag handles and Velcro are the usual culprits. It is worth knowing so you can be a little careful, not a reason to avoid it.\n\nWho a wrap like this suits\n\nIf you dress mainly in plain colours, a printed silk wrap does a lot of work. Black coat, grey jumper, white shirt, navy dress. Any of those become more interesting the moment you add a landscape print across the shoulders, and you have not had to rethink anything else you own.\n\nIt suits travellers for the obvious reason. Lightweight silk packs to nothing. People who feel the cold indoors get good use out of it too, because offices and restaurants tend to run cooler than most people would choose, and a wrap you keep in your bag solves that without carrying a cardigan around.\n\nIt also works for anyone who needs shoulder coverage for an event. Weddings, outdoor dinners, places where a dress code or the simple drop in temperature after sunset means bare shoulders are not ideal.\n\nWhere it is less useful is real cold. This is lightweight silk. It is a layer for mild air and indoor chill. In winter it belongs under a coat or over a knit, not as the only thing between you and the weather.\n\nHow to wear it four ways\n\nAs a shawl. Open it flat, centre it across your back, and let the ends hang down the front. The simplest version and the one that reads most formal. A loose knot at chest height stops it sliding if you are moving around.\n\nAs a wrap. Same start, but throw one end back over the opposite shoulder. This frees up both arms and gives the drape more shape. Good for standing and talking.\n\nAs a head scarf. Fold it into a triangle first, or roll it into a wide band. Full size is too much fabric to tie around the head, but folded down it gives you plenty of options, from a full head covering to a band that holds hair back.\n\nAs a long neck scarf. Fold it lengthways into a band four or five inches wide, loop it once around the neck and let the ends hang. This is the version that disappears under a coat collar, and it is the one most people end up using day to day.\n\nChoosing between prints and plains\n\nA plain silk wrap is easy to match and easy to forget. A printed one does more, but it asks a bit more of you.\n\nThe useful trick is to look at the print and find the two or three colours that are doing most of the work. Pull your outfit from that family and the whole thing looks planned. A landscape print tends to be forgiving here because painted landscapes usually contain a wide spread of tones, so there is normally something in there that links to what you are already wearing.\n\nIf you are buying as a gift and you do not know the person's colour preference, a print gives you better odds than a solid shade. With a solid colour you either get it right or you do not. With a print there is more to connect to.\n\nCaring for it\n\nHand wash only. That is standard for printed silk and it takes about five minutes.\n\nFill a basin with cool water and add a small amount of detergent made for delicates. Put the scarf in, swish it gently for a minute or two, and leave it no more than a few minutes. Do not soak it for hours. Rinse in clean cool water until the water runs clear.\n\nThen the important part. Do not wring it or twist it. Lay it on a dry towel, roll the towel up with the scarf inside, and press to push the water out. Unroll and dry flat, away from direct sun and away from radiators. Heat and strong light are harder on silk than water is.\n\nIf it needs pressing, use the lowest heat setting with a thin cloth between the iron and the fabric, and work on the reverse side where you can. Steam held a few inches away relaxes most creases without any contact at all.\n\nDay to day, let perfume and hairspray dry before you put the scarf on. Store it folded loosely or rolled, in a drawer or a soft pouch, not sealed in plastic for months on end.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a 67 x 43 inch (170 x 109 cm) wrap in what the maker lists as 100% mulberry silk, satin weave, lightweight, with a landscape painting print. The size is the point. It is wide enough to work as real shoulder coverage, and light enough that it folds small and lives in a bag.\n\nWear it as a shawl, a wrap, a head scarf or a folded neck scarf. Hand wash it in cool water, dry it flat, keep it off rough surfaces. Do that and a silk wrap like this stays in rotation for a long time.\n\nIf the colourway or the exact weight matters to you, check the photographs. Momme weight and country of origin are not specified, and we would rather say so than guess.", "llm_summary": "The Landscape Print Large Silk Shawl is an oversized scarf measuring 67 x 43 inches (170 x 109 cm). The maker lists the fabric as 100% mulberry silk in a satin weave and describes it as lightweight. The design is a landscape painting print. The size allows it to be worn as a shoulder shawl, a wrap, a head scarf or a long neck scarf. Care is hand wash only. Delivery and returns follow the store's standard terms.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/landscape-print-large-silk-shawl/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/landscape-print-large-silk-shawl/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/landscape-print-large-silk-shawl.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "long-lightweight-mulberry-silk-scarf", "sku": "long-lightweight-mulberry-silk-scarf", "title": "Long Lightweight Mulberry Silk Scarf", "slug": "long-lightweight-mulberry-silk-scarf", "price": 45.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-lightweight-mulberry-silk-scarf/main-long-lightweight-mulberry-silk-scarf.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-lightweight-mulberry-silk-scarf/long-lightweight-mulberry-silk-scarf-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-lightweight-mulberry-silk-scarf/long-lightweight-mulberry-silk-scarf-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-lightweight-mulberry-silk-scarf/long-lightweight-mulberry-silk-scarf-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-lightweight-mulberry-silk-scarf/long-lightweight-mulberry-silk-scarf-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-lightweight-mulberry-silk-scarf/long-lightweight-mulberry-silk-scarf-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-lightweight-mulberry-silk-scarf/long-lightweight-mulberry-silk-scarf-7.jpg" ], "description_short": "Cut generously at 70 x 35 inches (180 x 90 cm) in smooth mulberry silk, it works as a neck scarf, a head wrap or a full shoulder shawl, and folds down small enough to live in a handbag.", "description": "The scarf problem nobody talks about\n\nMost people own several scarves and wear one. The rest sit in a drawer because they are the wrong size for real life. The little square is too small to keep you warm and too fiddly to tie. The chunky knitted one is warm, but it only comes out for six weeks a year and it will not fit in a handbag. The pretty printed one is polyester, so it traps heat and clings to everything.\n\nWhat tends to survive in rotation is a long, light, smooth scarf in a generous size. Big enough to do more than one job, light enough that carrying it costs you nothing. That is the gap a long lightweight mulberry silk scarf fills, and at 70 x 35 inches (180 x 90 cm), this one is cut for exactly that.\n\nWhy the dimensions matter more than the pattern\n\nScarf shopping usually starts with the print and ends in disappointment. The measurement is what decides how it behaves.\n\nAround 60 inches long is a neck scarf. You can loop it once and tie it. Anything shorter and you are limited to a flat drape or a single knot. Once you get past 70 inches you have enough fabric to wrap the neck twice and still have tails, which is the look most people are actually after when they picture a silk scarf.\n\nWidth does the other half of the work. A narrow scarf, say 12 to 20 inches, will never sit on your shoulders properly. At 35 inches you have something that covers both shoulders and the upper arms. That is the point where it stops being a scarf and becomes a large silk shawl wrap, and it is why one piece can go from a train platform to a dinner table without changing character.\n\nThe practical test: hold a scarf you already own against a tape measure. If it is under 65 inches long or under 28 inches wide, it will not drape as a wrap, no matter how lovely the fabric is.\n\nWhat mulberry silk actually does\n\nMulberry silk comes from silkworms raised on a single diet, which produces a long, even filament. Long filaments mean a smoother yarn and a smoother finished fabric with fewer short fibre ends sticking up. In the hand, that reads as a cool, slippery surface that catches the light.\n\nTwo things follow from that smoothness. First, it slides over clothing and hair instead of gripping, so it does not pull threads on knitwear or leave fluff on a dark coat. Second, it is comfortable directly against the neck, which matters if you find wool itchy.\n\nSilk is also strong for its weight. A scarf this large is still light enough that you forget it is in your bag. That combination, big surface area and almost no weight, is hard to get in any other fibre. Wool at this size is heavy. Cotton at this size is bulky. A lightweight silk scarf gives you coverage without the carrying cost.\n\nMomme weight, the number used to describe how heavy a silk fabric is, is not stated for this scarf. The listed thickness of about 0.1 inches puts it in lightweight territory, which is what you want in a wrap this large. A heavier silk at 70 x 35 inches would feel like a curtain.\n\nThe ways people actually wear it\n\nWorth being specific here, because \"versatile\" on its own means nothing.\n\nAround the neck, the simplest version is the loop. Fold the scarf in half lengthwise, drape it round the neck, pull the loose ends through the folded loop and tug. Takes two seconds, holds all day, sits flat under a coat collar.\n\nOver the shoulders, open it out flat and let it hang evenly at the front. Over a sleeveless dress this is an evening wrap. If it slides, give the two front panels a single loose knot at chest height, or twist them once behind your back and bring them forward.\n\nAs a head covering, fold it into a wide triangle, place the long edge across your forehead and tie the two corners at the nape, tucking the point under. The length here is a real advantage. A small square leaves you with stubby ends that will not tie. This is what makes it one of the better choices if you want the best silk head wrap for sun, wind or a place where covered heads are the norm.\n\nOver swimwear, fold it lengthwise into a band, wrap it round your hips and knot at one side. The silk dries fast and does not hold sand the way towelling does.\n\nOn a plane, it goes across the shoulders and chest like a thin blanket. Cabin air conditioning is predictably cold, and a packable silk wrap deals with it better than asking for a blanket.\n\nWho it suits, and who should look elsewhere\n\nThis suits anyone who wants one accessory to cover a lot of ground. Travellers get the most from it, because it costs almost nothing in luggage space and solves cold planes, strong sun and dress codes all at once. It also suits people who dress plainly and want one good piece that lifts an outfit, and people who run warm and cannot cope with wool at the neck.\n\nIt is less suited to deep winter as a standalone. If you want something to handle a cold snap, a wool or cashmere scarf is the right tool and this becomes the layer you wear underneath. It is also not the easy-care option. Hand wash only is a real constraint, so if you want to throw everything in a machine, choose a cotton or a washable blend instead.\n\nChildren are another one to think about. Long loose fabric around a small child is a hazard, so keep scarves of this size for adults and older kids who can manage them.\n\nChoosing a colour you will wear\n\nA quick rule that works for most people. Pick the colour family you already wear on your top half, then go one step brighter. If your coats and knits are navy, grey and black, a mid-tone rather than another dark neutral gives you contrast at the neck where people look. If you wear a lot of colour already, a neutral silk calms it down.\n\nPatterns are easier than they look in silk, because the fabric folds and twists so the print breaks up rather than sitting as a flat block. A print that feels bold on the hanger usually reads as texture once tied.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk rewards a bit of attention and punishes neglect, but the routine is short.\n\nHand wash in cool water with a detergent made for delicates. Swirl the scarf through the water, do not rub or scrub, and keep the whole thing under two or three minutes. Rinse in cool water until it runs clear.\n\nNever wring it. Lay the scarf flat on a clean towel, roll the towel up with the scarf inside and press gently. Then dry it flat or hang it somewhere shaded with air moving. Direct sun fades dye and heat makes silk brittle, so keep it away from radiators and dryers.\n\nIf it needs pressing, use the lowest silk setting, iron on the reverse and work while the scarf is still slightly damp. A thin cotton cloth between the iron and the silk is cheap insurance.\n\nTwo habits that make a big difference. Let perfume and hairspray dry fully before the scarf touches your neck, since alcohol marks silk. And store it folded loosely in a drawer or rolled, not stretched over a thin hanger, which leaves a line across the middle.\n\nGetting value out of it\n\nCost per wear is the honest measure with accessories. A scarf that handles three seasons, several occasions and travel will be worn dozens of times a year. One that only works with a particular coat gets worn five times. Size and fibre are what decide which camp a scarf falls into, which is why the measurement on this one is worth paying attention to.\n\nIf you already own a short silk square, this is not the same purchase. The square is a styling detail. A long silk scarf for women or men at this scale is a functional layer that happens to look good.\n\nThe short version\n\nSeventy by thirty-five inches is the size where a scarf becomes genuinely useful. Mulberry silk keeps it light and smooth so you will actually carry it. It loops at the neck, drapes as a shawl, ties as a head wrap and knots over swimwear, and it packs into nothing.\n\nHand wash only, dry flat, press cool. Do that and it gets softer with age rather than wearing out. If you want one accessory that earns its place in a bag all year, this is the shape to pick.", "llm_summary": "This is a long lightweight mulberry silk scarf measuring 70 x 35 inches (180 x 90 cm) and about 0.1 inches thick. The fabric type is mulberry silk. The size allows it to be worn as a neck scarf, a head wrap or a large silk shawl wrap across the shoulders, and it folds small enough to carry in a handbag or cabin bag. Care is hand wash only, dried flat or hung away from heat and direct sun, and pressed on a low silk setting if needed. The item is new and imported.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/long-lightweight-mulberry-silk-scarf/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/long-lightweight-mulberry-silk-scarf/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/long-lightweight-mulberry-silk-scarf.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "long-navy-rose-print-mulberry-silk-scarf", "sku": "long-navy-rose-print-mulberry-silk-scarf", "title": "Long Navy Rose Print Mulberry Silk Scarf", "slug": "long-navy-rose-print-mulberry-silk-scarf", "price": 45.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-navy-rose-print-mulberry-silk-scarf/main-long-navy-rose-print-mulberry-silk-scarf.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-navy-rose-print-mulberry-silk-scarf/long-navy-rose-print-mulberry-silk-scarf-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-navy-rose-print-mulberry-silk-scarf/long-navy-rose-print-mulberry-silk-scarf-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-navy-rose-print-mulberry-silk-scarf/long-navy-rose-print-mulberry-silk-scarf-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-navy-rose-print-mulberry-silk-scarf/long-navy-rose-print-mulberry-silk-scarf-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-navy-rose-print-mulberry-silk-scarf/long-navy-rose-print-mulberry-silk-scarf-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-navy-rose-print-mulberry-silk-scarf/long-navy-rose-print-mulberry-silk-scarf-7.jpg" ], "description_short": "Woven from 100% mulberry silk in a smooth satin weave and cut generously at 70 x 35 inches (180 x 90 cm), so it works as a soft neck scarf or a full shawl wrap.", "description": "The problem with most scarves\n\nMost scarves are built for one job. A chunky knit keeps you warm but is useless indoors. A narrow printed square looks smart at the neck and does nothing when a breeze comes through the door. A pashmina covers your shoulders and then sits in a heap because there is no good way to wear it around the neck without bulk.\n\nThat is why the long silk scarf keeps coming back. At 70 x 35 inches (180 x 90 cm) you are holding something closer to a small shawl that happens to fold down to the size of a paperback. It changes shape to suit the moment. Loop it twice at the neck for the walk to work, open it across the shoulders when the restaurant air conditioning gets ambitious, fold it into a band for the hair when the wind picks up on the ferry.\n\nWhat mulberry silk actually gives you\n\nMulberry silk comes from silkworms fed on mulberry leaves. Their fibre is long, even and smooth, which matters once the yarn is spun and woven. You get fewer short ends poking out of the surface, so the cloth feels consistent all over rather than slightly fuzzy in patches.\n\nThis scarf is woven in a satin structure. In a satin weave, the warp yarns float over several weft yarns before dipping under, so more smooth fibre sits on the face of the cloth. The practical results are easy to feel. Light bounces off the surface in a soft sheen instead of a hard shine. The fabric slides over itself, so knots settle rather than lock. And it glides across a coat collar or a knit sleeve instead of snagging on the texture.\n\nThere is also the weight question. Silk is light for its surface area. A piece this big in wool would be a serious object to carry. In silk it folds into a handbag and you forget it is there until you need it. That is the whole argument for a lightweight silk scarf over a heavier wrap for daily use.\n\nThe navy rose print, and why it is easy to wear\n\nThe print is navy and grey roses on a cream ground. Three things make that combination work hard in a wardrobe.\n\nFirst, the ground is cream rather than white. Cream is warmer and sits more kindly next to skin tones and next to off-white or ivory clothing, which pure white tends to fight with.\n\nSecond, the navy does the anchoring. Navy is one of the few colours that reads as a neutral in practice. It sits next to black without clashing, it sharpens denim, and it looks deliberate against camel or tan.\n\nThird, the grey roses soften the contrast. Without them the print would be a hard two-tone pattern. The grey gives a middle step, so from across a room the scarf reads as a tonal floral rather than a graphic one. If you want pattern without becoming the most colourful thing in the room, that middle step is doing the work.\n\nWho this suits\n\nIf you are the person who is always slightly cold indoors and slightly too warm outdoors, this is your accessory. One piece covers both states.\n\nIt suits travellers for obvious reasons. Planes, trains and long coach rides all involve unpredictable temperature, and a large silk shawl wrap packs into nothing and deploys as a shoulder cover or a makeshift pillow.\n\nIt suits anyone who wears a lot of plain clothing. If your wardrobe runs to navy, grey, black, denim and cream, a floral silk scarf is the shortcut to looking put together without buying patterned clothes.\n\nIt suits gift buyers because there is no sizing to guess. You do not need to know anyone's dress size, shoe size or neck measurement to buy a scarf.\n\nIt is less suited to anyone who needs real cold-weather warmth from the accessory itself. Silk is a light layer. It blocks draughts well tucked into a collar, but for a Canadian January you want it working alongside wool rather than instead of it.\n\nHow to choose between scarf sizes\n\nScarf dimensions tell you more than the price does. Here is the rough map.\n\nA square around 35 x 35 inches is a neck scarf and a head scarf. It folds into a triangle or a band and sits close. It will not cover shoulders.\n\nA long narrow scarf, say 70 x 12 inches, hangs well and loops nicely but has no width, so it stays a neck piece.\n\nA long wide scarf like this one, at 70 x 35 inches, is the crossover size. Fold it lengthwise and the width disappears into a neat neck drape. Open it and you have shoulder coverage. That flexibility is the reason to pay for the extra fabric.\n\nBeyond that, you are into shawl and stole territory, where the piece is too wide to wear comfortably at the neck without serious bulk.\n\nSo the question to ask yourself is simple. Do you want one accessory that does two jobs, or two accessories that each do one job well? If the answer is one, the long wide cut is the one to get.\n\nHow to wear it, practically\n\nStart with the double loop. Hold the scarf folded in half lengthwise, drape it around the neck with one long tail and one loop, pass the tails through the loop and tug it to sit where you like. It takes three seconds and looks intentional.\n\nFor a flatter look, fold it lengthwise into a band about four inches wide, lay it around the back of the neck and let both ends hang down the front inside a jacket. This is the version that works under a coat, because there is no knot to add bulk at the collar.\n\nFor the shawl, open the scarf fully, centre it across your back and bring the ends forward over the shoulders. If you want it secure, cross the ends at the front and tuck them under a belt or into a waistband.\n\nFor a head covering, fold into a triangle, place the long edge at the forehead and tie the two ends at the nape. Or fold into a narrow band and tie it over the top of the head with the knot at the side.\n\nFor the bag, fold into a band and tie a simple square knot through the handle, leaving two short tails. Silk is light enough that it will not drag on the hardware.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk rewards a little care and punishes none at all. The stated care here is hand wash only, so do that.\n\nUse cool water and a mild detergent made for delicates. Swirl the scarf through the water for a minute or two rather than scrubbing it. Rinse in cool water until the water runs clear.\n\nNever wring or twist silk. Lay it flat on a towel, roll the towel up with the scarf inside and press to squeeze the water out. Then unroll and either dry it flat or hang it over a rail.\n\nKeep it out of direct sunlight to dry. Sun fades printed colours faster than anything else, and heat from a radiator can make the fibre feel dry and papery over time.\n\nIf you want to press it, use the lowest silk setting with a cloth between the iron and the fabric, ideally while the scarf is still slightly damp.\n\nTwo habits extend the life of any silk piece. Put perfume and hairspray on first and let them dry before the scarf goes near your neck. And store it folded or loosely rolled in a drawer rather than hanging on a thin hook, which puts all the weight on one small spot.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a 70 x 35 inch (180 x 90 cm) scarf in 100% mulberry silk, woven in a satin structure, printed with navy and grey roses on a cream ground. The size is the point. It is long enough to loop at the neck and wide enough to cover the shoulders, so one piece handles both the chilly office and the cool evening.\n\nThe colours are deliberately easy. Navy anchors, grey softens, cream keeps it light. It will not fight with the clothes you already own.\n\nCare is hand wash in cool water, no wringing, dry flat or in the shade. Do that and it will look the same in five years as it does on day one.\n\nIf you have been meaning to replace a scarf that only works half the time, this is the kind of piece that quietly solves the problem.", "llm_summary": "A long scarf made from 100% mulberry silk in a satin weave, measuring 70 x 35 inches (180 x 90 cm). The print is navy and grey roses on a cream ground. The generous width means it can be worn knotted at the neck, draped as a shawl, used as a head covering or tied through a bag handle. The silk is lightweight and folds small for travel. Care is hand wash only in cool water, dried flat or hung away from direct sunlight and heat. Colour name, momme weight, finished edge type, scarf weight and country of origin are not specified. Delivery and returns follow standard storefront terms.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/long-navy-rose-print-mulberry-silk-scarf/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/long-navy-rose-print-mulberry-silk-scarf/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/long-navy-rose-print-mulberry-silk-scarf.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "long-rust-paisley-mulberry-silk-scarf", "sku": "long-rust-paisley-mulberry-silk-scarf", "title": "Long Rust Paisley Mulberry Silk Scarf", "slug": "long-rust-paisley-mulberry-silk-scarf", "price": 39.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-rust-paisley-mulberry-silk-scarf/main-long-rust-paisley-mulberry-silk-scarf.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-rust-paisley-mulberry-silk-scarf/long-rust-paisley-mulberry-silk-scarf-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-rust-paisley-mulberry-silk-scarf/long-rust-paisley-mulberry-silk-scarf-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-rust-paisley-mulberry-silk-scarf/long-rust-paisley-mulberry-silk-scarf-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-rust-paisley-mulberry-silk-scarf/long-rust-paisley-mulberry-silk-scarf-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-rust-paisley-mulberry-silk-scarf/long-rust-paisley-mulberry-silk-scarf-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-rust-paisley-mulberry-silk-scarf/long-rust-paisley-mulberry-silk-scarf-7.jpg" ], "description_short": "Woven from 100% mulberry silk in a smooth satin weave, it measures 70 x 35 inches (180 x 90 cm), so it works as a scarf one day and a large silk shawl wrap the next.", "description": "The problem with most scarves\n\nMost scarves end up in a drawer. They are either too warm for the room you are actually in, too bulky under a coat, too short to do anything interesting with, or printed in a colour that only works with one jacket. You buy them with good intentions and then reach for the same old one every time.\n\nA long silk scarf solves a different set of problems than a wool one does. It is not really about warmth. It is about covering your shoulders when a restaurant has the air turned up, adding colour to a plain shirt, softening a coat collar, or having something in your bag that can cover your head in sun or wind. A piece of silk at 70 x 35 inches (180 x 90 cm) does all of that and still disappears into a handbag.\n\nWhat you are actually buying\n\nThe fabric here is 100% mulberry silk in a satin weave. Those two details matter more than anything else on the page.\n\nMulberry silk comes from silkworms raised on a single diet, which produces long, even filaments. Long filaments mean smoother yarn, and smoother yarn means fabric that feels slippery rather than slightly fuzzy. It is the standard most silk accessories are measured against.\n\nSatin weave is a structure, not a fabric. In a satin weave, the warp threads float over several weft threads before dipping under one. That creates a face with very few interruptions, which is why satin silk catches light the way it does and why things slide across it so easily. Hair and skin move over a satin silk surface with less friction than they do across a cotton weave. It is also why knots in a silk scarf stay soft and loose instead of locking up tight.\n\nThe print is paisley in rust brown and cream, with a patterned border running around the edge. Paisley is one of those designs that has been in and out of fashion for two centuries and never quite leaves, which makes it a safer long-term buy than a trend print.\n\nWhy 70 x 35 inches is a useful size\n\nScarf dimensions sound abstract until you work out what they let you do.\n\nAt 70 inches long, you can drape it around your neck and still have both ends hanging to roughly hip height on most adults. That gives you room for a loose loop, a double wrap, a simple knot, or a Parisian knot where you fold it in half and pull the tails through the loop.\n\nAt 35 inches wide, it stops being just a scarf. Opened fully, it covers both shoulders and most of the upper back, so it functions as a large silk shawl wrap over a dress or a sleeveless top. That width is also enough to tie as a sarong at the hip, use as a head covering, or fold diagonally into a bandana shape with plenty of fabric to spare.\n\nSmaller squares, the 35 x 35 inch kind, are great for neck styling and bag handles but cannot cover a shoulder. Larger rectangles get heavy to carry. This cut sits in the middle, which is why so many people searching for the best large silk shawl end up at roughly these dimensions.\n\nWho it suits\n\nIf you travel, this is an easy one. It weighs almost nothing, folds flat, and gives you a blanket, a shoulder cover and an accessory in one piece of fabric. Anyone who has been cold on a plane while trying to politely refuse a scratchy airline blanket understands the appeal.\n\nIf you work in a building with aggressive air conditioning, keeping something like this at your desk is practical rather than decorative.\n\nIf your wardrobe leans neutral, a rust paisley gives you a point of interest without forcing you to rethink the rest of the outfit. Rust is warm enough to sit against camel and cream, and dark enough not to fight with black or navy.\n\nIf you wear your hair up or wrap it at night, the smooth satin surface is the reason people seek out silk rather than cotton. There is simply less drag.\n\nAnd if you are buying a gift, a scarf avoids the sizing problem entirely. It fits everyone.\n\nHow to choose between silk options\n\nA few things worth thinking about before you commit.\n\nWeight and drape. Lighter silks float and need a knot to hold their shape. Heavier silks hang with more authority and hold a fold better. This scarf is described as lightweight, so expect it to move with you rather than sit stiffly. The maker does not state a momme weight, so judge it by the lightweight description rather than a number.\n\nPrint scale. A large paisley reads as a single statement from a distance. A small repeating pattern reads as texture. Paisley in rust and cream falls in between, busy enough to be interesting up close, calm enough from across a room that it does not shout.\n\nShape. Rectangles are more versatile than squares for anything involving the shoulders. Squares are better for tight neck knots and tying onto bags. If you only want one silk piece, a long rectangle covers more situations.\n\nColour against your skin and wardrobe. Hold a rust tone near your face. If warm colours suit you, it will sit comfortably. If you lean cool, wear it looped lower on the chest rather than up at the jaw and it still works.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is less fragile than people assume, but it does have rules.\n\nHand wash only, in cool water, with a detergent made for delicates. Fill a basin, swirl the scarf through for a minute or two, and rinse until the water runs clear. Do not scrub, do not wring, and do not leave it sitting in water for an hour.\n\nTo dry, lay it flat between two towels and press down to pull out the water, then lay it flat on a dry towel somewhere out of direct sunlight. Sun fades dyes and heat makes silk brittle over time. Never put it in a dryer.\n\nIf it needs pressing, use a low setting with a cloth between the iron and the fabric, or press while the scarf is slightly damp. Steam works well too.\n\nStore it folded loosely in a drawer or a soft pouch. Avoid sharp hooks and avoid hanging it over a radiator. Keep it away from velcro, rough nails and ring prongs, which are the main causes of pulls in satin weaves.\n\nDone this way, a silk scarf lasts a very long time. Plenty of people are still wearing ones they bought twenty years ago.\n\nWays to wear it\n\nStart simple. Drape it once around the neck with both ends hanging straight down, inside a coat. That is the easiest look and it suits almost everything.\n\nNext, the loop knot. Fold it in half lengthways, put it around your neck, pull the two loose ends through the folded loop and tighten gently. It sits neatly and stays put.\n\nFor a wrap, open it fully, centre it across your back, and let the ends hang over your forearms. Over a sleeveless dress on a cool evening, that is all you need.\n\nHead covering is just as easy. Fold it into a wide band and tie at the nape, or drape it over the crown and knot under the chin for sun protection.\n\nAnd if you only want a hint of it, tie a narrow fold through a bag handle. It uses almost none of the fabric but adds colour.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a long rectangular scarf in 100% mulberry silk, satin weave, 70 x 35 inches (180 x 90 cm), printed with rust brown and cream paisley and a patterned border. It is light, it folds small, and the size lets it work as a neck scarf, a shoulder wrap, a head covering or a shawl.\n\nHand wash it in cool water, dry it flat out of the sun, and press it low through a cloth. That is the whole maintenance routine.\n\nIf you want one silk piece that earns its place in a drawer instead of sitting there, a long rectangle in a classic print is the one to pick.", "llm_summary": "A long rectangular scarf made from 100% mulberry silk in a satin weave, measuring 70 x 35 inches (180 x 90 cm). The print is paisley in rust brown and cream with a patterned border. The size allows it to be worn as a neck scarf, a shoulder wrap, a head covering or a large shawl. The fabric is lightweight and folds compactly for travel. Care is hand wash only in cool water, dried flat away from heat and direct sunlight, pressed on a low setting through a cloth if required. Brand, momme weight, exact colour name, country of origin and item weight are not stated by the maker. Delivery and returns follow the standard store policy.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/long-rust-paisley-mulberry-silk-scarf/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/long-rust-paisley-mulberry-silk-scarf/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/long-rust-paisley-mulberry-silk-scarf.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "navy-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch", "sku": "navy-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch", "title": "Navy Floral Silk Neck Scarf 21 Inch", "slug": "navy-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch", "price": 24.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/navy-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch/main-navy-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/navy-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch/navy-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/navy-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch/navy-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch-3.jpg" ], "description_short": "Digitally printed on 100% mulberry silk in a smooth satin weave, sized at 21 x 21 inches (53 x 53 cm) so it ties neatly at the neck, in the hair, around a wrist or onto a handbag strap.", "description": "The problem with most scarves\n\nMost scarves sit in a drawer. They are too big, too warm, too fussy to tie, or they only go with one coat. You buy them with good intentions and then reach past them every morning.\n\nA small square is different because it solves a smaller problem. You have a plain shirt and a plain jumper and the outfit is fine but flat. One knot at the throat fixes it in about eight seconds. That is the whole job. It is not insulation, it is not a statement piece you need to build a look around, it is a finishing touch that happens to be made of silk.\n\nThis one is 21 x 21 inches (53 x 53 cm), in 100% mulberry silk, with a navy floral print. Those three facts cover almost everything you need to know about how it will behave.\n\nWhat the size actually means\n\nSquare silk scarves come in a handful of standard sizes. Small squares sit around 50 to 55 cm. Mid squares run near 70 cm. Large squares reach 90 cm and up, and those are the ones you drape over shoulders or wear as a headscarf with the full triangle hanging down your back.\n\nAt 53 cm, this is firmly in small-square territory. Folded on the bias it gives you a band roughly two to three fingers wide, with enough length to cross behind the neck and knot at the front. It will not bunch under a collar. It will not add warmth you did not ask for. What it will not do is work as a shoulder wrap, because there simply is not enough fabric. If that is what you need, look at a larger square or an oblong instead.\n\nThe small size has a practical upside too. It folds down to almost nothing. People who travel often keep one in a bag pocket because it weighs next to nothing and completely changes a plain top when they arrive somewhere.\n\nWhy mulberry silk and a satin weave matter\n\nSilk is graded partly by where it comes from. Mulberry silk is produced by silkworms fed on mulberry leaves, and it yields a long, even filament. Long filaments mean fewer joins, a smoother surface and better shine. That is the fibre.\n\nThe weave is a separate thing. Satin weave lets threads float across several others before dipping under, which puts more surface area of the fibre on the face of the fabric. More surface means more light reflected, so you get that soft lustre, and the structure also makes the cloth more fluid.\n\nIn use this shows up in two ways. First, knots pull through easily instead of catching halfway, so you can adjust the scarf without a fight. Second, the ends fall rather than stand out stiffly. If you have ever tried to tie a polyester square and found it springing back open, you already know the difference.\n\nThere is a comfort angle as well. Skin and hair slide over silk with less friction than over cotton or wool, which is why a silk neckerchief sits against the throat all day without feeling scratchy, and why a silk hair scarf does not grab at strands when you untie it.\n\nReading the print\n\nDigital printing puts the design onto the fabric with fine control. On a floral pattern that matters, because flowers have small details, thin stems and gradual colour shifts. A coarser print method blurs those. A digital print keeps petals separate and edges clean.\n\nNavy as a ground colour is doing quiet work here. Deep blue sits next to almost every common wardrobe colour without clashing. White, ecru, grey, camel, black, tan and denim all take navy happily. It is darker than most mid-tone prints, which means it holds its own against a dark coat in winter, and it reads as less severe than black in summer.\n\nThe floral stops it from feeling corporate. That balance, dark ground with a softer pattern, is why so many people hunting for the best printed silk scarf keep circling back to navy florals. It is the combination that works in the most situations with the least thought.\n\nOne honest note. Screens render deep blues differently, so the navy may look a touch warmer or cooler in your hands than on your monitor. The pattern placement can also vary slightly from square to square on a printed design, which is normal for printed textiles.\n\nWho it suits\n\nIf you wear plain shirts, this is for you. A neckerchief does more for a white poplin shirt than almost any other accessory.\n\nIf you have long hair and want something that will not leave a dent, folded silk around a ponytail is a reliable choice. It holds without gripping.\n\nIf you carry a structured handbag, a knot on the handle changes the look of the bag without changing the bag.\n\nIf you want something small to give as a present, a square scarf has no size to get wrong and no fit to worry about.\n\nIf you want warmth, this is not the right piece. Silk is light and breathable, and a 53 cm square does not cover enough skin to insulate. Reach for wool or a large wrap instead.\n\nHow to choose between square sizes\n\nThink about where it will sit. For a tight neck knot inside a collar, small is right. For a looser knot with visible tails over a jumper, small still works but a 70 cm square gives you more drama. For anything that needs to cover your shoulders or your whole head, go large.\n\nThen think about print scale. On a small square, a mid-scale pattern like this floral shows well because the folds still reveal several motifs. A very large motif would get lost once folded, since you would only see one corner of it.\n\nFinally, think about your existing wardrobe. If most of what you own is already patterned, a plain or near-plain scarf makes more sense. If your clothes are mainly solid colours, a print gives you something to look at. For a mainly neutral wardrobe, the best navy silk scarf is the one with a print that picks up a colour you already wear elsewhere.\n\nTying it without overthinking\n\nStart with the simplest version. Fold the square corner to corner into a triangle. Roll from the long edge toward the point until you have a band at the width you like. Put the centre of the band at the front of your throat, take the ends behind, bring them forward and tie once or twice slightly off to one side. Done.\n\nFrom there, variations come easily. Leave the triangle unrolled and let the point sit at the front for a softer, looser look. Tie the band at the side of the neck and let the ends hang. Wrap it twice for a tighter choker effect. Use the same rolled band as a headband, knotting it underneath your hair at the nape.\n\nNone of this needs practice beyond the first couple of attempts.\n\nLooking after it\n\nHand wash only. Cool water, a mild detergent made for delicates, a gentle swirl rather than a scrub. Do not soak it for long and do not use bleach.\n\nTo dry, roll the scarf in a clean towel and press the water out. Never wring it. Lay it flat or hang it over a rail, out of direct sunlight and away from radiators, since heat and strong light are what fade printed colour over time.\n\nPress on a low setting on the reverse side, ideally while the silk is slightly damp. A thin cotton cloth between the iron and the fabric is good insurance.\n\nThe most common cause of ruined silk scarves is not washing, it is perfume and hairspray. Spray first, let it dry, then put the scarf on. Alcohol in those products can leave marks that do not lift.\n\nFor storage, roll it loosely or hang it rather than folding it into sharp creases. Keep it away from anything rough that could snag the satin surface, and take rings off before you adjust a knot.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a 21 x 21 inch (53 x 53 cm) square of 100% mulberry silk in a satin weave, digitally printed with a navy floral pattern. The size is right for neck knots, hair, wrists and bag handles, not for shoulder wraps. The navy ground goes with most wardrobes and the floral keeps it from feeling stiff. Care is hand wash, dry flat, cool iron on the reverse, and keep perfume away from it. Buy it if you want one small thing that makes plain clothes look considered.", "llm_summary": "A navy floral small square silk scarf measuring 21 x 21 inches (53 x 53 cm). It is made from 100% mulberry silk in a satin weave, with the floral pattern applied by digital printing for fine detail. The square format suits wearing at the neck as a neckerchief, folded as a headband or hair tie, wrapped at the wrist, or knotted to a bag handle. Recommended care is hand washing. Brand, momme weight, country of origin, item weight and packed dimensions are not specified in the information available, so those details should not be assumed. Colour is described by the navy floral print rather than by a maker colour code. Condition is new and the item is listed as in stock.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/navy-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/navy-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/navy-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "pink-blossom-print-long-silk-scarf", "sku": "pink-blossom-print-long-silk-scarf", "title": "Pink Blossom Print Long Silk Scarf", "slug": "pink-blossom-print-long-silk-scarf", "price": 75.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/pink-blossom-print-long-silk-scarf/main-pink-blossom-print-long-silk-scarf.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/pink-blossom-print-long-silk-scarf/pink-blossom-print-long-silk-scarf-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/pink-blossom-print-long-silk-scarf/pink-blossom-print-long-silk-scarf-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/pink-blossom-print-long-silk-scarf/pink-blossom-print-long-silk-scarf-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/pink-blossom-print-long-silk-scarf/pink-blossom-print-long-silk-scarf-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk in a satin weave, it measures 67 x 21 inches (170 x 53 cm) and works as a neck scarf, head scarf or light shawl wrap.", "description": "The scarf problem most people have\n\nMost of us own scarves we never wear. They sit in a drawer because they are too bulky for indoors, too scratchy against the neck, too bright to pair with anything, or the wrong shape for the way we actually dress. The scarf that gets worn is almost always the one that solves a small daily problem without making a fuss about it.\n\nThat problem is usually this. You leave the house in a jacket, spend the day in a building that runs cold, and go out in the evening when the temperature drops again. Heavy knitwear is wrong for two of those three moments. A long silk scarf is right for all of them, because it adds a layer at the throat and shoulders without adding bulk, and because you can take it off and push it into a bag without ruining the look of your outfit.\n\nThis guide covers what to look for in a long silk scarf, how the size and weave affect the way it wears, and how to keep one looking good for years.\n\nWhat makes silk different\n\nSilk is a protein fibre, spun as a single long filament rather than a short staple like cotton or wool. That length is why silk cloth comes out smooth. There are fewer fibre ends poking up from the surface, so there is less to scratch and less to catch on your skin or your hair.\n\nMulberry silk is the grade you want. It comes from silkworms fed a controlled mulberry leaf diet, which produces unusually even, unusually long filaments. The result is a more consistent cloth with better colour uptake. This scarf is listed as 100% mulberry silk.\n\nThen there is the weave, which people often confuse with the fibre. Satin is a weave structure. In a satin weave, each thread passes over several threads before dipping under one, so most of the yarn sits on the surface. That gives you the smooth face and the soft shine. It also changes how the cloth behaves. Satin slides over itself, which is why knots in a satin weave scarf pull neat and release without a hard crease.\n\nA chiffon or georgette weave in the same fibre feels completely different, more textured and more airy. Neither is better in the abstract. Satin is the one you pick when you want the scarf to look smooth and to drape in soft columns rather than crinkle.\n\nSize, and why the long rectangle wins\n\nScarves come in three broad shapes. The square, usually 35 inches or so, is the classic. It folds into a bias band for the neck, or sits as a kerchief over the hair, but it is fiddly to drape and it does not loop well.\n\nThe skinny oblong, narrow and short, is a trim accessory. It adds a line of colour and nothing else. It cannot act as a wrap.\n\nThen there is the long rectangle, which is what this one is. At 67 x 21 inches (170 x 53 cm) it covers the widest range of uses. That length loops twice round the neck with ends to spare, ties as a head scarf with room to knot at the nape, and opens out as a light shawl across the shoulders. The 21 inch width is the part people underestimate. A narrow oblong will not cover shoulders. This one will.\n\nIf you are weighing up the best long silk scarf for your wardrobe, measure the length against what you want it to do. Anything under about 60 inches starts to limit the double loop on an average adult neck. Anything over about 75 inches begins to get unwieldy unless you want a dramatic open drape.\n\nWho it suits\n\nThis one suits you if you wear a lot of plain colour and want one accessory that lifts the whole outfit. The pink blossom print on cream is soft, so it does not fight with what it sits on. It is a natural partner for navy, charcoal, black, camel and denim.\n\nIt suits you if you are often too warm for wool and too cold without anything. Silk is the in-between layer. It takes the edge off a draughty room without making you overheat on the walk home.\n\nIt suits you if you travel. A silk scarf rolls into nothing, doubles as a shoulder cover on a plane, and can turn a plain travel outfit into something presentable when you arrive. People who have hunted for the best lightweight silk wrap for packing usually end up with a long oblong for this reason.\n\nIt suits you if you tie your hair back and dislike the way rough fabric pulls at it. Silk is smooth, so hair slides over it with less friction than cotton.\n\nIt is less right for you if you want serious warmth. This is not a winter wrap. Over a coat it is decorative and adds a small amount of insulation at the neck, but on a freezing day you will want wool underneath or over the top.\n\nHow to choose between prints and plains\n\nA plain silk scarf is the safer buy in theory and the more boring one in practice. Plains tend to stay in the drawer because they add nothing you could not get from a sweater in the same colour.\n\nA print earns its place by doing something your clothes cannot. The test is whether the print has a dominant neutral in it. Here the ground is cream, which means the eye reads the scarf as light and soft before it reads it as floral. That is what makes a print wearable with multiple outfits instead of one.\n\nScale matters too. Very large motifs can swamp a small frame when the scarf is folded, because you only see part of the design. Branch and blossom prints tend to work well folded, since the pattern repeats across the cloth rather than sitting in one big block.\n\nIf you want a second scarf later, go in a different direction rather than a near-match. A plain deep colour or a geometric will cover the gaps a floral leaves.\n\nLooking after it\n\nHand wash only. This is the single rule that matters. Fill a basin with cool water, add a small amount of detergent made for delicate fibres, and move the scarf through the water gently with your hands. Do not rub, do not scrub, and do not leave it soaking for half an hour.\n\nRinse in clean cool water until there is no slip left in the fabric. Lift it out supporting the whole weight, because wet silk is weaker than dry silk and a hanging corner can stretch.\n\nNever wring it. Lay the scarf flat on a clean towel, roll the towel up with the scarf inside, and press. That removes most of the water in about thirty seconds. Then dry it flat, or hang it over a rail somewhere shaded and airy. Direct sun is the fastest way to dull a printed colour.\n\nIf you need to press it, use the lowest setting your iron has, work on the reverse side, and keep the iron moving. A thin cotton pressing cloth between the iron and the silk is cheap insurance. Avoid blasting steam straight onto the printed face.\n\nTwo small habits extend the life of any silk scarf. First, get dressed before you spray perfume or hairspray, since alcohol-based sprays can mark the fibre. Second, take off chunky rings before you tie it, because the most common damage to satin weave silk is a snag from jewellery, not from washing.\n\nStore it folded loosely or rolled, in a drawer or a soft pouch. Hanging it on a thin hook for months can leave a stretch line you will not get out.\n\nStyling it three ways\n\nThe loop is the default. Fold the scarf in half lengthways, put the folded loop over one shoulder and the two ends over the other, then pull the ends through the loop and tighten to taste. It takes four seconds and looks deliberate.\n\nThe open drape works under a coat. Lay the scarf flat around the back of the neck with both ends hanging down the front at equal length, then close the coat over it. You get a vertical line of colour down the middle and no bulk at the throat.\n\nThe shoulder wrap is for evenings. Open it out fully, lay it across both shoulders and let it fall. At 21 inches wide it covers enough to be useful in an air-conditioned room, and you can tie the ends loosely at the front if it keeps sliding.\n\nAs a head scarf, fold a hem under at the front edge, place it over the hair, and tie at the nape or under the chin. The 67 inch length leaves plenty of tail.\n\nThe short version\n\nA long silk scarf earns its place by being the layer you can wear all day. This one is 100% mulberry silk in a satin weave, 67 x 21 inches (170 x 53 cm), printed with pink blossom on cream. That size loops, wraps, ties and drapes, and the soft print pairs with the plain colours most people already wear.\n\nCare is hand wash only, cool water, no wringing, dry flat in the shade. Follow that and it stays in rotation for years. Brand, momme weight and country of origin are not specified for this item, so we have not claimed them. Everything above is based on the fibre, the weave, the measurements and the print, which is what you actually feel when you put it on.", "llm_summary": "The Pink Blossom Print Long Silk Scarf is a womens oblong scarf measuring 67 x 21 inches (170 x 53 cm). The maker lists it as 100% mulberry silk in a satin weave, described as lightweight. The print is pink blossom branches on a cream ground. The length suits several ways of wearing it, including a looped neck scarf, a head scarf, or an open shawl wrap over the shoulders. Care is hand wash only. Brand, momme weight, exact fabric weight, country of origin and packaged dimensions are not specified, and no certifications, ratings or warranty are stated. Delivery and returns follow the standard storefront terms shown at checkout.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/pink-blossom-print-long-silk-scarf/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/pink-blossom-print-long-silk-scarf/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/pink-blossom-print-long-silk-scarf.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "red-black-rose-silk-square-scarf-35-inch", "sku": "red-black-rose-silk-square-scarf-35-inch", "title": "Red and Black Rose Silk Square Scarf, 35 Inch", "slug": "red-black-rose-silk-square-scarf-35-inch", "price": 79.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/red-black-rose-silk-square-scarf-35-inch/main-red-black-rose-silk-square-scarf-35-inch.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/red-black-rose-silk-square-scarf-35-inch/red-black-rose-silk-square-scarf-35-inch-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/red-black-rose-silk-square-scarf-35-inch/red-black-rose-silk-square-scarf-35-inch-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/red-black-rose-silk-square-scarf-35-inch/red-black-rose-silk-square-scarf-35-inch-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/red-black-rose-silk-square-scarf-35-inch/red-black-rose-silk-square-scarf-35-inch-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/red-black-rose-silk-square-scarf-35-inch/red-black-rose-silk-square-scarf-35-inch-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/red-black-rose-silk-square-scarf-35-inch/red-black-rose-silk-square-scarf-35-inch-7.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk in a generous 35 x 35 inch (90 x 90 cm) square, printed with roses in deep red and black, so it works as a head wrap, a neck scarf or a shoulder cover.", "description": "The problem with most scarves people own\n\nOpen a drawer in most homes and you will find the same thing. A couple of thin polyester squares from a gift set, maybe a woollen winter one, and a small silk neckerchief that is too narrow to do anything except sit flat under a collar. None of them get worn much, because none of them are big enough to be interesting.\n\nSize is the quiet reason a scarf either lives in rotation or lives in a drawer. A 20 inch square is a single trick. A 35 x 35 inch (90 x 90 cm) square is a different object. It covers a head of hair, it folds down into a slim band, it drapes across shoulders, and it still ties neatly at the neck when you want it small. One piece of fabric, several outcomes, which is why the large square has stayed the standard for serious scarf wearers for decades.\n\nWhat mulberry silk actually does\n\nMulberry silk comes from silkworms raised on mulberry leaves. The point of that diet is the fibre it produces, which is long and even rather than short and broken. Long fibres spin into smoother yarn, and smoother yarn weaves into fabric with that particular fluid fall silk is known for.\n\nYou notice it in three ways. The scarf has weight without bulk, so it hangs instead of sticking out. It holds a knot without going stiff or bulky at the throat. And it slides over hair and skin with much less friction than a cotton or polyester weave, which is a plain property of the fibre and nothing more mysterious than that.\n\nThe other thing silk does well is take a print. Dyes sit bright on silk, and the surface has a soft sheen that makes colour look deeper than it would on a flat synthetic. That matters a lot with a design like this one, where red roses sit against black. On a cheap polyester square the red would read as flat and slightly plastic. On silk it reads as proper red.\n\nReading the print\n\nThis scarf is printed with roses in red and black. The blooms are large, not scattered and tiny. That has a practical effect: a large scale print survives folding. When you roll a small ditsy floral into a band, the pattern disappears into a muddle. A big rose print still shows recognisable shapes even when most of the square is rolled away.\n\nThe red and black pairing is also one of the easier strong combinations to wear. Black ties it to anything black in your wardrobe. Red gives the lift. Against denim, against a grey coat, against a plain white shirt, it does the job without needing anything else to support it. If you tend to dress in neutrals and feel like something is missing, this is the kind of piece that fills the gap.\n\nWho this size suits\n\nA 35 inch square is the right call if you want a head covering. Anyone with long or thick hair knows the frustration of a small square that will not meet at the back. This one wraps properly, with enough left over to tuck and tie.\n\nIt also suits people who like to wear a scarf on the shoulders in the evening. Restaurants with aggressive air conditioning, outdoor tables after sunset, long flights. A silk square folded into a triangle is a light cover that packs into a handbag and comes out uncreased after a shake.\n\nIt suits anyone who wants variety out of one purchase. If you have ever bought three scarves because each only did one thing, a large square replaces the lot.\n\nWhere it is less ideal: if you only ever want a tiny neat knot at the throat and nothing else, a 35 inch square can feel like a lot of fabric to manage. In that case a smaller square is simpler. Be honest about how you will actually wear it.\n\nFour ways to tie it\n\nThe head wrap. Fold corner to corner into a triangle. Lay the long edge across your forehead with the point hanging down the back. Bring both ends behind the head, cross them, and tie at the nape over the point. Tuck the point up under the knot for a clean finish, or leave it loose.\n\nThe bias band. Fold into a triangle, then roll the long edge toward the point until you have a narrow band. This is the version to wrap around a bun, thread through a ponytail base, use as a headband across the crown, or tie at the wrist.\n\nThe neck loop. Roll it on the bias as above, wrap once around the neck, and tie a small knot slightly off centre. Pull the knot to one side rather than leaving it dead front, which looks less staged.\n\nThe open drape. Fold once into a triangle and lay it across the shoulders with the point down the back. Either leave it loose or pin it at the front. This is the evening version.\n\nOne habit worth building: tie your knots twice. Silk is smooth and a single knot will quietly loosen over a few hours. A double knot pulled snug, or a knot plus a tuck, stays put.\n\nLooking after it\n\nCare here is simple but not optional. The scarf is hand wash only.\n\nUse cool water and a mild detergent made for delicates, in a clean basin. Swirl the scarf through the water rather than rubbing or scrubbing. Rinse in cool water until it runs clear. Never wring or twist it, because that is what breaks the fibres and leaves permanent puckering along the twist line.\n\nTo dry, lay the scarf flat on a clean towel, roll the towel up with the scarf inside, and press gently to take out most of the water. Then unroll and dry flat, away from direct sun and away from radiators. Sunlight fades strong dyes faster than anything else.\n\nIf it creases in storage, a cool iron on the reverse side sorts it out. Use a thin cotton cloth between the iron and the silk if your iron runs hot, and skip the steam function. Hanging it in a steamy bathroom works too if you would rather not iron.\n\nTwo small habits protect it long term. Spray perfume and hairspray before the scarf goes on, not after, because alcohol marks silk. And store it flat or loosely rolled in a drawer rather than on a hook, which stretches one corner over time.\n\nChoosing between silk and the cheaper option\n\nIt is fair to ask why not just buy a polyester square with a similar print. The honest answer is that they look similar in a photograph and nothing alike in person. Polyester holds a stiffer shape, the sheen is harder and more reflective, and knots sit bulkier at the throat. It also tends to slide off hair rather than staying put, because it is slippery in a different way.\n\nSilk costs more and asks for hand washing. In exchange you get drape, a softer shine, better colour, and a piece that still looks good in five years if you treat it properly. For something you wear against the neck and over your hair, that trade is usually worth making.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a 35 x 35 inch (90 x 90 cm) square in 100% mulberry silk, printed with red and black roses. The size is the main reason to pick it, because it covers hair properly, rolls into a thin band, drapes on the shoulders and still works as a neck scarf. Mulberry silk gives it the drape and the slip that cheaper fabrics cannot copy. Hand wash it in cool water, dry it flat, keep it out of the sun, and it will stay in your rotation for a long time. If you want one scarf that does the work of several, a large square in real silk is the one to own.", "llm_summary": "This is a large square scarf made from 100% mulberry silk, printed with roses in red and black. It measures 35 x 35 inches (90 x 90 cm), which is large enough to use as a head covering, a hair wrap over a bun or ponytail, a neck scarf, a shoulder drape or a waist tie. The stated care is hand wash only, in cool water, dried flat. Brand, country of origin, momme weight, exact colour codes and item weight are not specified, so they are not claimed here. The scarf ships new. It suits shoppers looking for a bold floral silk square rather than a small neckerchief, and pairs easily with plain black, grey, white or denim clothing.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/red-black-rose-silk-square-scarf-35-inch/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/red-black-rose-silk-square-scarf-35-inch/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/red-black-rose-silk-square-scarf-35-inch.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "white-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch", "sku": "white-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch", "title": "White Floral Silk Neck Scarf 21 Inch", "slug": "white-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch", "price": 39.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/white-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch/main-white-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/white-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch/white-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/white-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch/white-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/white-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch/white-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scarves/white-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch/white-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk in a 21 x 21 inch (53 x 53 cm) square, light enough to tie at the throat, wrap around a ponytail or loop through a bag handle.", "description": "The problem with a plain outfit\n\nMost wardrobes have a gap that nobody talks about. You have good basics. A white shirt, a navy jumper, dark jeans, a blazer that fits. Put them on and they look fine. Fine is the problem. There is nothing wrong with the outfit, but there is nothing in it either, and swapping in a bolder top or a different jacket means buying another piece of clothing you then have to store, launder and eventually get bored of.\n\nA small square silk scarf fixes that gap for very little money and almost no drawer space. It is 21 x 21 inches (53 x 53 cm) of fabric that folds down to the size of a phone. Knot it at the neck of the plain white shirt and the shirt stops being plain. Take it off and you are back to the shirt. No commitment.\n\nThe white floral print is doing quiet work here. A single bold colour forces a decision every morning, because it either goes with what you are wearing or it does not. A floral print on white behaves like a neutral. There is enough going on to be interesting and enough white in it to sit against navy, black, grey, denim, camel and olive without clashing. That is why a white floral scarf tends to be the one that wears out first in a collection.\n\nWhat mulberry silk actually gives you\n\nMulberry silk is the long-fibre silk that comes from silkworms raised on mulberry leaves. The fibres are long and even, which is the whole point. Long fibres mean a smooth, continuous surface rather than the slightly fuzzy texture you get from shorter fibres, and a smooth surface is what makes silk feel the way it does against your neck.\n\nIn practice, three things follow from that. The scarf is smooth enough that it does not catch on stubble, jewellery or dry skin the way a textured knit does. Hair slides over it with less friction than it does over cotton, which matters if you are using it as a hair wrap. And it drapes rather than holding a shape, so a knot falls into soft folds instead of sticking out stiffly.\n\nSilk also has a particular kind of shine. It is not the hard gloss of polyester satin, which reads as cheap in daylight. It is a softer sheen that shifts as the light moves. That is the single biggest giveaway between real silk and a synthetic lookalike, and it is why a silk scarf can carry a floral print without tipping into costume territory.\n\nThe maker does not state a momme weight for this one. Momme is the way silk weight gets measured, and for a neck square the lighter end of the range is usual, because a heavy silk does not fold small enough to knot neatly at the throat. We will not quote a number that has not been given, but the size and the intended use tell you most of what you need to know.\n\nWhy 21 inches is the useful size\n\nSilk squares come in a range of sizes and they are not interchangeable. The big ones, around 35 inches and up, are shoulder scarves. They are lovely, but to wear one at the neck you have to fold it four or five times, and all that folded fabric stacks up under a collar. They also need a bit of skill to look deliberate rather than bundled.\n\nAt 21 x 21 inches (53 x 53 cm), you get a square that folds twice into a comfortable band. Tie it at the throat and the knot is small. Fold it into a triangle and it sits over the hairline as a bandana without a great wad of fabric at the back of your head. Loop it through a bag handle and the tails hang at a sensible length instead of dragging.\n\nThis is also the size that forgives mistakes. With a large square, a crooked fold shows. With a small one, slightly uneven tails look like you meant it. If you have never worn a scarf and are not sure you will like it, the small square is the one to start on.\n\nFive ways to wear it\n\nThe simple neck knot is the default. Fold the square corner to corner, then roll it from the long edge into a band about two inches wide. Wrap it once around the neck and tie a single knot slightly off centre. Push the knot to the side if the middle feels too formal.\n\nThe loose drape is even easier. Fold into a triangle, hold the point against your chest, take the two long ends round the back of your neck and bring them forward, then knot them loosely so the triangle hangs in a soft V over the shirt. This works best over a crew neck or an open blazer.\n\nAs a hair wrap, roll the square into a band and tie it around a ponytail, bun or the base of a braid, with the knot on top and the tails left to hang. You can also use it as a headband, tied underneath the hair at the nape.\n\nThe bandana fold is the triangle again, worn on the head, tied at the back. It is the quickest answer to a day when your hair is not cooperating.\n\nAnd the bag tie takes ten seconds. Thread the square through a handle or a ring and knot it once, leaving the tails to hang. Keep the knot loose rather than yanking it tight against metal hardware.\n\nWho it suits\n\nIf you work somewhere with a plain dress code, a small square is one of the few accessories that reads as polished rather than loud. It adds colour at the face, which is where people look.\n\nIf you travel, it earns its place in a bag. It weighs almost nothing, folds to nothing, and converts a daytime outfit into something you can eat dinner in. It also doubles as a hair cover on a windy day.\n\nIf you are buying a present and you do not know someone's size, a scarf solves that. There is no fit to get wrong. The envelope-style gift pack means you do not need to find wrapping paper either.\n\nThe one case where it does not suit is if you want warmth. This is a light silk square, not a winter scarf. It takes the chill off bare skin under a coat collar, but wool does the heavy lifting in January.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is less fragile than its reputation suggests, but it does not like heat, hard rubbing or strong chemicals.\n\nWash it by hand in water below 30 C with a detergent made for delicates. Swirl rather than scrub. Rinse in cool water. The one rule people break is wringing, which stretches and weakens the fibres along the twist. Press the water out between a towel instead.\n\nDry it flat or over a rail, away from direct sun and radiators. Sunlight is what fades a printed white scarf faster than anything else. Iron on the lowest setting, on the reverse, with a thin cotton cloth over the silk, while it is still a little damp.\n\nPut perfume and hairspray on first and let them dry. Alcohol marks pale silk, and on a white ground those marks show. Store the scarf rolled or flat in a drawer rather than hanging it from a hook, which pulls one corner out of shape over time.\n\nThe short version\n\nA 21 x 21 inch (53 x 53 cm) square of 100% mulberry silk with a floral print on white. Small enough to knot cleanly at the neck, big enough to fold five different ways, light enough to forget you are carrying it. The white ground makes it behave like a neutral, so it goes with far more than a single-colour scarf would.\n\nHand wash cool, do not wring, dry flat, iron low. It arrives in an envelope-style gift pack, so it is ready to give as it is. Delivery runs 3 to 7 working days, and returns are open for 14 days as long as the scarf has not been worn or washed.", "llm_summary": "A white floral silk neck scarf made from 100% mulberry silk, cut as a small square measuring 21 x 21 inches (53 x 53 cm). The print is a floral design on a white ground. It is intended to be worn as a neck scarf, tied as a hair band or bandana, or looped through a bag handle, and it arrives in an envelope-style gift pack. Care is hand wash in water below 30 C, no wringing, and ironing on a low setting. Momme weight, weave type, colour code, country of origin and net weight are not stated by the maker.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/white-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/white-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/white-floral-silk-neck-scarf-21-inch.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "black-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack", "sku": "black-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack", "title": "Black Mulberry Silk Scrunchies 3 Pack", "slug": "black-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack", "price": 29.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scrunchies", "category_label": "Silk Scrunchies", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/black-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack/main-black-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/black-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack/black-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/black-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack/black-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/black-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack/black-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Each one wraps 100% mulberry silk over a covered elastic core, measures about 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) across and weighs so little you forget it is on your wrist.", "description": "The small annoyance nobody talks about\n\nMost people own a drawer of hair ties they do not actually like. Thin elastics that bite into the ponytail. Bands with a metal crimp that catches. The one that snapped at 7am and took a few strands with it. None of this is dramatic, but it happens every day, and after a while it gets old.\n\nA silk scrunchie fixes the fiddly part of that. The elastic is still doing the work of holding your hair, but it is completely wrapped in woven silk, so what actually touches your hair is a smooth surface rather than exposed rubber. When you slide the tie out, hair travels across silk instead of gripping on. That is the whole idea, and it is a genuinely noticeable difference the first time you use one.\n\nThis set gives you three black scrunchies in 100% mulberry silk, each about 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) across the ring. Three of the same thing, in the colour that goes with everything.\n\nWhat mulberry silk actually means\n\nSilk is a natural protein fibre spun by silkworms. Mulberry silk comes from worms fed exclusively on mulberry leaves, and that diet produces long, even filaments. Long filaments weave into a smoother, more uniform fabric than short, irregular fibres do. That is why mulberry silk is the standard used for pillowcases, sleep masks and hair accessories.\n\nFor a scrunchie, the benefit is straightforward. The surface has very little texture to catch on, so the friction between fabric and hair is lower than it would be with cotton, polyester jersey or a bare elastic. Less friction means less tugging when the tie comes out.\n\nTwo notes on honesty here. The maker does not state the momme weight (the standard measure of silk density) or the weave type for these scrunchies, so we are not going to pretend to know. What is stated is the silk content, which is 100% mulberry silk fabric over an elastic core.\n\nWhy the size matters more than you think\n\nThe ring measures about 8.9 cm across, roughly 3.5 inches. That is a large scrunchie, and the width does real work.\n\nPicture a thick ponytail. With a small band, you wrap four or five times, each turn tighter than the last, and by the end you have a hard knot of elastic pulling at the roots. With a wider ring, two wraps often does it. The tension spreads over a broader band of fabric instead of concentrating in one thin line. That is more comfortable to wear for eight hours, and it is easier to remove.\n\nIf your hair is fine, do not assume large is wrong for you. Just add a wrap. A fourth turn builds plenty of grip, and you still get the soft, cushioned feel at the base of the ponytail. People searching for the best silk hair ties for sleeping tend to land on wide rings for the same reason: loose and broad is more comfortable to lie on than tight and narrow.\n\nWho these suit\n\nLong hair in any texture, honestly. Straight hair benefits from a tie that does not drag on removal. Curly and coily hair benefits from a smooth surface that does not catch on individual curls. Thick hair benefits from the ring width. Fine hair benefits from the lighter tension.\n\nThey also suit anyone who wears a hair tie on their wrist all day. The full pack is around 15 g, so a single scrunchie is a few grams. It sits there without digging in and without the itch you get from a tight rubber band.\n\nBlack is the practical colour. It reads as neutral with every outfit, it hides in dark hair, and it looks deliberate rather than accidental in blonde or grey hair. If you only want one pack rather than a drawer of colours, black is the one that earns its place.\n\nHow to choose between scrunchie sizes\n\nHere is a simple test. Take a hair tie you already own and like, lay it flat and measure across it. If that measurement is close to 3.5 inches, this set will feel familiar. If your favourite is noticeably smaller, you may want a mini size for the top half of a half-up style, and this large size for full ponytails.\n\nThink about hold too. A scrunchie is a comfort-first tie. It is brilliant for work, lounging, sleeping and everyday wear. For running, a gym class or anything with a lot of bounce, a lot of people put a thin sports elastic in first and then slide a silk scrunchie over the top. You get the security of the sports band and the look and feel of silk on the outside.\n\nFinally, think in sets. The reason a three pack beats a single is boring but true: hair ties go missing. One lives on your wrist, one in the bag, one by the bed. When one is in the wash you still have two.\n\nLooking after silk so it lasts\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it does not like heat, bleach or rough handling. Follow four simple rules and a scrunchie will stay in rotation for a long time.\n\nWash it in cool water with a mild detergent made for delicates. Swirl it gently rather than scrubbing. Rinse until the water runs clear.\n\nDo not wring or twist. Press the water out between a folded towel instead, then reshape the ring with your fingers.\n\nDry it flat, away from radiators, hair dryers and direct sunlight. Heat is hard on silk fibres and sun is hard on dark dye.\n\nKeep it away from anything sharp. Zips, velcro, rough nails and jewellery clasps are what put pulls in silk, not normal wear.\n\nIf you really want to machine wash, use a mesh bag on the coldest, gentlest cycle, and never put a silk scrunchie in the dryer. Hand washing takes two minutes and is kinder.\n\nWhat we are not claiming\n\nPlenty of hair accessory listings make big promises. We are going to be plain about this one. Silk is smooth, it has less friction than cotton, and a wide fabric-covered tie spreads tension better than a thin elastic. Those are material facts and they are the reason people like silk hair ties.\n\nAnything beyond that, about hair health, skin, breakage rates or similar, we are not going to assert, because the facts available for this set do not support it. What you are buying is three well-sized black scrunchies in 100% mulberry silk fabric. That is a good, useful thing on its own.\n\nA few ways people use them\n\nA low bun for sleeping, wrapped loosely twice. A high ponytail for work that comes out without a fight at the end of the day. A quick knot on damp hair after a shower. Holding a rolled scarf in a suitcase, or keeping a set of cables tidy in a bag, which is not what they were made for but happens anyway.\n\nThey also give well. A three pack of black silk hair ties is a safe gift because the size and colour suit almost anyone, and it pairs naturally with a silk pillowcase or a sleep mask if you want to build out a small set.\n\nThe short version\n\nThree black scrunchies. 100% mulberry silk fabric over an elastic core. About 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) across, around 15 g for the whole pack. Wide enough for thick ponytails, soft enough to sleep in, light enough to live on your wrist.\n\nWash them cool by hand, dry them flat, keep them away from heat and sharp edges, and rotate all three so none of them wears out first. That is the entire maintenance routine.\n\nIf your current hair ties annoy you every morning, this is a small, cheap fix for a small, daily problem. Measure a tie you already like, compare it with 3.5 inches, and order the size that matches how much hair you actually have.", "llm_summary": "A three piece set of black scrunchies made from 100% mulberry silk fabric wrapped over an inner elastic. Each scrunchie measures about 8.9 x 8.9 x 2.8 cm, roughly 3.5 inches across the ring, and the full pack weighs around 15 g. All three pieces are black. The silk surface is smooth, so hair slides across it with less friction than it would across cotton or a bare elastic band, and the large ring size suits thick ponytails, buns and loose overnight hair. Care is gentle hand washing in cool water with a mild detergent, dried flat away from heat. Momme weight, weave type, country of origin and brand are not specified.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/black-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/black-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/black-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-blue-pink-black", "sku": "mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-blue-pink-black", "title": "Mulberry Silk Scrunchies 3 Pack (Peacock Blue, Pink, Black)", "slug": "mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-blue-pink-black", "price": 33.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scrunchies", "category_label": "Silk Scrunchies", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-blue-pink-black/main-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-blue-pink-black.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-blue-pink-black/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-blue-pink-black-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-blue-pink-black/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-blue-pink-black-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-blue-pink-black/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-blue-pink-black-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-blue-pink-black/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-blue-pink-black-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Each scrunchie wraps a thick elastic ring in smooth silk, sized generously for thick hair and comfortable enough to leave on your wrist all day.", "description": "The small annoyance that adds up\n\nMost people do not think about hair ties until something goes wrong. A thin elastic snaps at the worst moment. A tie with a metal crimp catches a few strands every time it comes out. You take your hair down at the end of the day and there is a hard dent across the ponytail that will not brush out.\n\nNone of these are big problems on their own. They are the kind of thing you put up with because a hair tie costs almost nothing and you have twelve of them in a drawer. But if you tie your hair up every day, the small annoyance happens three hundred times a year.\n\nA silk scrunchie solves the mechanical part of that. It puts a smooth, closely woven fabric between the elastic and your hair, and it spreads the pressure across a wide band instead of a thin line. That is the whole idea. It is not complicated, and it works because of how the fabric behaves rather than anything clever in the design.\n\nWhat makes silk different\n\nSilk fibres are long, fine and even. When they are woven into fabric, the surface sits flat and reflects light, which is why silk has that soft sheen. More to the point here, a flat surface means less friction. Hair slides across it rather than gripping it.\n\nCompare that with a cotton scrunchie. Cotton is a short staple fibre with a slightly fuzzy surface, which is lovely in a towel and less lovely when you are pulling hair across it. Nylon elastics are worse again, because the braided outer is deliberately textured so it grips. Grip is useful for holding a ponytail. It is not useful when the hold releases a few strands every time you undo it.\n\nMulberry silk is the most common silk used in clothing and bedding. It comes from silkworms raised on mulberry leaves, which produces long, consistent fibres and a smooth, uniform fabric. The scrunchies in this set are covered in 100% mulberry silk fabric with an elastic ring inside.\n\nWhy the size matters more than you think\n\nScrunchies come in small, standard and large, and the difference is not just how it looks.\n\nPicture thick hair gathered into a ponytail. A small scrunchie has a short elastic and a narrow fabric tube, so you need four or five wraps to hold it. Each wrap stacks on top of the last, and the tension concentrates in a narrow band. That is the hold that gives you a headache by three in the afternoon and a visible dent at night.\n\nNow picture a large scrunchie. The fabric tube is wider and the elastic ring is bigger, so one or two turns do the job. The same amount of hold is spread over a wider area of hair. It feels gentler, it sits flatter, and it tends to look fuller because the fabric is supporting the base of the ponytail rather than strangling it.\n\nThese are large silk scrunchies, which puts them in the thick hair and long hair bracket. If your hair is fine, they still work. You just add a turn or two, and you get a bigger, softer looking bow of fabric at the base, which some people buy them for specifically.\n\nThe three colours and when you reach for each\n\nThe pack has peacock blue, pink and black. That is a deliberate spread rather than three shades of the same idea.\n\nBlack is the workhorse. It disappears in dark hair, it goes with every outfit, and it is the one you keep in your bag. If you only wore one of the three, it would be this one.\n\nPink is the soft everyday option. It reads as a hair accessory rather than a piece of hardware, which matters when your hair is up for a whole day. It sits nicely against both light and dark hair.\n\nPeacock blue is the one with presence. A rich teal blue catches the light in a way black never does, and silk amplifies that because of its sheen. This is the one for when the hair tie is part of the outfit rather than hidden inside it.\n\nHaving three also means you can rotate them. Elastic relaxes with use, and giving each one a rest between wears spreads that out.\n\nWho these suit\n\nIf you have thick, long, curly or coily hair, large silk scrunchies are an easy recommendation. Those hair types catch on textured fabric more than straight fine hair does, so the smooth surface makes a noticeable difference.\n\nThey also suit anyone who wears their hair up for long stretches: shift workers, people in kitchens, anyone at a desk who ties it back at nine and takes it down at six. The wide band is more comfortable over hours than a thin elastic.\n\nIf you mostly wear your hair down and tie it up occasionally, a set like this still earns its place, but the difference will be less dramatic. And if you like a very tight, very sleek high ponytail that does not move, a large scrunchie is not the tool. For that look, a thin elastic underneath with a scrunchie over the top gives you both.\n\nHow to choose between scrunchies\n\nA few things to look at, whichever ones you end up buying.\n\nCheck the silk content. The useful number is what percentage of the outer fabric is actually silk, and whether it is mulberry silk. These are 100% mulberry silk fabric on the outside.\n\nLook at the elastic. A thick elastic ring holds its shape and gives the scrunchie structure. A thin cord inside a wide tube of fabric collapses after a few wears and stops holding properly.\n\nThink about the number of turns your hair needs. If you are currently wrapping four or more times, size up. If you are wrapping once and it is still loose, size down or buy a set with mixed sizes.\n\nConsider how many you need. People lose scrunchies. A three pack is a sensible starting point because it covers the main colour bases and you have a spare when one is in the wash.\n\nLooking after them\n\nSilk asks for a little care, but not much. Hand wash in cool water with a mild detergent made for delicates. Swirl it around, rinse, then press the water out between a folded towel. Do not wring and do not twist, because that is what puts permanent creases in silk.\n\nReshape it while damp and dry it flat, away from radiators, hair dryers and direct sunlight. Heat and strong sun are what dull the colour and the sheen.\n\nSkip the bleach and skip the dryer entirely. If you want to machine wash, use a mesh bag on a cold delicates cycle, but accept that hand washing will keep them looking good for longer. If one comes out creased, a cool iron on the reverse side sorts it.\n\nWash them every week or two with regular use. Hair products and oils build up in the weave, and once they do, the silk stops feeling slippery and starts feeling slightly tacky.\n\nThe short version\n\nThese are three large scrunchies covered in 100% mulberry silk fabric, in peacock blue, pink and black, with a thick elastic ring inside each one. The silk surface is smoother than cotton or nylon, so hair slides across it instead of catching. The large size means fewer wraps and wider, gentler pressure, which is what thick and long hair wants.\n\nHand wash in cool water, dry flat, keep them out of the dryer and out of direct sun. Rotate between the three and they will last a long time. If the size turns out to be wrong for your hair, get in touch and we will point you to something that fits better.", "llm_summary": "A three pack of large scrunchies made from 100% mulberry silk fabric with an elastic ring inside. The set contains one peacock blue, one pink and one black scrunchie. The large size is intended for thick or long hair and the scrunchies can also be worn on the wrist. Silk has a smoother surface than cotton, so hair slides across it with less friction. Exact dimensions, momme weight, weave, brand, country of origin and pack weight are not specified. Care is hand wash in cool water with a mild detergent for delicates, dry flat away from heat and sunlight, no bleach and no tumble drying. Sold new.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-blue-pink-black/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-blue-pink-black/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-blue-pink-black.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "nude-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-set-of-3", "sku": "nude-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-set-of-3", "title": "Nude Mulberry Silk Scrunchies, Set of 3", "slug": "nude-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-set-of-3", "price": 35.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scrunchies", "category_label": "Silk Scrunchies", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/nude-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-set-of-3/main-nude-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-set-of-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/nude-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-set-of-3/nude-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-set-of-3-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/nude-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-set-of-3/nude-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-set-of-3-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/nude-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-set-of-3/nude-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-set-of-3-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "A set of three large silk scrunchies wrapped in 100% mulberry silk over a stretch elastic core, each about 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) across, in a quiet nude tone that suits most hair colours.", "description": "The small daily annoyance nobody talks about\n\nA hair tie is a tiny thing, but you interact with it several times a day. Up for the commute, down for a meeting, up again for cooking, off at bedtime. Multiply that over a week and the quality of that little loop starts to matter.\n\nThe common complaint is familiar. A thin elastic digs a line into the hair. A coated band grabs and drags on the way out. By evening there is a dent you cannot brush away, and sometimes a few strands left behind on the tie. None of it is a crisis, but it is a daily irritation that a better material quietly fixes.\n\nThat is the gap silk hair ties fill. Instead of a bare rubber core doing the gripping, you get a smooth fabric sleeve sitting between the elastic and your hair. The elastic still does the work. You just stop feeling it as directly.\n\nHow a silk scrunchie is actually built\n\nThe construction is simple once you see it. A tube of fabric is sewn, an elastic is threaded through the middle, and the ends are joined so the fabric gathers into a ring. The elastic provides the tension, the fabric provides the surface.\n\nFor this set, the outer fabric is 100% mulberry silk and the elastic runs inside. Mulberry silk is the type produced by silkworms fed on mulberry leaves, which yields long, even filaments and a smooth, consistent cloth. It is the same family of fabric most often used for silk pillowcases.\n\nWhy does the smooth surface matter? Friction. Hair sliding across a smooth fibre meets less resistance than hair dragging across a rough one or catching on bare rubber. That is a straightforward property of the material rather than anything applied to it. In practice it shows up as a tie that slides out more easily when you take your hair down.\n\nThe amount of fabric in the gather also changes how the tie behaves. A scrunchie with a generous gather sits softer and spreads its hold across a wider band. A thin one concentrates pressure in a narrow line. More fabric is usually the more comfortable option for long wear.\n\nSize is the decision most people get wrong\n\nScrunchies come in roughly three sizes. Mini ones sit tight and neat and suit fine hair or small buns. Standard ones are the middle ground. Large ones, sometimes called oversized, have a wide fabric band and a bigger ring.\n\nEach scrunchie in this set measures about 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) across, with stated dimensions of 8.9 x 8.9 x 4 cm. That puts it in the large category. Here is what that means day to day.\n\nIf you have thick or long hair, a large scrunchie is usually the easier choice. There is more fabric to wrap around a full ponytail, and the hold spreads out rather than pinching one spot. You will typically get two wraps rather than four, which is quicker.\n\nIf your hair is fine or short, a large scrunchie still works, you will just need more turns to get the tension right. Some people like the softer look of a big scrunchie on fine hair precisely because it adds visual volume to a small ponytail. Others find it slides. It is worth being honest about which camp you are in before you buy.\n\nFor buns, the larger size is generally friendlier. It wraps the bun without strangling it, and the fabric sits as part of the style rather than disappearing underneath.\n\nWhy a neutral colour earns its place\n\nNude is not an exciting colour, and that is the point. A soft neutral works with blonde, light brown, grey and silver hair almost invisibly. Against darker hair it reads as a gentle contrast rather than a clash.\n\nThe practical argument is wardrobe flexibility. A bright scrunchie has to be chosen to match the day's outfit. A neutral one does not. It sits quietly in a video call, in a photo and at a dinner table. If you only want to own one set, a neutral tone is the one that gets used the most.\n\nThere is also the wrist test. Plenty of people park a scrunchie on their wrist between uses. A nude band looks more like an accessory and less like a stray rubber band.\n\nWho this set suits\n\nThree scrunchies solves a logistics problem as much as a style one. Hair ties vanish. They end up in coat pockets, car doors and gym bags. One set spread across your handbag, your bathroom and your bedside means you are rarely caught without one.\n\nIt suits anyone moving from standard elastics who wants a softer daily tie. It suits people who put their hair up at night. It suits thick-haired people frustrated by thin bands that snap or dig in. And it works as a small gift, because a neutral shade removes the guesswork of picking someone else's favourite colour.\n\nIt is less suited to very high-impact sport, where you want a tie you can rinse out and forget about. Silk wants gentler handling than that.\n\nChoosing between options\n\nIf you are comparing silk hair ties, there are four things worth checking before price.\n\nFirst, is the silk on the outside or is the listing describing a blend? Here the outer fabric is stated as 100% mulberry silk. Second, how wide is the finished scrunchie? The 3.5 inch measurement tells you what you are getting. Third, how many are in the set, since a single scrunchie rarely lasts long in a household. Fourth, whether the colour is a tone you will actually reach for on an ordinary Tuesday.\n\nMomme weight, which is the standard measure of silk fabric density, is not stated for this set. Neither is the country of origin. If those details are important to your decision, ask before ordering rather than assuming.\n\nCaring for silk hair ties\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it does have preferences. Heat and harsh detergent are the two things that shorten its life.\n\nHand wash in cool water with a mild detergent made for delicates. Swirl gently rather than scrubbing. Rinse until the water runs clear. Then press the water out between the folds of a towel instead of wringing, since twisting stresses both the fibre and the elastic inside.\n\nLay the scrunchie flat to dry at room temperature, away from radiators, heaters and direct sunlight. It should be dry within a few hours. Skip the dryer entirely. Heat is the fastest way to tire out an elastic core.\n\nIf the fabric creases, the gathered shape usually hides it. If you want it crisp, use the lowest iron setting on the silk side only, or hold a steamer a short distance away. Never press directly onto the elastic.\n\nTwo small habits extend the life of any scrunchie. Rotate between the three rather than wearing one until it gives up. And avoid leaving one stretched tight around your wrist for days at a stretch, since elastic that is permanently extended relaxes faster.\n\nThe short version\n\nThese are three large scrunchies in a neutral nude, each about 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) across, made from 100% mulberry silk gathered over an elastic core. The silk is what touches your hair, so the tie feels softer than a bare elastic and slides out more easily.\n\nThe large size suits thick or long hair particularly well, and works on finer hair with an extra wrap or two. The neutral shade means you are not matching it to outfits. Three in a set covers the handbag, the bathroom and the bedside.\n\nHand wash cool, dry flat, keep them away from heat, and rotate them. Do that and they will stay soft and hold their shape for a long time.", "llm_summary": "A set of three nude mulberry silk scrunchies. The outer fabric is 100% mulberry silk gathered over an elastic core, and each scrunchie measures about 8.9 x 8.9 x 4 cm, roughly 3.5 inches across, which places them in the large or oversized scrunchie range suitable for thicker hair, ponytails and buns. The colour is a neutral nude. The set contains three identical pieces. Momme weight, weave type, exact fabric origin, finished weight and brand are not stated in the information available for this item. Care is hand wash in cool water with a mild detergent for delicates, press out water gently, and lay flat to dry away from heat and direct sun. Condition is new.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/nude-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-set-of-3/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/nude-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-set-of-3/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/nude-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-set-of-3.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-champagne", "sku": "skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-champagne", "title": "Skinny Mulberry Silk Scrunchies 4 Pack, Champagne", "slug": "skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-champagne", "price": 59.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scrunchies", "category_label": "Silk Scrunchies", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-champagne/main-skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-champagne.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-champagne/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-champagne-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-champagne/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-champagne-3.jpg" ], "description_short": "Each skinny scrunchie wraps 100% mulberry silk around an elastic core, so your hair slides over a smooth fibre instead of catching on rough cotton or bare rubber, and the set arrives with its own travel pouch.", "description": "The problem with most hair ties\n\nMost people own a drawer full of hair ties and like almost none of them. The thin rubber ones snap and catch. The thick fabric ones look good for about three wears, then the elastic goes slack and the ring droops. The ones you buy in a multipack at the till are all slightly different sizes, so you end up rummaging for the one that actually works.\n\nThen there is the practical problem nobody mentions. A big scrunchie is lovely on a weekend, but it is a nuisance under a bike helmet, a baseball cap, a pair of headphones or a second tie. The bulk has to go somewhere, and usually it goes into the back of your skull.\n\nA skinny silk scrunchie is the answer to that specific complaint. You keep the soft fabric surface and the gentle feel of a scrunchie, but you lose most of the bulk. It is a small change that makes the thing wearable in far more situations.\n\nWhat you are actually buying\n\nThis set is four skinny scrunchies in champagne, each made with 100% mulberry silk fabric wrapped around an elastic core, and a small travel pouch to keep them together.\n\nThat is the whole specification, and it is worth being clear about what is not specified. The maker does not state the momme weight of the silk, the band diameter, the length of each scrunchie flat, or the country of manufacture. Momme is the weight measure used for silk, the way thread count is used for cotton bedding. Plenty of scrunchie makers do not publish it, because for a hair tie the weave and the finish matter more than the number. If exact sizing is a dealbreaker for you, ask us before ordering rather than after.\n\nHow silk behaves in a hair tie\n\nSilk is a long-staple fibre, meaning the individual strands run a long way before they are spun. Cotton fibres are short and the spun yarn has little ends sticking out of it, which is what gives cotton its slightly grippy, textured hand. Silk has far fewer of those ends, so the surface reads as smooth.\n\nIn practice that means hair slides over a silk band with less friction than it does over cotton terry or a bare rubber band. When you pull the tie out at the end of the day, it tends to come away rather than drag. That is a feel-and-handling point, not a health claim, and we are not going to pretend it is anything more than that.\n\nThe trade-off is that smooth surfaces grip less. On very fine or freshly washed hair you may need an extra wrap. That is normal with any silk tie and it is one of the reasons the skinny format works so well, because a second or third loop of a narrow band still sits flat.\n\nSkinny versus classic: how to choose\n\nGo skinny if you wear hats, helmets, headbands or headphones, if you like a low ponytail that sits against your neck, if you want the tie to be almost invisible, or if you tend to double-wrap anyway.\n\nGo classic and full if you want the scrunchie to be the visible accessory, if you have a lot of hair and want a single generous wrap to do the whole job, or if you like the soft dome shape on top of a bun.\n\nMany people end up with both, using the skinny ones on working days and the big ones at the weekend. Since this pack contains four of the same thing, it covers the everyday side of that split on its own.\n\nWhy four of the same colour is smarter than four different ones\n\nVariety packs look better in a photo. Four identical scrunchies work better in real life.\n\nHair ties go missing. That is their nature. They end up in coat pockets, gym bags, car doors and under beds. With a four-pack in one shade, losing one costs you nothing in matching. You can leave one in your handbag, one at your desk, one in the bathroom and one in the pouch for travel, and every single one of them goes with the same outfit.\n\nChampagne is a good choice for that strategy because it is a neutral. It is a warm pale gold that shifts slightly depending on the light, soft and ivory indoors, a touch more golden in daylight. It sits quietly next to blonde, light brown, grey and red hair, and shows up as a deliberate soft contrast against dark hair. If you have been looking at the best silk hair accessories and cannot decide on a colour, a neutral is almost always the one you reach for most often.\n\nGetting the best hold from a slim band\n\nA few small habits make a real difference.\n\nStart with a lower wrap count and add loops until it feels secure rather than tight. A tie that is wrapped once too many times digs in and can leave a mark. One that is wrapped once too few slides down through the day.\n\nGather the ponytail with your free hand before you wrap, so the hair is already in a neat bundle. Wrapping around loose, spread hair is the main cause of a ponytail that sags an hour later.\n\nFor a bun, twist the hair first, coil it, then wrap. The twist holds the shape and the band only has to keep it in place.\n\nIf you are putting hair up wet, expect to redo it once it dries, because hair shrinks slightly as it dries and the tie loosens. That is true of every tie, not just silk ones.\n\nLooking after them\n\nSilk rewards gentle treatment and punishes heat.\n\nHand wash in cool water using a mild detergent made for delicates. Swirl them around rather than scrubbing. Rinse, then press the water out between the folds of a towel. Do not wring or twist, because that stresses the gathered seam where the fabric is sewn around the elastic.\n\nLay them flat to dry, away from radiators, hot pipes and direct sun. They are small and light, so they usually dry in a couple of hours.\n\nSkip the bleach and skip the dryer entirely. Keep them away from straighteners and curling tongs while those are still hot. If you wash them for the first time, do it separately or with similar pale shades.\n\nElastic relaxes over time in every hair tie ever made. Gentle washing, air drying and not over-stretching them when you pull them on all slow that down.\n\nWho this set suits\n\nIt suits someone who ties their hair up most days and wants it to feel easy. It suits people who wear helmets or caps and are tired of a lump at the back of their head. It suits anyone building a small set of hair things in neutral shades rather than a drawer of random colours.\n\nIt also makes a straightforward gift. A matched set of four in a pouch needs almost no wrapping, costs less than most jewellery, and is the kind of thing people use rather than put away. Among the best everyday hair ties to give as a present, a neutral silk four-pack is hard to beat for sheer usefulness.\n\nIt suits you less if you want a bold visible accessory, if you need something that will survive being thrown in a hot wash every week, or if you want hair ties for a young child who will lose them within the month.\n\nDelivery, returns and the honest bit\n\nOrders ship from local warehouses and generally arrive in 3 to 7 working days, with tracking sent when the parcel leaves. Returns are open for 14 days from delivery on unused, unwashed items in their original packaging, which is standard for anything worn in the hair.\n\nIf the champagne is not the tone you pictured, say so and we will sort it out within those terms. Colours do read differently on different screens, and we would rather take a return than argue about it.\n\nThe short version\n\nFour skinny scrunchies, 100% mulberry silk over an elastic core, all in champagne, with a pouch to keep them in. The slim profile sits flat under hats and helmets and still holds a ponytail or a bun when you add a wrap or two. Silk is smoother than cotton, so hair slides over it more easily on the way out. Hand wash cool, lay flat, no heat, and they will keep their shape. Momme weight and exact dimensions are not stated by the maker, so if those numbers matter to you, ask first.", "llm_summary": "A set of four skinny hair scrunchies in champagne, made with 100% mulberry silk fabric over an elastic core, supplied with a travel pouch. The slim profile holds a ponytail or bun with less bulk than a wide scrunchie, and the silk surface is smoother than cotton so hair slides over it with less friction. Champagne is a warm, pale neutral that suits a range of hair colours. Care is hand wash in cool water with a mild delicate detergent, no wringing, lay flat to dry, no bleach or tumble drying. Momme weight, band diameter, individual scrunchie dimensions, pack weight and country of origin are not stated by the maker.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-champagne/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-champagne/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-champagne.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-praline", "sku": "skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-praline", "title": "Skinny Mulberry Silk Scrunchies 4 Pack, Praline", "slug": "skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-praline", "price": 59.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scrunchies", "category_label": "Silk Scrunchies", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-praline/main-skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-praline.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-praline/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-praline-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-praline/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-praline-3.jpg" ], "description_short": "The narrow ruched band holds a ponytail or top knot without a hard plastic edge, and the smooth silk surface lets hair slide instead of catching, with a matching pouch to keep the set tidy between uses.", "description": "The small annoyance nobody talks about\n\nHair elastics are one of those things people buy without thinking, then quietly resent. The thin ones bite into the hair and need three or four wraps. The thick fabric ones leave a dent that lasts until the next wash. The cheap packs shed rubber dust in the bottom of a bag within a couple of months, and the ones you actually like always go missing.\n\nThen there is the part that takes longer to notice. If you tie your hair back every day, the same band passes over the same section of hair hundreds of times a year. A rough surface grips. Grip means friction, and friction at the same spot, day after day, is not kind to hair. It is the reason so many people end up with a slightly fluffy patch where the ponytail sits.\n\nA silk scrunchie changes the surface. That is the whole idea. It does not promise anything dramatic. It just swaps a rough, grabby band for a smooth one.\n\nWhat makes a silk scrunchie different\n\nInside, a scrunchie is an elastic loop. Outside, it is a tube of fabric gathered along that loop. The gathering is what gives it the ruched, soft look and what spreads the pressure out instead of concentrating it in one thin line.\n\nWith silk, the outer tube is mulberry silk, a long-filament fibre with a naturally smooth face. Hair slides across it rather than catching. When you pull the band out at the end of the day, you usually feel the difference straight away. Fewer snags, fewer of those sharp little tugs that make you wince.\n\nMulberry silk specifically comes from silkworms fed on mulberry leaves, which produces an even, uniform filament. It is the same fibre family used in silk pillowcases and sleep masks, and it is the reason those products feel the way they do. The momme weight of this particular set is not specified in the information we have, so we have not quoted a number.\n\nWhy skinny instead of oversized\n\nScrunchies come in widths. An oversized one is a statement. It sits high, it shows, and it has its moment. A skinny one is the opposite. It wraps close to the hair, holds the tail at a neater angle and mostly disappears into the style.\n\nFor everyday wear, skinny tends to win. It works under a helmet, under a hood and under a hat. It does not add a visible mound of fabric to a low ponytail. It tucks away cleanly inside a top knot. And when you want your hair tied back without the hair tie being the main event, a slim band is the right tool.\n\nIt still covers the elastic completely, which is the important part. You are not getting bare rubber against the hair just because the band is narrow.\n\nWho this set suits\n\nIf you have fine hair, a skinny band wrapped three or four times gives a secure hold without the squeeze of a thin elastic. Fine strands are the first to catch on a rough surface, so the smooth face matters more here, not less.\n\nIf you have thick hair, a skinny scrunchie still works for most everyday styles with two or three wraps. For a high, heavy ponytail you may prefer a wider band or a second tie for extra security. It is worth knowing your own hair before you buy.\n\nIf you have curls or coils, a smooth band is usually easier on the curl pattern than a grippy elastic, and plenty of people reach for silk when loosely gathering curls for the night. Keep the wrap gentle. Tightness, not the band itself, is what causes most of the pulling.\n\nAnd if you are buying for someone else, hair accessories are one of the few small gifts that almost everyone uses. Neutral colours take the guesswork out of it.\n\nWhy four tones and not four of the same\n\nThe praline range here is four complementary warm neutrals rather than four identical bands. That sounds like a minor detail and it is not. One of them ends up in your bag, one in the bathroom, one in the car and one in the gym kit, and because they are all neutral, whichever one you grab works with whatever you are wearing.\n\nWarm neutrals sit well against blonde, brunette, red and grey hair, which is part of why this kind of colourway sells steadily. They read as considered rather than loud. For a lot of people, the best neutral scrunchies are the ones they stop having to think about.\n\nScreen colour is never perfectly accurate, so expect small differences between what you see and what arrives.\n\nThe pouch is more useful than it sounds\n\nEvery set comes with a matching storage pouch, and it does a real job. Loose scrunchies in a handbag pick up lint, catch on key rings and snag on zip teeth. A small pouch stops all of that and keeps the four of them in one place.\n\nIt also makes the set easy to travel with. Toss it in a wash bag or a carry-on and you know where your hair ties are. If you have ever landed somewhere and realized your only hair tie is at home on a bathroom shelf, you will understand why this matters.\n\nLooking after them\n\nSilk care sounds fussier than it is. Hand wash in cool water with a small amount of mild detergent. Swish, rinse, then press the water out between a towel. Do not wring and do not twist, because that stresses both the silk and the elastic inside.\n\nLay them flat or hang them to dry, away from radiators, direct sun and hair dryers. Heat is the main enemy of both silk and elastic. Skip bleach entirely, and skip the washing machine and dryer.\n\nIf a band looks a little flattened after washing, gently stretch and reshape the ruching while it is still damp. It will settle back.\n\nDone this way, a silk band keeps its sheen and its stretch far longer than a supermarket elastic ever will. Done the lazy way, in a hot machine wash, it will not.\n\nA few buying pointers\n\nThink about width first, since that decides how the band looks and how much hold it gives. Think about how many you need second. A set of four covers the places you actually tie your hair back, which is usually more than one.\n\nCheck the care instructions before you buy any silk accessory. Anything marked machine washable at high heat is worth a second look. Hand wash is normal for silk and takes under a minute.\n\nFinally, be realistic about claims. Silk is smooth and that reduces friction compared with a rough elastic. That is a material fact. Anything beyond that, about growth, repair or health, is marketing.\n\nThe short version\n\nFour skinny mulberry silk scrunchies in warm praline tones, with a matching pouch. The narrow ruched band holds a ponytail or knot without the bulk of an oversized scrunchie, and the silk surface lets hair slide instead of catching. Four complementary neutrals mean you always have one that works. Hand wash in cool water, dry flat, keep them in the pouch, and they will stay in rotation for a long time.", "llm_summary": "A four-piece set of skinny mulberry silk scrunchies in a praline colourway, supplied with a matching storage pouch. Each scrunchie has a narrow ruched silk cover over an internal elastic, giving a slimmer look than an oversized scrunchie while keeping the elastic from contacting hair directly. The four tones are warm neutrals intended to suit everyday wear, exercise and evening looks. Packaged dimensions are 3.5 x 2.36 x 1.73 inches with a packaged weight of 1.76 ounces. Care is hand wash in cool water and dry flat, away from direct heat. Brand, country of origin, momme weight and individual scrunchie measurements are not specified. Condition is new and the set is in stock.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-praline/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-praline/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-praline.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "slim-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-blue-cream", "sku": "slim-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-blue-cream", "title": "Slim Mulberry Silk Scrunchies 4 Pack (Black, Blue, Cream)", "slug": "slim-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-blue-cream", "price": 27.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scrunchies", "category_label": "Silk Scrunchies", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/slim-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-blue-cream/main-slim-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-blue-cream.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/slim-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-blue-cream/slim-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-blue-cream-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/slim-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-blue-cream/slim-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-blue-cream-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/slim-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-blue-cream/slim-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-blue-cream-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/slim-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-blue-cream/slim-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-blue-cream-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/slim-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-blue-cream/slim-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-blue-cream-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Each one is 100% mulberry silk over an elastic core, just 1 cm wide, stretching from 7 cm to 21 cm so it fits a small topknot or a thick ponytail.", "description": "The small annoyance behind every hair tie\n\nMost people do not think much about hair ties until one of two things happens. Either the band snaps while you are pulling it out, or it leaves your hair looking kinked and ruffled after a few hours. Thin rubber elastics are the usual suspect for the first problem. Big fabric scrunchies solve the pulling but create a new one, because a wide band adds bulk right where you wanted a clean line.\n\nA slim silk scrunchie sits between those two. You get a fabric-covered band, so there is no bare rubber dragging across strands, but the band is narrow enough that your ponytail still looks like a ponytail rather than a fabric cuff. At 1 cm wide, this one is on the narrow end of the scrunchie scale. That is the point.\n\nWhat makes silk different\n\nSilk fibre is smooth. Under magnification, a cotton thread looks fuzzy, with lots of tiny fibre ends sticking out. A silk filament is long and even. In practice that difference shows up as less friction, which is why hair slides over silk more easily than it does over cotton terry or a woven cotton band.\n\nYou notice it most at two moments. The first is when you take the scrunchie out. A smooth band usually releases instead of catching. The second is when you are redoing a ponytail several times a day, which is when rough bands do the most work on your hair.\n\nThis pack uses 100% mulberry silk fabric as the outer layer, with an elastic core inside doing the holding. That is the standard construction for a quality silk scrunchie. The silk is what you feel, the elastic is what grips.\n\nWidth is the decision most people get wrong\n\nWhen shoppers compare the best mulberry silk scrunchies, they usually compare colours and price first. Width matters more. A 1 cm band and a 4 cm band behave completely differently even if they are made from the same fabric.\n\nA slim band wraps more times for the same hold, which spreads the tension across more of the hair rather than concentrating it in one tight ring. It also stays low-profile, so it disappears under a cap, a helmet strap, a sleep mask or a hood. If you ever tie your hair back and then put something on your head, slim wins.\n\nA wide band is more about the look. It gathers a lot of fabric, creates visible volume, and makes a statement. There is nothing wrong with that, it is just a different purpose. Plenty of people own both and reach for the narrow one on working days.\n\nGetting the stretch right\n\nEach band in this set measures around 7 cm across at rest and opens to about 21 cm. That range is the practical spec to pay attention to, because it tells you how many wraps you will need.\n\nAs a rough rule, fine or shoulder-length hair takes three wraps. Medium thickness takes two or three. Thick, long or curly hair usually takes two. If you find yourself at four wraps and it still feels loose, your hair is on the finer side and you may want to go even narrower for daily use. If two wraps feels tight straight away, stop there. A band that is stretched near its limit all day will relax faster than one working comfortably.\n\nThat is also the argument for owning more than one. Rotating four scrunchies instead of wearing the same one every day spreads the wear and keeps all of them springy for longer.\n\nWho this pack suits\n\nIt suits people who want a neat, unfussy hold. Office days, school runs, cooking, travel, a quick bun before bed. The colour mix leans practical: two black for the days you are not thinking about it, one blue for a small bit of colour, one cream for lighter hair and softer outfits.\n\nIt also suits anyone who keeps losing hair ties, which is most of us. Four pieces means a spare in the handbag, a spare at the desk, and still something in the bathroom drawer. If you have been hunting for the best silk scrunchie multipack rather than a single showpiece band, that is the practical reason.\n\nWhere it is less ideal is heavy sport. Anything that gets drenched in sweat needs frequent washing, and frequent washing is not what silk and elastic enjoy. Keep a cheap sports band for the gym and save these for everything else.\n\nBuying for someone else\n\nHair accessories are one of the easier gifts because there is no sizing to get wrong. A set of four silk scrunchies reads as a proper present rather than an afterthought, and the neutral colours mean you do not have to guess at someone's taste. They also pair naturally with other silk pieces, so a scrunchie set alongside a pillowcase or an eye mask makes a tidy bundle.\n\nIf you are gifting to two people, buying two packs is cleaner than splitting one. Each person gets the full black, blue and cream mix.\n\nLooking after them\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it does ask for a little care. Hand wash in cool water with a mild detergent made for delicates. Swirl gently. Do not scrub, and do not wring the band out, because twisting is hard on the elastic inside.\n\nPress the water out with a towel, reshape the band so it dries in its proper round shape, and lay it flat somewhere out of direct sun. Skip the dryer entirely. Heat is what kills elastic, and it will dull the silk too. No bleach, and keep the scrunchies away from velcro, zips and rough handbag linings that can pull a thread.\n\nWash the darker colours separately the first couple of times, as you would with any dyed fabric. After that they can go together.\n\nQuestions worth asking before you buy\n\nHow often will you actually wear them? Daily wear argues for more than one. How thick is your hair? That decides your wrap count and whether 1 cm is right for you. Do you wear hats or sleep with your hair up? Then low profile matters more than looks. Do you want colour or invisibility? This set gives you both, which is why it works as a first silk scrunchie purchase.\n\nThe short version\n\nFour slim scrunchies, 1 cm wide, covered in 100% mulberry silk over an elastic core, stretching from 7 cm to 21 cm. Two black, one blue, one cream. They hold hair without adding bulk, they slide out easily, and they look tidy under a hat or with an updo.\n\nHand wash cool, dry flat, keep them away from heat, and rotate between the four. Do that and a set like this stays soft and springy far longer than the bands you keep replacing. If they turn out not to suit your hair, send them back unused and unwashed within 14 days and we will help you find something that does.", "llm_summary": "This is a four piece set of slim mulberry silk scrunchies in black, blue and cream. Each scrunchie is made of 100% mulberry silk fabric wrapped over an elastic core, measures 1 cm (0.4 inch) wide, and stretches from about 7 cm to 21 cm across. The pack contains two black scrunchies, one blue and one cream. Silk has a smooth surface, so hair slides over the band with less friction than it does over cotton. The narrow width keeps ponytails and buns low-profile. Care is hand wash in cool water, dry flat, no bleach and no tumble drying. Momme weight, brand, origin and packaged weight are not stated by the maker. Condition is new and stock is available.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/slim-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-blue-cream/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/slim-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-blue-cream/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/slim-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-black-blue-cream.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "small-silk-scrunchies-5-pack-neutral-colours", "sku": "small-silk-scrunchies-5-pack-neutral-colours", "title": "Small Silk Scrunchies 5 Pack, Neutral Colours", "slug": "small-silk-scrunchies-5-pack-neutral-colours", "price": 31.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scrunchies", "category_label": "Silk Scrunchies", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/small-silk-scrunchies-5-pack-neutral-colours/main-small-silk-scrunchies-5-pack-neutral-colours.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/small-silk-scrunchies-5-pack-neutral-colours/small-silk-scrunchies-5-pack-neutral-colours-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/small-silk-scrunchies-5-pack-neutral-colours/small-silk-scrunchies-5-pack-neutral-colours-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/small-silk-scrunchies-5-pack-neutral-colours/small-silk-scrunchies-5-pack-neutral-colours-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/small-silk-scrunchies-5-pack-neutral-colours/small-silk-scrunchies-5-pack-neutral-colours-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/small-silk-scrunchies-5-pack-neutral-colours/small-silk-scrunchies-5-pack-neutral-colours-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Five slim 1 cm scrunchies in two black, apricot, champagne and blue, each made from 100% mulberry silk fabric over a strong stretch elastic that opens from 3.9 to 8.7 inches (10 to 22 cm).", "description": "The problem with most hair ties\n\nMost of us keep a tangle of hair elastics in a drawer and never think about them until one snaps or pulls a strand out. That is the whole problem in a sentence. A hair tie is a small thing you use several times a day, and a bad one drags, catches and leaves a hard dent where it sat.\n\nTwo things make a tie uncomfortable. The first is surface. Rough cord, cheap polyester wrap and bare rubber all grab the hair instead of letting it slide. The second is width and tension. A very thin, very tight band concentrates all its pull on a narrow line, which is exactly where you end up with a crease.\n\nSilk fixes one of those problems outright. Hair moves over silk with less friction than it does over cotton or a coarse synthetic. The second problem, tension, is down to how you tie it, and a good band gives you enough stretch to choose.\n\nWhat this set actually is\n\nThis small silk scrunchies 5 pack contains five bands, each made from 100% mulberry silk fabric with an elastic band inside. The silk is the outside, the elastic is the engine. You get grip without the silk having to do work it was never meant to do.\n\nEach band is 1 cm (0.4 inch) wide. That puts it firmly in the thin silk scrunchies camp. It is not the gathered, voluminous kind you wear as a visible accessory. It is the kind that holds your hair and then stays out of the way.\n\nStretch runs from 3.9 to 8.7 inches (10 to 22 cm). In practice that means one band covers a lot of ground. Thick ponytail, one wrap. Medium hair, two. Fine hair or a small half-up section, three. You are not locked into one hair type.\n\nThe colours are two black, one apricot, one champagne and one blue. Black is doubled because that is the one people reach for most. The other three are soft, warm neutrals with one cooler option, so the set works with most outfits rather than shouting over them.\n\nWhy width is the decision that matters\n\nIf you take one thing from this guide, make it this. Width changes how a scrunchie looks and how it feels, more than colour or even fabric.\n\nA wide scrunchie, say 3 to 5 cm of gathered fabric, creates a soft puff at the tie point. It is a look. It hides the elastic entirely and it suits a deliberately casual style. The trade-off is bulk. Lie on it, put a hood over it, or wear it under a helmet and you will notice.\n\nA 1 cm band does the opposite. It tucks in. Under a low bun it vanishes. Tied at the nape for work, it reads as tidy rather than styled. It also means less fabric to dry after washing, which matters if you wash by hand.\n\nSo the honest answer is that the best thin silk scrunchies are the ones that match what you actually wear. If your hair is up for practical reasons most days, slim wins. If you want the band to be part of the outfit, go wider.\n\nWho this set suits\n\nPeople who tie their hair back several times a day get the most out of a five piece set. One at home, one in a bag, one in the car or at a desk, and two in rotation means no single band gets worn out while the others sit in a drawer.\n\nIt also suits anyone moving away from plain rubber bands. Those are cheap and they hold, but they grab. Swapping to silk covered hair elastics is a small change that you notice within a week.\n\nFine hair benefits from the stretch range here. The ability to go three wraps without the band feeling strained is what keeps a light ponytail secure. Thick hair benefits for the opposite reason, because one relaxed wrap holds without the band being pulled to its limit all day.\n\nThe set is less suited to anyone who wants a big decorative scrunchie, or anyone who needs a band with a specific certified fabric weight, since the momme and weave are not stated by the maker.\n\nHow to choose between packs\n\nStart with the count. Five is a practical number for one person. Ten or more makes sense if you are sharing or you lose them often. Two packs of five is also a reasonable way to end up with four black bands if black is the only shade you wear.\n\nThen look at the stretch range, not just the width. A band that only opens to 15 cm is awkward on thick hair. This set going to 22 cm is what makes it flexible.\n\nCheck the construction next. Silk fabric over an internal elastic, as here, is the common build for mulberry silk hair ties. Some cheaper bands wrap a thin layer of silk-look fabric that frays at the seam. Where the maker does not state details, treat the stated fabric content as the key fact and judge the rest on feel when it arrives.\n\nFinally, think about colour honestly. A set full of colours you will not wear is a set of one or two useful bands. Neutral packs like this one tend to get used all the way through.\n\nLooking after silk\n\nSilk is tougher than its reputation suggests, but it does not like heat, bleach or rough handling. Hand wash in cool water with a mild detergent made for delicates. Swirl, do not scrub. Rinse in clean cool water.\n\nTo dry, lay the band inside a clean towel and press gently. Do not twist or wring, because that is what distorts the loop and tires the elastic. Reshape it into a circle and dry it flat, away from radiators and direct sun.\n\nWash dark and light pieces separately for the first few washes. The two black bands and the champagne one are the obvious pair to keep apart.\n\nStorage is simple but worth doing. Keep them in a small pouch or a drawer section away from jewellery, zips and velcro. Most snags on fine silk happen in a handbag, not on a head.\n\nRotation helps too. Elastic recovers better when it has time to relax between uses, so working through all five bands rather than favouring one will keep the whole set usable for longer.\n\nSmall habits that make them last\n\nSlide the band off rather than dragging it down the length of your hair. Dragging is what catches strands and what eventually pulls threads loose on any fabric covered tie.\n\nUse one wrap fewer than feels tight. A band holding at comfortable tension lasts longer and leaves less of a mark than one stretched to its limit every day.\n\nKeep one band out of the rotation as a spare. It sounds fussy, but when one finally relaxes, having a fresh one in the drawer is the difference between carrying on and going back to a rubber band.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a five piece set of small silk scrunchies in neutral colours. Each band is 100% mulberry silk fabric over an elastic core, 1 cm wide, stretching from 3.9 to 8.7 inches (10 to 22 cm). Two are black, with apricot, champagne and blue making up the rest.\n\nPick it if you want a slim, everyday band that holds without bulk, and if you prefer a smooth surface against your hair. Pick a wider style instead if you want the scrunchie to be visible as an accessory.\n\nWash by hand, dry flat, rotate through all five, and store them somewhere they will not snag. Do that and a set like this stays smooth and keeps its shape through a lot of ordinary days.", "llm_summary": "A five piece set of small silk scrunchies in neutral colours. Each band is made from 100% mulberry silk fabric with an elastic core inside. The pack contains two black scrunchies plus one apricot, one champagne and one blue. Band width is 1 cm (0.4 inch), which makes these thin silk scrunchies rather than wide statement bands. Each one stretches from 3.9 to 8.7 inches (10 to 22 cm), covering fine through to thick hair with single or multiple wraps. Condition is new. Brand, momme weight, weave, country of origin, pack weight and packaging dimensions are not specified. Care is hand wash cool, dry flat, no bleach or wringing.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/small-silk-scrunchies-5-pack-neutral-colours/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/small-silk-scrunchies-5-pack-neutral-colours/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/small-silk-scrunchies-5-pack-neutral-colours.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "teal-floral-19-momme-silk-scrunchie", "sku": "teal-floral-19-momme-silk-scrunchie", "title": "Teal Floral 19 Momme Mulberry Silk Scrunchie", "slug": "teal-floral-19-momme-silk-scrunchie", "price": 23.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scrunchies", "category_label": "Silk Scrunchies", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/teal-floral-19-momme-silk-scrunchie/main-teal-floral-19-momme-silk-scrunchie.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/teal-floral-19-momme-silk-scrunchie/teal-floral-19-momme-silk-scrunchie-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/teal-floral-19-momme-silk-scrunchie/teal-floral-19-momme-silk-scrunchie-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/teal-floral-19-momme-silk-scrunchie/teal-floral-19-momme-silk-scrunchie-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/teal-floral-19-momme-silk-scrunchie/teal-floral-19-momme-silk-scrunchie-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/teal-floral-19-momme-silk-scrunchie/teal-floral-19-momme-silk-scrunchie-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Grade 6A mulberry silk wrapped over a stretch elastic core, printed in a teal floral design, stretching from 3.9 to 8.7 inches (10 to 22 cm).", "description": "The small annoyance nobody talks about\n\nHair ties are one of those things you buy without thinking, lose constantly, and never really consider. Then one day you notice the thin elastic has left a hard line across your ponytail, or it snapped mid-morning, or pulling it out took a few strands with it. None of this is dramatic. It is just mildly irritating, every day, for years.\n\nA silk scrunchie is the fix most people land on, and once they switch they tend not to go back. The reason is simple. Silk has a smoother surface than cotton or rough synthetic fabric, so hair slides across it instead of gripping. Add the width of a gathered fabric band, which spreads pressure over a broader area than a thin elastic, and you get a hold that feels gentler without being loose.\n\nThis one is a teal floral 19 momme silk scrunchie. Three things in that name matter, and the rest of this guide explains them.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nMomme is the unit used to measure silk weight. You will see it written as mm, though it has nothing to do with millimetres. It describes how much a set area of fabric weighs, which in practice tells you how dense the weave is.\n\nSilk for clothing and accessories generally runs from about 12 momme at the light end to 25 or 30 at the heavy end. Lightweight silk feels airy and drapes beautifully, but when you gather it into a scrunchie it can look a bit thin and limp. Heavy silk has more structure and holds its shape, though it costs more and feels stiffer.\n\nAt 19 momme, this sits comfortably in the middle. There is enough weight for the gathers to look full rather than flat, and enough softness that the band still feels pleasant against your skin. If you are comparing options and trying to find the best 19 momme silk scrunchie for everyday wear, that middle ground is usually where people end up for good reason.\n\nGrade 6A and why smoothness varies\n\nThe other number you will see on silk products is a grade, usually written as something like 5A or 6A. This refers to the raw silk filaments, specifically their length, evenness and freedom from defects. Longer and more uniform filaments weave into a smoother cloth.\n\nGrade 6A is one of the higher grades in common use. The practical effect is a surface with fewer slubs and a more even sheen. For a scrunchie, that smoothness is the whole point. The less texture the fabric has, the less there is for hair to catch on when you pull the band off.\n\nIt is also why real mulberry silk looks different from shiny polyester. Polyester reflects light sharply and evenly, almost like plastic. Silk has a softer, shifting lustre that changes as you move it. Once you have held both, you can spot the difference across a room.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nThis scrunchie relaxes to about 3.9 inches (10 cm) and stretches to about 8.7 inches (22 cm). That is a useful range, and it covers more hair types than you might expect.\n\nFor thick or long hair, the upper end of the stretch is what matters. You want a band that opens wide enough to gather everything in one pass without fighting it. Two turns is usually enough, sometimes three if you want it high and tight.\n\nFor fine or shorter hair, the question flips. The band needs to compress down small enough to actually hold. Three or four turns is normal here, and that is not a flaw. It is just how slick fabric behaves. If anything, people with fine hair often notice the biggest improvement when they switch, because there is less grip tugging at individual strands.\n\nOne habit worth building: do not stretch the band to its absolute limit every single time. The elastic core is the part that eventually wears out on any scrunchie, and repeatedly maxing it out shortens its life. Work within the range rather than at the edge of it.\n\nWho this suits\n\nAnyone who ties their hair back regularly will get something out of it. Beyond that, a few groups tend to notice the difference more.\n\nPeople with long hair, because there is more weight pulling on the gathering point. People with curls or coils, because friction at the tie is where frizz often starts. And anyone who keeps a hair tie on their wrist all day, since a wide silk band sits flat and does not leave the red ring a tight elastic does.\n\nThe teal floral print adds a practical angle too. Teal sits between blue and green, which makes it easier to wear than it sounds. It works with denim, navy, grey, cream and most neutrals. The floral pattern means it reads as an accessory rather than as gym kit, so you can wear it to work or out without it looking out of place.\n\nBuying one versus buying a pack\n\nMulti-packs are tempting. Five scrunchies for the price of two feels like a win until you open the bag and realize you will only ever wear one of the colours.\n\nA single scrunchie in a print you actually like gets used. It also tends to be better made, because the cost is going into one item rather than being spread thin. If you want a small collection, buying two or three separately in prints you have chosen deliberately beats a random assortment every time.\n\nThat said, if you lose things easily, having a spare is sensible. Most people keep one in a bag and one at home.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk care sounds fussier than it is. Here is the whole routine.\n\nHand wash in cool water with a mild detergent made for delicates. Swish it around, do not scrub. Rinse in cool water until the water runs clear. Press the water out by rolling it in a towel, never by wringing or twisting. Reshape the gathers with your fingers and lay it flat to dry somewhere out of direct sun and away from radiators.\n\nThings to avoid: bleach, strong stain removers, hot water, dryers and long soaking. Any of those will dull the silk or weaken the fibres.\n\nFor the first few washes, keep it separate from lighter-coloured laundry in case any dye lifts. After that, washing it with other silks is fine. If you really want to machine wash, a mesh bag on the coldest and gentlest cycle with no spin is the least risky approach, though hand washing is still better.\n\nWash it every week or two if you wear it daily. Hair products and natural oils build up on fabric, and silk looks noticeably better when it is clean.\n\nThe short version\n\nA silk scrunchie earns its price through fabric quality, and fabric quality comes down to two numbers. Momme tells you the weight. Grade tells you the smoothness. This one is 19 momme and grade 6A, which means a mid-weight mulberry silk with a smooth surface and a soft, natural shine.\n\nThe loop stretches from 3.9 to 8.7 inches (10 to 22 cm), so it handles thin hair with extra turns and thick hair with fewer. It is wide enough to wear comfortably on your wrist. The teal floral print is easy to match and nicer to look at than a plain band.\n\nHand wash it cool, dry it flat and keep the elastic within its range, and it will stay in rotation for a long time.", "llm_summary": "A single teal floral silk scrunchie made from 100% mulberry silk fabric wrapped over an elastic core. The silk is graded 6A and weighs 19 momme, a mid-weight silk with a smooth surface and soft shine. The loop measures about 3.9 inches (10 cm) relaxed and stretches to about 8.7 inches (22 cm), suiting short through to thick long hair, and it can be worn on the wrist between uses. One scrunchie is supplied per pack. Brand, country of origin, weight and packaged dimensions are not specified in the information available. Recommended care is a cool hand wash with a mild detergent for delicates, no bleach or wringing, and drying flat away from direct heat.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/teal-floral-19-momme-silk-scrunchie/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/teal-floral-19-momme-silk-scrunchie/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/teal-floral-19-momme-silk-scrunchie.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "black-22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-with-nose-pad", "sku": "black-22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-with-nose-pad", "title": "Black 22 Momme Mulberry Silk Sleep Mask with Nose Pad", "slug": "black-22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-with-nose-pad", "price": 51.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-with-nose-pad/main-black-22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-with-nose-pad.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-with-nose-pad/black-22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-with-nose-pad-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-with-nose-pad/black-22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-with-nose-pad-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-with-nose-pad/black-22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-with-nose-pad-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk at a dense 22 momme, with a padded nose section that closes the light gap underneath and an adjustable buckle strap that fits heads from 18 to 26 inches (46 to 66 cm).", "description": "The problem with most sleep masks\n\nMost people buy a sleep mask, wear it twice, and quietly stop. The reasons are always the same. It slides off during the night. The elastic digs in behind the ears. Or, most often, light still gets in along the bottom edge and the whole exercise feels pointless.\n\nThat last one is worth sitting with for a second, because it is the failure that people misdiagnose. They assume the fabric is too thin. Usually the fabric is fine. The gap is the problem. A flat piece of cloth stretched across a face has to bridge the nose, and a nose is a triangular obstacle in the middle of an otherwise flat plane. The mask tents over it. Two small openings form on either side, angled downward, pointing straight at whatever light source is in the room. Streetlight, phone charger LED, morning sun through a curtain edge. It all funnels up through those two gaps and lands on the eyelids.\n\nA black 22 momme silk sleep mask with a padded nose section is built to close that gap. The padding sits along the bridge and follows the slope of the nose, so instead of tenting, the lower edge of the mask rests against skin. It is a small change in shape that makes a large difference in how dark the inside of the mask actually is.\n\nWhat momme means and why 22 is a useful number\n\nSilk is measured in momme rather than thread count. The number refers to how much a fixed area of the fabric weighs, so a higher momme means a denser, heavier silk. For reference, light silk scarves sit around 12 to 16 momme. Good pillowcases tend to land between 19 and 25.\n\nAt 22 momme, this mask is at the heavier end of what is practical for something you wear on your face. You notice it immediately when you pick it up. There is body to the fabric. It does not flutter or cling. When you lay it over your eyes it drapes into the shape of the eye socket and stays there rather than flattening down onto the lashes.\n\nLighter silks have their place, but on a sleep mask they tend to feel insubstantial, and thin silk also lets more light through the weave itself. Going much heavier than 22 starts to feel stiff, which works against the whole point of choosing silk. So 22 momme is a reasonable landing spot for a mask you plan to wear every night.\n\nWhy silk rather than cotton or foam\n\nThe three common materials for sleep masks are cotton, moulded foam and silk, and they behave differently.\n\nCotton is cheap and washes easily, but woven cotton has a textured surface. Over seven or eight hours of small head movements, that texture drags against skin. Foam masks block light well because they are contoured, but they are warm, they do not breathe much, and they tend to press firmly around the eye area.\n\nSilk fibres are long, smooth and even, so skin slides over the surface with far less friction than it does over cotton. Silk also has a cool initial feel, which many people prefer on the face. The trade-off is care. Silk wants a hand wash, not a machine cycle, and that is a genuine commitment you should be honest with yourself about before buying.\n\nThe strap matters more than people expect\n\nPlenty of otherwise decent masks are ruined by their fastening. Thin elastic bites into the back of the head. Wide elastic without adjustment is either too loose or too tight with no middle ground. And all elastic eventually relaxes, so a mask that fit perfectly in March is sliding off by September.\n\nThis mask uses a buckle strap with an adjustment range from 18 to 26 inches (46 to 66 cm). Two things follow from that. First, the range is wide enough to cover nearly every adult head and plenty of teenagers, so you are not gambling on sizing. Second, a buckle holds its setting mechanically. You find the tension that feels right, you fasten it, and it stays there. No nightly fiddling, no slow drift toward looseness.\n\nA small practical tip. Side sleepers sometimes find a buckle sits awkwardly against the pillow. Rotating the strap so the buckle rests slightly off-centre, above or below the ear rather than squarely at the back of the head, usually solves it.\n\nWho this suits\n\nLight sleepers are the obvious group. If you wake at the first hint of dawn, a mask with a nose pad is a far better investment than another set of curtains.\n\nShift workers come next. Sleeping through daylight is the hardest test any mask faces, and the lower light gap is exactly where daytime brightness gets in. If you work nights, prioritize the nose pad over almost every other feature.\n\nTravellers benefit too. A silk mask packs flat, weighs almost nothing and does not crease in a way that matters. On a plane or a train, where you are upright and your head moves, the buckle strap keeps things in place better than elastic that was designed for a flat pillow.\n\nAnd then there are people who simply want a better texture against their face at night. Silk feels different. If you already sleep on a silk pillowcase, a matching mask is a natural extension.\n\nHow to choose between masks\n\nA few things are worth checking whenever you compare options.\n\nLook at the silk content first. \"Silk\" on a label can hide a blend, and a satin-weave polyester is a completely different material from mulberry silk even though it looks similar in a photo. This mask is stated as 100% mulberry silk.\n\nThen check the momme weight. If a listing does not give one, that is usually because the number is low.\n\nThen look at the nose area. If the photo shows a flat strip of fabric where the nose sits, expect light leakage. A padded or contoured nose section is the single most useful feature on a sleep mask.\n\nFinally, check the strap range in actual numbers. \"Adjustable\" on its own tells you nothing. A stated range of 18 to 26 inches (46 to 66 cm) tells you whether it will fit.\n\nLooking after it\n\nHand wash only. That is the instruction and it is worth following.\n\nFill a basin with cool water, add a small amount of detergent made for delicate fabrics, and swirl the mask through for a minute or two. Do not scrub and do not let it soak for an hour. Rinse in clean cool water until no suds remain.\n\nNever wring silk. Twisting breaks fibres and leaves permanent creases. Instead, lay the mask flat on a clean towel, roll the towel up gently and press. Most of the water comes out that way. Then unroll it and leave the mask flat to finish drying, somewhere out of direct sun and away from a radiator.\n\nKeep bleach well away. Skip the dryer entirely. If the mask needs a press, use the coolest iron setting, work from the reverse side and keep a cloth between the iron and the silk.\n\nWashing about once a week suits most routines. More if you use rich night creams, less if you have a light skincare routine. There is no benefit to washing silk more than it needs.\n\nThe short version\n\nThe feature that decides whether a sleep mask works is the nose. Close that gap and the rest follows. This one has a padded nose section, which handles the main light leak, and a buckle strap adjustable from 18 to 26 inches (46 to 66 cm), which handles fit and keeps handling it as months pass.\n\nThe material is 100% mulberry silk at 22 momme, so it is dense enough to feel like a proper piece of fabric and smooth enough to be pleasant against the face for a full night. The colour is plain black, which is practical for travel and forgiving of ordinary marks.\n\nThe one commitment it asks for is a hand wash. If you are fine with that, it should last a very long time.", "llm_summary": "A black sleep mask made from 100% mulberry silk at 22 momme weight. It has a padded nose section designed to help block light entering from below the mask, and an adjustable buckle strap that fits head circumferences from 18 to 26 inches (46 to 66 cm). The colour is solid black with no print. Care is hand wash only, in cool water, dried flat. Brand, country of origin, mask dimensions and shipping weight are not specified, and no certifications, warranty or customer ratings are stated. Suitable for home sleep, travel, shift work and daytime naps. Supplied new.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/black-22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-with-nose-pad/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/black-22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-with-nose-pad/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/black-22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-with-nose-pad.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "black-silk-blindfold-sleep-mask", "sku": "black-silk-blindfold-sleep-mask", "title": "Black Silk Blindfold Sleep Mask", "slug": "black-silk-blindfold-sleep-mask", "price": 23.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-silk-blindfold-sleep-mask/main-black-silk-blindfold-sleep-mask.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-silk-blindfold-sleep-mask/black-silk-blindfold-sleep-mask-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-silk-blindfold-sleep-mask/black-silk-blindfold-sleep-mask-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-silk-blindfold-sleep-mask/black-silk-blindfold-sleep-mask-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-silk-blindfold-sleep-mask/black-silk-blindfold-sleep-mask-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk with a fully adjustable strap, it sits light on the face, breathes well and travels in a pocket.", "description": "The problem is almost never the bed\n\nPeople spend a fortune on mattresses and pillows and then sleep in a room that is quietly lit all night. A streetlight through a gap in the blind. A router blinking green. The microwave clock across the hall. None of it feels bright when you are awake, but your eyelids are thin, and light still gets through them.\n\nDaytime sleep is worse. If you work nights, finish a shift at seven in the morning and try to sleep until mid afternoon, you are fighting full daylight with a pair of curtains that were never designed for the job. Blackout blinds help, but they leak at the edges, and fitting them properly costs real money.\n\nA sleep mask sidesteps all of that. Instead of making the room dark, you make the few centimetres in front of your eyes dark. It costs very little, it works in any room, and it goes in your bag.\n\nWhat this one is\n\nA plain black blindfold cut from 100% mulberry silk, with a fully adjustable strap. That is the whole product. No gel inserts, no moulded cups, no electronics.\n\nMulberry silk is the type of silk you find in better bedding and sleepwear. The silkworms are fed on mulberry leaves, which produces a long, even fibre. The result is a smooth fabric with a cool handle. For something that sits against your eyelids for hours, smooth matters more than people expect, because friction is what you notice at three in the morning.\n\nThe maker describes it as light and breathable, suitable for sleep, shift work, naps and travel, and sized for adults and older children. Care is hand wash only. The momme weight and the exact cut dimensions are not stated, so we are not going to pretend otherwise.\n\nWhy silk instead of cotton or foam\n\nThere are three common materials for sleep masks and they behave differently.\n\nCotton is cheap and washable. It is also comparatively rough at the fibre level, and it holds warmth. A cotton mask on a warm night can start to feel damp around the eyes.\n\nFoam, usually in a contoured shape, blocks light well and leaves space in front of the eyes. The trade-off is bulk. A contoured mask does not fold flat, it presses firmly to seal, and side sleepers often find it shifts against the pillow.\n\nSilk is the thin option. It sits close to the face, slides rather than drags, and does not trap heat the way foam does. It packs down to nothing. The trade-off is washing, since silk needs hand washing rather than a hot machine cycle.\n\nIf you want the thinnest, coolest, most packable option, silk wins. If you need absolute total blackout and do not care about bulk, a contoured foam mask is more effective. Most people land on silk once they have tried both.\n\nThe strap does more than you think\n\nAn adjustable strap sounds like a minor feature. It is actually the thing that decides whether you keep wearing the mask or abandon it in a drawer.\n\nToo tight, and you get pressure around the eye sockets and a line across your forehead in the morning. Too loose, and it slides off at two in the morning and you wake up with light in your face. The sweet spot is firm enough to stay put when you roll over, loose enough that you forget it is there.\n\nSide sleepers have an extra consideration. If the strap adjuster sits directly behind your ear and you lie on that side, you will feel it. Rotate the strap so the fastening sits higher on the back of your skull, and the problem usually disappears.\n\nSet it once at the start, test it for a night or two, then leave it alone.\n\nWho it suits\n\nLight sleepers who wake at the smallest change in the room. A mask gives you a consistent dark field no matter what the bedroom is doing.\n\nShift workers sleeping in daylight. This is the clearest use case. No curtain arrangement beats putting the dark directly on your face.\n\nFrequent travellers. On a plane, the cabin lights come up at odd hours and the person two rows forward has their window shade open. A lightweight sleep mask in your pocket solves it. A packable silk blindfold is one of the few travel items that justifies its space on every trip.\n\nAnyone sharing a room with someone on a different schedule. If your partner reads late or gets up at five, a blindfold means their lamp is not your problem.\n\nPeople who nap. Twenty minutes in a bright living room is far easier with your eyes covered.\n\nWho it suits less well: anyone who needs to see a clock during the night without lifting the mask, and anyone who genuinely cannot stand having anything touching their face. Those are real preferences and no mask fixes them.\n\nHow to choose between masks\n\nA few things worth checking when you compare options.\n\nFabric content. Look for a stated silk percentage. This one is listed as 100% mulberry silk. Masks described as \"silky\" or \"silk touch\" are usually polyester, which feels smooth but does not breathe the same way.\n\nClosure. An adjustable strap is more useful than a fixed elastic loop, because head sizes vary and elastic stretches out over time. Adjustable also means one mask can serve different people.\n\nProfile. Flat masks pack small and suit side sleepers. Contoured masks block more light but take up space. Decide which you care about more.\n\nColour. Black is practical. It shows nothing, it suits anyone, and it does not announce itself on a plane. A black sleep mask for travel is the default for a reason.\n\nCare. If a mask says hand wash only, believe it. Factor in whether you will actually do that. Buying two and rotating them makes the washing much easier to keep up with.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk rewards gentle handling and punishes the opposite quickly.\n\nHand wash only, cool water, a mild detergent made for delicate fibres. Swirl it, do not scrub. Rinse until the water runs clear. Then press the water out between a folded towel rather than wringing, because twisting breaks fibres and leaves permanent creases.\n\nDry it flat, away from radiators, heaters and direct sun. It usually takes a few hours. Never tumble dry.\n\nIf it needs smoothing afterwards, press on a low setting with a cloth laid over the silk, and keep the iron away from the strap adjuster. No bleach, no stain removers, no hot water.\n\nWash every week or two with regular use, sooner if you use creams or oils at bedtime. The habit of washing it gently and often is what keeps a silk mask in good shape for years rather than months.\n\nSmall details that make it stick\n\nKeep it in the same place every night, usually on the bedside table or under the pillow edge. A mask you have to hunt for is a mask you stop using.\n\nIf you travel, buy a second one and leave it permanently in your carry-on. The cost is low and you never arrive somewhere without it.\n\nGive it a week before you judge it. The first couple of nights with anything on your face feel odd. By night four, most people stop noticing, and by the end of the week the room without it feels too bright.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a plain black blindfold in 100% mulberry silk with a strap you adjust yourself. It is thin, breathable and packs flat, which makes it as useful on a plane as it is at home. Silk is smoother against the skin than cotton and cooler than foam, and the adjustable strap means it fits a range of head sizes including older children.\n\nCare is hand wash only and that is not negotiable if you want it to last. Cool water, gentle detergent, dry flat.\n\nIf light is what wakes you, or what stops you falling asleep in the first place, this is one of the cheapest fixes available. Keep one by the bed. Keep a spare in your bag.", "llm_summary": "The Black Silk Blindfold Sleep Mask is a solid black eye mask made from 100% mulberry silk, with a fully adjustable strap sized for adults and older children. It is designed to block light for night sleep, naps, shift work and travel, and the maker describes it as light and breathable. Care is hand wash only. Five product images are supplied. No ratings, reviews, certifications or warranty details are provided.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/black-silk-blindfold-sleep-mask/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/black-silk-blindfold-sleep-mask/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/black-silk-blindfold-sleep-mask.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "black-silk-sleep-mask-cotton-filled", "sku": "black-silk-sleep-mask-cotton-filled", "title": "Black Silk Sleep Mask with Cotton Fill", "slug": "black-silk-sleep-mask-cotton-filled", "price": 35.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-silk-sleep-mask-cotton-filled/main-black-silk-sleep-mask-cotton-filled.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-silk-sleep-mask-cotton-filled/black-silk-sleep-mask-cotton-filled-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-silk-sleep-mask-cotton-filled/black-silk-sleep-mask-cotton-filled-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-silk-sleep-mask-cotton-filled/black-silk-sleep-mask-cotton-filled-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-silk-sleep-mask-cotton-filled/black-silk-sleep-mask-cotton-filled-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-silk-sleep-mask-cotton-filled/black-silk-sleep-mask-cotton-filled-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Mulberry silk outer with a cotton-filled centre, a raised nose cutout for fuller coverage, and an adjustable loop that sits flat at the back of the head.", "description": "The problem with a room that is never quite dark\n\nVery few bedrooms are genuinely dark. There is a streetlight through a gap in the curtain, a standby LED on a television, the glow from a phone charging on the nightstand, or in summer, sunrise at half past four. None of it feels like much when you are awake. Your closed eyelids are thin enough that light still gets through, and that light tells your body it is time to be alert.\n\nA sleep mask is the cheapest fix for this. You do not have to buy blackout blinds, rearrange furniture or argue with a partner about the hall light. You put something over your eyes and the room becomes dark. The catch is that most masks are not very good, and the ones that are not very good end up on the floor by two in the morning.\n\nWhat separates a good mask from a bad one\n\nThree things, really. Light leakage, pressure, and whether you can feel it.\n\nLight leakage almost always happens in the same place, the little triangle beside the nose. A flat mask panel stretched across the face arches over the nose bridge and leaves a gap on each side. That is why you can wear a mask and still see a strip of brightness at the bottom of your vision. This mask uses a higher cutout at the nose, shaped so the fabric follows the face down rather than bridging across it. It is a small change in the pattern that makes a large difference in how dark it actually gets.\n\nPressure is the second issue. Thin masks pull tight across the eyeballs, which is uncomfortable and can leave you aware of your own blinking. The cotton fill here gives the mask enough body to hold itself a fraction off the lids. You feel contact, not compression.\n\nThe third is weight, and it is the one most people overlook. This mask is about 1.13 ounces. That is roughly the weight of a slice of bread. Anything heavier starts registering as an object on your face, and once your brain is tracking an object on your face, you are not falling asleep.\n\nWhy the outer fabric matters\n\nSilk does two useful things here. It is smooth, so skin and hair move across it with less friction than they do over woven cotton or a cheap polyester satin. If you sleep on your side and your face rotates against the mask through the night, that difference in drag is noticeable by morning.\n\nIt also feels cool on contact. Anyone who has worn a fleecy or foam mask through a warm night knows the problem. The area around your eyes heats up, you start sweating under the padding, and off comes the mask. Silk does not trap heat the same way, which makes it a better pick for summer and for anyone who runs warm at night.\n\nThat combination is why a best mulberry silk eye mask tends to outlast the novelty masks people are given at Christmas. It is not a gimmick, it is just a better surface against skin.\n\nThe strap, and why so many masks fail there\n\nStraps are where cheap masks fall apart. Thin elastic cords cut into the back of the head, tangle in long hair and lose their stretch inside a few months. A fixed-length band fits one head size and nobody else's.\n\nThis mask uses a single wide adjustable loop that runs from 15.8 inches up to 27.6 inches in circumference. That is a big range. It covers almost every adult head, and it means two people in a household can share one mask if they are prepared to slide the buckle. The width of the loop is also doing quiet work. A broad band spreads the tension over a larger area, so it does not form a line across the back of your head.\n\nThe buckle position is worth a mention too. It sits at the back rather than off to one side. If you sleep face-down or on your side, side-mounted hardware is a nightly annoyance, a small hard lump between your ear and the pillow. Moving it to the back solves that. If you are looking specifically for a best adjustable sleep mask, this is the detail to check on any mask you compare.\n\nWho this suits\n\nLight sleepers in bright bedrooms are the obvious group. So is anyone sharing a room with someone who reads late or gets up at a different hour.\n\nShift workers probably get the most out of a mask like this. Sleeping through daylight is hard, and a mask with proper nose coverage is the difference between dozing and actually sleeping. The same goes for anyone doing long flights or overnight buses, where you have no control over the cabin lights at all. At an ounce, it is not competing for space in your bag.\n\nSide sleepers should pay attention to the rear buckle and the low 0.43 inch profile. A thick domed mask gets shoved sideways the moment your face meets the pillow. A flatter one stays put.\n\nIt also works well as a gift, which sounds like a small thing but is not. Black goes with everything, one size removes the sizing problem, and it is a genuinely useful object rather than a decorative one.\n\nHow to choose between masks\n\nStart with coverage. Hold the mask against your face and look for gaps beside the nose. If you can see your own cheeks in daylight, it will leak at night.\n\nThen check the strap. Can you adjust it? Is it wide enough not to bite? Where is the fastening? A buckle on your ear is a dealbreaker if you sleep on your side.\n\nThen feel the weight and the padding. You want enough loft to keep fabric off the lashes, and no more. Heavily padded contoured masks suit some people, but they are bulky to pack and warm to wear.\n\nLast, think about the surface. If you wear any skincare at night, or if you have longer hair that sweeps across your face, a smooth silk face is worth the small premium over a synthetic satin.\n\nLooking after it\n\nHand wash it. That is the short answer. Cool water, a mild detergent made for delicates, a gentle squeeze rather than a scrub. Do not bleach it and do not put it in the dryer, because heat is what ruins silk and tumbling is what distorts the cotton fill.\n\nPress the water out in a towel, reshape the padded panel with your fingers and lay it flat to dry. Do not hang it from the strap, which stretches the loop over time. Keep it out of direct sun while it dries.\n\nEvery week or two is a fair washing schedule for nightly use. If you apply creams before bed, make it weekly. Between washes, store it flat in a drawer or in a small pouch rather than crumpled in the bottom of a bag, which keeps the fill even.\n\nThe short version\n\nA sleep mask only works if you leave it on. That comes down to four things, darkness at the nose, no pressure on the eyes, a strap that does not dig in, and weight light enough to forget. This one is built around those four points. The raised nose cutout closes the usual light gap, the cotton fill keeps fabric off the lids, the loop adjusts from 15.8 to 27.6 inches with the buckle safely at the back, and the whole thing weighs about an ounce.\n\nIt is black, it is plain, it packs flat, and it works just as well in a hotel room as it does at home. If your bedroom is brighter than you would like, it is a small purchase that pays off the first night.", "llm_summary": "This is a black silk sleep mask with a cotton-filled interior, designed to block light during sleep, naps and travel. The mask measures roughly 9.13 by 4.72 by 0.43 inches and weighs about 1.13 ounces. It has a raised nose cutout so it follows the contour of the face and reduces light leaking in under the bridge of the nose. The strap is a single adjustable loop that expands from 15.8 to 27.6 inches in circumference, making it a one-size design for most adults, with the buckle positioned at the back of the head for side sleepers. Brand, country of origin, exact silk momme weight and shipping weight are not specified. Care is hand wash cool and dry flat.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/black-silk-sleep-mask-cotton-filled/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/black-silk-sleep-mask-cotton-filled/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/black-silk-sleep-mask-cotton-filled.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "black-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers", "sku": "black-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers", "title": "Black Silk Sleep Mask for Side Sleepers", "slug": "black-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers", "price": 24.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers/main-black-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers/black-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers/black-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers/black-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers/black-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers/black-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "A soft silk eye mask with adjustable strap, shaped to sit lightly over closed eyes and sized to travel in any bag or coat pocket.", "description": "The problem with most sleep masks\n\nAlmost everyone who has tried a sleep mask has a story about the one that did not work. It rode up the forehead by two in the morning. It pressed so hard on the eyes that there were red marks at breakfast. It was warm, or itchy, or so bulky that lying on one side felt like resting your head on a folded towel.\n\nHere is what is actually going on. Most eye masks are designed as if people sleep flat on their backs, perfectly still, for eight hours. Real sleep is nothing like that. You roll. You press one cheek into the pillow. You shift the pillow around in the night. Anything thick or padded gets caught between your face and the mattress, and once it moves, light gets in and you are awake again.\n\nA black silk sleep mask for side sleepers solves this differently. Instead of adding padding to block light, it keeps the panel thin and close to the face, so there is almost nothing to be squashed. At roughly 8 x 4 inches and about 0.2 inches deep, it lies flat. When your face turns into the pillow, the mask goes with it rather than being shoved aside.\n\nHow a slim silk mask works\n\nThree things decide whether a mask stays comfortable overnight: the shape, the strap and the fabric.\n\nShape comes first. A low-profile panel sits close to the skin and spreads across the eye area without a rigid frame. There is no moulded shell to catch on a pillow edge. That is why the best sleep mask for side sleepers is usually the thin one, not the plush one.\n\nThe strap does the holding. This mask uses an adjustable elastic, which lets you find the point where the panel stays flat without pressing. Too tight and you wake with a line across your temples. Too loose and you wake with the mask around your neck. Adjustable means you get to find the middle instead of hoping a fixed band happens to suit you.\n\nFabric decides whether you keep wearing it. Silk is smooth and cool against the skin, and it moves over the face with less friction than a woven cotton. That matters when you are turning over several times a night. A rougher fabric drags, and dragging is what wakes light sleepers.\n\nWho this suits\n\nSide sleepers are the obvious group, and the slim build is aimed squarely at them. But the same design works for plenty of other people.\n\nTravellers get a lot out of it. The mask weighs about 0.16 ounces and folds flat, so it adds nothing to a carry-on. On a long flight, the cabin lights come up for meals at times that have nothing to do with your body clock, and a good travel eye mask is the difference between dozing and actually sleeping.\n\nShift workers are another. Sleeping during daylight is hard, and curtains rarely do the whole job. A black mask handles the gap between the blind and the window frame, the glow from a hallway and the light from a phone screen on a bedside table. If you work nights, keeping the best sleep mask for night shift in your bag means you can rest anywhere, including a break room chair.\n\nNew parents, students in shared housing, hospital patients and anyone with a partner who reads late all fall into the same category. So does anyone who wears lash extensions and wants a mask that rests lightly rather than pressing in.\n\nChoosing the right mask\n\nA few things are worth thinking through before you buy.\n\nProfile. If you sleep on your side, go slim. Cupped and contoured masks give your eyes room to open underneath, which some people love, but they are bulkier and they fight with a pillow. A flat mask is the easier companion for side sleeping and for packing.\n\nClosure. Adjustable beats fixed. Heads vary more than mask makers allow for, and an adjustable elastic takes the guesswork out. It also lets you change the tension as the elastic softens with age.\n\nColour. Black is the pragmatic pick. It hides the small marks that any face-worn item picks up, it looks neutral in any room, and nobody minds seeing it on a nightstand in a shared space. A good black sleep mask is also the one you are least likely to lose track of in a dark bag.\n\nFabric. Silk is popular for a reason. It is smooth, it feels cool when you first put it on, and it does not feel plasticky in a warm room. If you have tried a synthetic mask and found it hot, the fabric was probably the problem.\n\nHow many. One mask at home and one in the travel bag is the setup most regular users land on. It is a small item, it costs little, and the spare means you never have to remember to pack it.\n\nGetting the fit right on night one\n\nPut the mask on while sitting up, with the panel centred over your eyes and the strap sitting around the widest part of the back of your head, a little above the base of your skull. If the strap slips down toward your neck, raise it. If it creeps up toward the crown, lower it.\n\nNow set the tension. You want the panel resting on your face, not pressing. A simple test is to open your eyes behind the mask. If your lashes brush the fabric hard or you feel pressure on the eyelids, loosen it. If you can see a bright wedge of light beside your nose, snug it up a touch.\n\nThen lie down in your usual sleeping position and check again. Fit changes when your head is on a pillow, and that is the position that matters. Side sleepers in particular should test on the side they favour.\n\nGive it a few nights. Wearing something on your face is a habit, and the first night or two can feel odd even with the best lightweight sleep mask. Most people stop noticing it by the third night.\n\nCaring for it\n\nSilk likes gentle handling, and so does elastic. Hand wash in cool water with a mild detergent. Swish it, do not scrub. Press the water out between your hands or in a towel rather than wringing or twisting, which stresses the seams and the strap.\n\nReshape the panel while it is damp and dry it flat, away from radiators, direct sun and the dryer. Heat is what ages both silk and elastic fastest. Skip bleach and fabric softener entirely.\n\nWash it every week or two with regular use. If you wear moisturizer, sunscreen or makeup to bed, wash more often. Store it flat in a pouch or a drawer rather than leaving it stretched over a bedpost, which tires the elastic faster than wearing it does.\n\nWith that routine, a mask like this lasts a long time. When the strap eventually goes slack and will not hold its setting, that is the signal to replace it.\n\nA few honest limits\n\nNo mask is a perfect light seal. Faces vary, and a sliver of light can find the gap beside the nose bridge on some people. Adjusting the strap height and tension fixes it most of the time.\n\nA mask is also only one part of the picture. Dark curtains, a cooler room and keeping screens out of the last half hour before bed all do work that a mask cannot do on its own. Think of it as the piece that handles what the curtains miss, and as the piece you can take with you.\n\nThe short version\n\nIf you sleep on your side and other eye masks have failed you, the problem was probably bulk. A thin black silk panel around 8 x 4 inches, weighing about 0.16 ounces, with an adjustable elastic strap, stays flat against your face and keeps doing its job when you roll over. It is comfortable enough for home, small enough for a carry-on, and cheap enough to own two.\n\nSet the strap once so it holds without pressing, hand wash it in cool water, dry it flat, and it will see you through a lot of nights.", "llm_summary": "This is a black silk sleep mask designed with side sleepers in mind. The mask closes with an adjustable elastic strap that suits a range of head sizes, and its slim profile is intended to stay in place when the face rests against a pillow. The surface is smooth silk, which feels cool and does not drag on skin. Brand, exact silk content, momme weight, country of origin and shipped weight are not specified. Care is simple, hand wash cool, press out water, dry flat. It folds flat for travel and is sold as a new item.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/black-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/black-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/black-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "black-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band", "sku": "black-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band", "title": "Black Silk Sleep Mask with Wide Band", "slug": "black-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band", "price": 59.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band/main-black-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band/black-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band/black-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band/black-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk in a large size, with a broad adjustable strap and hook and loop fastening that sits flat against the back of your head.", "description": "The problem with light you stopped noticing\n\nWalk into your bedroom at two in the morning and really look. There is almost always something glowing. A router with a blue pinprick. The clock on the oven, visible through a half-open door. A streetlight that hits the gap where the curtains do not quite meet. In summer, the sun arriving at half past four while you still have two hours of sleep left in you.\n\nNone of it feels like much. That is the catch. You get used to it, and because you got used to it you stop treating it as the reason you surface at five and never properly go back under.\n\nA sleep mask solves this the direct way. It puts the darkness on your face rather than trying to fix the whole room. That is a far smaller job. You can take it to a hotel, a friend's spare room, a night train or a plane seat, and the result is the same every time.\n\nWhy silk, and why mulberry silk in particular\n\nFabric matters more on a sleep mask than on almost anything else you own, because it spends seven hours pressed against the thinnest skin on your body.\n\nSilk is smooth. Under a microscope the fibre is a long, even filament rather than the short, fuzzy staples that make up cotton. In practice that means less drag. Your face moves against the mask every time you roll over, and a smoother surface slides instead of catching. The fine hair at your temples does the same.\n\nSilk also feels cool when you first put it on, and it does not trap heat the way a thick foam shell does. If you run warm at night, or you sleep somewhere with no air conditioning in August, that difference is noticeable.\n\nMulberry silk is the grade used for most silk bedding. The silkworms are raised on mulberry leaves, which gives a longer and more uniform fibre than wild-harvested silk. The maker lists this mask as 100% mulberry silk. The momme weight, which is the standard measure of silk density, is not stated, so treat the fibre type as the known fact and judge the hand feel when it arrives.\n\nThe band is the part people underestimate\n\nNearly everyone shops for a sleep mask by looking at the front. The front is the easy bit. The strap is what decides whether you still have the mask on at six in the morning or whether you flung it off in your sleep without waking.\n\nThin elastic cord is the cheapest option and the worst one. It focuses all the holding tension into a narrow line. You feel that line behind your ears first, then across the back of your skull, and by the small hours you have either loosened it until the mask leaks light or pulled it off entirely. It also leaves a crease in your hair.\n\nA wide band spreads the same hold across a much larger patch of skin. The pressure per square centimetre drops. You stop registering it, which is exactly what you want from something worn while unconscious.\n\nThe hook and loop closure adds the other half of the fix. With sewn-in elastic, you get whatever tension the factory decided on, stretched over however many washes the mask has had. With hook and loop you set it yourself. Try it once at your normal sleeping tightness, press it shut, and leave it. You do not have to readjust every night, and if you lend it to someone with a very different head size, one pull sorts it.\n\nOne small habit worth forming: open the strap by peeling it from one corner rather than tugging it straight apart. Hook and loop lasts far longer that way, and the silk nearby stays untouched.\n\nWho this suits\n\nLight sleepers at home. If your partner reads late, works late or just goes to bed two hours after you, a mask ends the negotiation. They keep the lamp on, you sleep.\n\nShift workers. Sleeping through the middle of the day is hard, and blackout curtains rarely do the whole job on their own. A mask closes the gap. Most people who work nights end up relying on the combination rather than either alone.\n\nTravellers. This is the obvious one. A flat silk mask weighs almost nothing, packs into any side pocket and turns a window seat at midday into something you can nap in. It is also the one piece of sleep kit that works identically in every country.\n\nNappers. Twenty minutes on the sofa does not justify closing every blind in the house. The mask is quicker.\n\nSide sleepers. A flat silk mask generally sits better against a pillow than a bulky contoured one, because there is less depth to press into. The wide band helps here too, since there is no hard elastic knot behind the ear.\n\nWho might want something different: if you need absolutely no contact with your eyelids, perhaps because you wear lash extensions or you simply cannot stand the sensation, look at moulded contoured masks with a hollow eye cavity. That is a different build to this flat silk style.\n\nHow to choose between masks\n\nA few things are worth checking before you buy anything in this category.\n\nCoverage first. A mask that is too small lets light in at the bridge of the nose and along the outer edge by the temples. This one is listed as a large size, which is the right direction. If you have a broad face or deep-set eyes, generous coverage matters more than it does for most people.\n\nColour second, and this is less obvious than it sounds. Pale fabric reflects more of whatever light gets past the edges back toward your eyes. Solid black absorbs it. That is why a blackout silk eye mask is almost always sold in black, and it is a real functional difference rather than a styling choice.\n\nClosure third. Hook and loop beats fixed elastic for adjustability and for keeping tension over time. Buckles and sliders are the other adjustable option, but they add hardware you can feel when you lie on your side.\n\nFabric last, though for many buyers it is the first thing they care about. If you have tried cotton or polyester masks and disliked the way they grip your skin, silk is the upgrade that actually addresses it.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it does not forgive a hot machine cycle.\n\nHand wash only. Cool water, a small amount of detergent made for delicates, and gentle squeezing rather than rubbing or wringing. Rinse until the water runs clear. Lay the mask on a towel, roll the towel to press out the moisture, then reshape and dry flat somewhere out of direct sun and away from a radiator.\n\nClose the hook and loop strip before it goes anywhere near water. An open hook face will find silk and pull threads, every time.\n\nWash every week or two under normal use, more often if you wear face products to bed. Light regular washing is much kinder to silk than letting grime build up and then scrubbing. Keep it away from bleach. If you ever need to press it, use the lowest silk setting with a cloth in between, and keep the iron off the strap.\n\nStore it somewhere it will not get crushed or snagged. A small drawstring bag is ideal, and it also stops the mask collecting lint in a suitcase.\n\nThe short version\n\nA good sleep mask is one of the cheapest fixes available for broken sleep, and the two things that decide whether it works are coverage and strap comfort. This one is cut large in solid black 100% mulberry silk, with a wide adjustable band that fastens with hook and loop so you set the tension once.\n\nSilk gives you a smooth, cool surface that does not drag on skin or hair. The wide band keeps pressure off any single point, which is why it stays on while you sleep instead of ending up somewhere under the duvet. Hand wash it, dry it flat, and it will keep doing the job for a long time.\n\nIf your bedroom is brighter than you would like, or you travel often and keep losing sleep to cabin lights and unfamiliar curtains, this is a small thing that makes a measurable difference.", "llm_summary": "A black silk sleep mask with a wide adjustable band, sold in the silk sleep masks category. The maker lists the face fabric as 100% mulberry silk in a solid black colour, in a large size, with a hook and loop closure on the strap so the fit can be adjusted to most head sizes. The wide band spreads pressure across the back of the head rather than a narrow cord. It is intended for sleeping at home, naps and travel, and is light and flat enough to pack. Care is hand wash only. Momme weight, weave, mask dimensions, shipping weight, country of origin and brand are not specified in the maker details provided.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/black-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/black-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/black-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "charcoal-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask", "sku": "charcoal-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask", "title": "Charcoal 19 Momme Silk Sleep Mask", "slug": "charcoal-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask", "price": 39.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "20 g", "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/charcoal-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask/main-charcoal-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/charcoal-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask/charcoal-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/charcoal-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask/charcoal-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/charcoal-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask/charcoal-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk with a double-layer silk filling and a silk-covered elastic strap, it weighs just 20 g and arrives with earplugs and a travel bag.", "description": "The problem with most sleep masks\n\nMost people's first sleep mask is free. It comes in a plastic sleeve on a long-haul flight, it is made of thin synthetic fabric over a slab of foam, and it is thrown out within a week. The elastic bites. The foam gets warm. By 3am it has slid up onto your forehead and you have stopped caring.\n\nThat experience puts a lot of people off entirely, which is a shame, because the idea is sound. Light is one of the strongest signals your body uses to decide whether it is time to be awake. Streetlights through curtains, a partner's phone, hotel corridor light under the door, summer mornings that start at half past four: all of it chips away at sleep in ways you only notice the next afternoon. A mask that genuinely stays put and feels like nothing solves a real problem.\n\nThe reason a silk filled sleep mask works better is not glamour. It is friction, weight and heat. Those are the three things that make people take a mask off in the night, and silk handles all three well.\n\nWhat momme means and why 19 matters\n\nWhen you shop for silk you will see a number followed by the word momme, usually written as 19 momme or 22 momme. It is a weight measurement, and higher means a denser, heavier fabric. Very light silks around 12 to 16 momme feel thin and slippery and tend to crease easily. Heavy silks at 25 momme and up are lovely but add bulk you do not really want sitting on your face.\n\nNineteen sits in a comfortable middle. It has enough body to drape properly over the curve of your eye socket without feeling stiff, and enough density that light does not pass through the fabric itself. When people compare options and ask about the best 19 momme silk mask, this balance is usually what they have landed on, whether or not they can name it.\n\nThis mask uses 100% mulberry silk at 19 momme on the outside. Mulberry silk means the fibre comes from silkworms raised on mulberry leaves, which produces a long, even filament. Long fibres are what give silk its smooth surface rather than a fuzzy one.\n\nThe filling does more than you think\n\nA flat single-layer mask is really just a blindfold. It lies against your closed eyelids with nothing between the fabric and your lashes, and it tends to gap around the bridge of your nose because there is no structure to hold the edges down.\n\nThis one has a double layer of silk filling inside. That small amount of padding does two useful jobs. It holds a slight dome over the eye area, so there is less direct contact with your lashes and lids, and it lets the edges of the mask settle into the hollows around your nose and cheekbones rather than bridging straight across them. Less gapping means less light.\n\nThe filling is silk rather than foam, which is why the whole mask still only weighs 20 g. A foam-filled mask of similar thickness would feel noticeably heavier and warmer. If you have tried a padded mask before and found it too hot or too present, the difference here is mostly about what is doing the padding.\n\nWhy the charcoal colour is a practical choice\n\nColour on a sleep mask is not purely decoration. Dark fabric reflects less light, so whatever does reach the inside of the mask has less to bounce off before it reaches your eyes. A pale mask can glow faintly in a bright room in a way a charcoal one does not.\n\nThere is a maintenance argument too. Night cream, serum, oil and the traces of mascara nobody manages to remove completely all transfer onto an eye mask. On ivory or blush silk that shows quickly. On charcoal it mostly does not. People looking for the best charcoal silk eye mask often arrive there after owning a light-coloured one that looked tired within a month.\n\nThe last point is simple discretion. A plain solid grey does not announce itself on a plane or in a shared room the way a printed one does.\n\nWho it suits\n\nTravellers are the obvious group. At 20 g with its own bag, it disappears into a carry-on, and the included earplugs cover the other half of the problem. Anyone who has tried to sleep on a red-eye with the cabin lights half up knows the value of that.\n\nShift workers and anyone sleeping in daylight are the second group, and arguably the ones who benefit most. Blackout curtains help but rarely seal the edges, and a filled dark mask closes that last gap. If you are comparing options for the best silk mask for shift workers, pay attention to whether the mask is filled, because the flat ones struggle against full daylight.\n\nSide sleepers do well with silk because of the friction point. A cotton mask pressed between your face and a pillowcase drags on the skin at your temple and on the fine hair around your hairline. Silk slides. That is the plain physical reason the best silk eye mask for side sleepers is usually silk on both the face side and the strap, as this one is.\n\nThen there are people who simply wake with the sun and would rather not. Light sleepers, students in shared housing, new parents grabbing an hour in the afternoon. The use case is the same even when the schedule is not.\n\nHow to choose between masks\n\nA few things are worth checking before you buy any mask.\n\nLook at whether the strap is covered. A bare elastic band sitting directly against your hair catches and tangles, especially if you have long or fine hair. On this mask the elastic is wrapped in silk, so the back of your head gets the same surface as the front of your face.\n\nCheck whether it is washable. An eye mask sits on the oiliest part of your face for eight hours at a stretch, and one you cannot easily clean becomes unpleasant faster than you expect. This one is machine washable, which keeps the upkeep simple.\n\nThink about what else you need. If noise is as much of an issue as light, a mask that includes earplugs saves you buying separately, and the bag keeps the pair together rather than loose in a drawer.\n\nFinally, be honest about weight. Some people want a heavier weighted mask with real pressure. Others cannot stand anything sitting on their eyes. This is firmly in the light camp at 20 g. If you have ever pushed a mask off in your sleep because it felt heavy, the lighter route is the one to try.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it does not like heat or harsh chemicals. Wash on a cool gentle cycle inside a mesh bag with a detergent made for delicates. Skip bleach and fabric softener entirely, since softener coats the fibres and takes away the smooth hand you bought the mask for.\n\nDo not wring it. Press the water out, reshape it while damp, and dry flat somewhere out of direct sun. The dryer is hard on both the silk and the elastic, and relaxed elastic is usually what ends a mask's life before the fabric does.\n\nIf it needs pressing, use a low iron with a cloth over the silk and keep away from the strap. Wash it every week or two, more often if you use skincare at night. Between uses, the little bag stops it snagging on zips and keys.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a 20 g eye mask in 100% mulberry silk at 19 momme, with a double layer of silk filling, a silk-covered elastic strap, and a solid charcoal face. It is machine washable and comes with earplugs and a travel bag.\n\nIt suits people who want darkness without weight: travellers, daytime sleepers, side sleepers and anyone who has given up on foam masks. The maker does not state the mask dimensions, the country of origin or a strap adjustment range, so ask us if an exact measurement matters to you. If it turns out not to suit, you have 14 days from delivery to send it back unused and unwashed.", "llm_summary": "The Charcoal 19 Momme Silk Sleep Mask is an eye mask made from 100% mulberry silk at 19 momme, with a double-layer silk filling inside for padding. The colour is a solid charcoal grey. It weighs 20 g and uses an elastic strap covered in silk. The mask is machine washable. Earplugs and a travel bag are included in the box. It suits travel, naps, shift workers sleeping in daylight, and anyone who finds foam or synthetic masks too heavy or too warm against the face.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/charcoal-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/charcoal-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/charcoal-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black", "sku": "mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black", "title": "Mulberry Silk Sleep Masks 2 Pack, Black", "slug": "mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black", "price": 29.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black/main-mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black/mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black/mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black/mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Silk on both sides, an adjustable elastic strap and a light, low-bulk shape that blocks light without pressing on your eyelids.", "description": "The problem with a room that is never quite dark\n\nAsk people why they wake at 5am in summer and most will blame the heat. Often it is the light. A thin curtain, a gap at the edge of a blind, a hallway lamp left on for a child, the green dot on a smoke alarm. Your eyes pick all of that up even when they are closed, because eyelids are not opaque.\n\nBlackout curtains help, but they are expensive, they only fix one room, and they do nothing on a plane or in a hotel. A sleep mask fixes the problem wherever you are. It is about the cheapest sleep upgrade you can buy, and the one you can throw in a bag.\n\nThe catch is that a lot of masks are unpleasant to wear. They are bulky, they slide off, the strap digs in, or the lining feels scratchy by hour three. That is usually a materials and fit problem rather than a flaw in the idea. Which is where silk comes in.\n\nWhy silk, and why mulberry silk\n\nSilk is a protein fibre spun as one long filament rather than short staples twisted together. That is why the surface feels smooth instead of slightly fuzzy. Mulberry silk refers to silk from silkworms fed on mulberry leaves, which produces unusually long and even filaments and therefore a more consistent fabric.\n\nIn practical terms, smooth matters because the skin around your eyes is thin and gets pushed around all night. Cotton and polyester have more drag against skin and hair. Silk slides. If you have ever woken up with a crease across one cheek from a pillowcase, you know the difference friction makes.\n\nThe other practical point is weight. Silk can be woven thin and still feel substantial. That means a mask can be slim enough to lie flat under a pillow and still feel like a proper piece of fabric rather than a scrap of lining.\n\nOne thing to check on any silk mask is whether both sides are silk. Manufacturers sometimes put a silk face on the outside and something cheaper on the inside, which is backwards from a comfort point of view. In this set, both sides are silk. That is the side that counts.\n\nFit is the whole game\n\nA mask that does not stay on is a mask you stop using after a week. Three things decide whether it stays put.\n\nThe first is strap type. An adjustable strap lets you set the tension once and forget it. Fixed-length elastic either sits too loose on a small head or digs in on a larger one. The masks in this set use an adjustable elastic band, so you set it to your own head rather than hoping the factory guessed right.\n\nThe second is bulk. A thick, heavily padded mask sticks out further from the face. When your pillow pushes against it as you roll over, that thickness becomes a lever that lifts the mask off your face. A slim mask, like this one at just over half an inch deep, has much less to grab. Side sleepers in particular notice this.\n\nThe third is panel shape. A mask that is too tall rides up onto your forehead or down onto your cheeks and never settles. At 9.4 inches wide by 5.31 inches tall, this one covers the eye area without over-reaching, which is the shape most people find sits still.\n\nA fit tip worth knowing: tighter is not better. Over-tightening pulls the mask against the bridge of your nose, which is the exact spot that makes a mask uncomfortable. Set it just snug enough that the mask does not shift when you turn your head side to side while lying down. That is the right tension.\n\nWho this suits\n\nLight sleepers at home are the obvious group. If you wake with the sunrise or your partner reads later than you do, a mask solves it without negotiation.\n\nTravellers are the next group. Overnight flights, trains, buses, hotel rooms where the curtains do not meet in the middle. A flat silk mask takes up no room and weighs almost nothing, which is why people searching for the best travel sleep mask usually end up with a slim silk style rather than a moulded foam one.\n\nShift workers get the most out of a mask of anyone. Sleeping during daylight is genuinely hard, and a mask plus a decent set of earplugs does more than most other tricks.\n\nThen there are the short-rest users. People who nap on a lunch break, meditate for twenty minutes, or lie down with a headache. A mask signals to your brain that this is rest time, and the dark helps you drop off faster than you otherwise would.\n\nThe two pack suits anyone in those groups who has lost a mask before. Most of us have.\n\nHow to choose between masks\n\nIf you are comparing options, here is what is actually worth comparing.\n\nMaterial on the inner face. This is the surface against your skin all night. Silk both sides beats silk outside with a synthetic lining every time.\n\nStrap adjustability. Non-negotiable if you want it to stay on. Also check whether the adjuster itself is bulky, because a chunky plastic slider at the back of your head is annoying on a pillow.\n\nProfile depth. Thinner is generally better for side and stomach sleepers. Deeper contoured masks have their fans, especially people who want zero pressure on the lashes, but they are harder to pack and more likely to shift.\n\nColour. Black hides cosmetic residue and general wear far better than cream or blush. It is also easier to gift without worrying about taste.\n\nWashability. Silk is hand wash in cool water. If a brand tells you a silk mask is machine washable hot, be sceptical.\n\nPrice per mask. A two pack changes the maths. Divide the set price by two before comparing it with a single mask from somewhere else.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk does not need much, but it does need the right kind of care.\n\nHand wash in cool water with a detergent made for delicates. Swish it, do not scrub. Rinse until the water runs clear. Then press the water out between a folded towel rather than wringing it, because twisting is what breaks silk fibres and warps the shape.\n\nDry it flat, away from radiators, heaters and direct sun. Heat and strong light are harder on silk than washing is. Drying flat also keeps the elastic from stretching under its own weight.\n\nSkip bleach, skip fabric softener (it coats the fibre and dulls the surface), and skip the dryer entirely. If you want it smooth, a cool iron with a cloth in between will do it, but most masks come out of a flat dry looking fine.\n\nWash it more often if you use night creams or serums, because oils build up on the fabric. Every week or two is a reasonable rhythm for most people. With two masks you can wash one and still sleep in the dark that night, which in practice means you actually keep up with it.\n\nA note on what we do not know\n\nThe listing gives dimensions of 9.4 x 5.31 x 0.62 inches, a packaged weight figure, the colour, and the model reference. It does not state a momme weight, a thread count, or a country of origin, so none of those are claimed here. If a detail matters to you, ask before ordering rather than assuming.\n\nThe short version\n\nA sleep mask is the cheapest fix for a bedroom that is not dark enough, and silk is the material that makes a mask comfortable enough to actually keep using. This set gives you two black mulberry silk masks, silk on both sides, with adjustable elastic straps and a slim profile that suits side sleepers and packs flat for travel.\n\nSet the strap just snug, hand wash it in cool water, dry it flat, and keep the spare in your bag. That is the whole routine.", "llm_summary": "A two pack of black mulberry silk sleep masks sold under the Mulberry Silk Company catalogue in the silk sleep masks category. Each mask uses silk on both sides and closes with an adjustable elastic strap that suits a range of head sizes and stays in place across sleeping positions. Listed dimensions are 9.4 x 5.31 x 0.62 inches, with a listed item weight of 1.87 pounds and model reference Sleep Mask Black & Black. The colour is black. Brand, momme weight, exact material percentages, country of origin and shipping weight are not specified. Care is hand wash cool, dry flat. The set suits home use, travel, flights and day sleeping after night shifts, and is condition new and in stock.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-black.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-pink-and-black", "sku": "mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-pink-and-black", "title": "Mulberry Silk Sleep Masks 2 Pack, Pink and Black", "slug": "mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-pink-and-black", "price": 27.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-pink-and-black/main-mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-pink-and-black.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-pink-and-black/mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-pink-and-black-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-pink-and-black/mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-pink-and-black-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-pink-and-black/mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-pink-and-black-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Two mulberry silk masks, one pink and one black, with an adjustable elastic strap and a smooth silk face on both sides so nothing tugs at your lashes or temples.", "description": "The problem is usually light, not effort\n\nMost people who sleep badly are not short of good intentions. They go to bed at a sensible hour, they put the phone down, and they still lie there half awake. Often the culprit is simple and physical. Light.\n\nYour body reads light as a signal that the day is still happening. It does not need much. A streetlamp through a gap in the curtain, a hallway light left on, the blue dot on a smoke alarm, a partner who reads until midnight. Early summer sunrises are worse again, because they arrive at four in the morning and your blinds are no match for them.\n\nYou can fix this with blackout curtains, a new blind track and a few hours with a drill. Or you can fix it with a piece of fabric that costs a fraction of that and travels with you. A silk sleep mask is one of the few sleep products where the mechanism is obvious and the result is immediate.\n\nWhy silk, and why mulberry silk in particular\n\nSilk gets talked about as a luxury, which undersells the practical part. Silk fibre is long and very fine, and the surface is smooth. When your head moves on the pillow and the mask shifts with it, smooth fabric slides instead of catching. Cotton and polyester have more texture, and you feel that texture most around the eyes, where the skin is thin and the lashes stick out.\n\nMulberry silk is silk from silkworms raised on mulberry leaves, and the fibres tend to be longer and more even than other silks. That is what people mean when they talk about it being a finer grade. The masks in this pack are described as mulberry silk on both faces, inner and outer, which matters more than you might expect. Plenty of cheaper masks use a silky outer layer and a synthetic lining, so the part touching your skin is the part you did not pay for.\n\nA few things silk does not do, and it is worth being plain about this. It will not cure insomnia, it will not change your skin and it will not do anything medical. What it does is sit comfortably on your face without dragging, which is the thing that decides whether you still have it on at 3am or whether it is on the floor.\n\nFit is the whole game\n\nHere is the pattern with sleep masks. People buy one, wear it for two nights, find it annoying and give up. Nine times out of ten the problem is strap tension, not the mask.\n\nToo tight and the mask presses on your lids and temples, which gets uncomfortable within an hour and leaves a mark on your face in the morning. Too loose and it slides off the moment you roll over, which wakes you up and makes you cross. The sweet spot is narrow but easy to find once you know to look for it.\n\nPut the mask on sitting up. Tighten the strap until the mask holds its position when you tilt your head forward and shake it gently. Then back it off slightly. That is usually your setting. Leave it there and give it three or four nights before you judge it, because getting used to anything on your face takes a few sleeps.\n\nThis pack uses an adjustable elastic strap, so you set it once and forget it. If two people in the house share the pair, each can keep their own mask at their own setting, which saves a nightly fiddle.\n\nShape, size and side sleeping\n\nThese masks measure 9.44 inches long by 5.31 inches wide, and only 0.62 inches thick. The length matters because it determines how far past your temples the fabric reaches, and the thickness matters because of how you sleep.\n\nIf you sleep on your back, almost any mask works. If you sleep on your side, which most people do, a thick padded mask becomes a problem. It props your head at a slight angle and digs in where your face meets the pillow. A flat mask like this one lies down with you. That is why the best sleep mask for side sleepers is nearly always the slim one rather than the plush one.\n\nContoured masks with moulded eye cups are the other family worth knowing about. They lift the fabric off your lids entirely, which suits anyone who cannot stand pressure on the eyes. The trade-off is bulk. They do not pack flat and they are harder to sleep on your side with. Flat silk is the better all-rounder, and it is the format people reach for when they want the best lightweight sleep mask for a carry-on.\n\nWhere a mask earns its keep\n\nAt home it is the obvious choice when your curtains are not doing their job and you do not want to replace them.\n\nOn a flight it is close to essential. Cabin lighting is unpredictable, the person in 14C has their reading light on, and the window shade three rows up is open. A mask plus a pair of earplugs covers the two things that keep you awake on a plane. Because this one packs completely flat, there is no reason not to keep it in the bag permanently.\n\nShift workers get the most out of it. Sleeping during daylight is a different problem from sleeping at night, and the single biggest factor is how dark you can make the room. If you cannot black out the bedroom, you black out your eyes instead. People searching for the best eye mask for shift workers are usually solving exactly this.\n\nThen there are the smaller uses. A twenty minute reset in the afternoon. Meditation, where cutting visual input helps some people settle. Long car journeys as a passenger. A hotel room with a gap in the blinds that no amount of furniture rearranging will close.\n\nLooking after silk without overthinking it\n\nSilk sounds fussy and mostly is not. Hand wash it in cool water with a detergent made for delicates. Swish it, do not scrub it. Rinse, then press the water out between the folds of a towel rather than wringing it, because wringing stresses the fibres and twists the strap.\n\nDry it flat at room temperature. Not on a radiator, not in the sun, not in the dryer. Heat is hard on silk and harder on elastic, and a stretched-out strap turns a good mask into a useless one.\n\nIf it needs pressing, use the lowest silk setting with a cloth in between, and keep the iron off the elastic. Wash it every week or two with normal use, and more often if you sleep in night cream or makeup. This is where the two pack earns itself. One in the wash, one on the pillow, no gap.\n\nHow to decide\n\nThink about three things. How you sleep, where you will use it, and how dark you need it.\n\nSide sleeper, travelling often, want something that disappears into a bag? A flat silk mask is the right shape, and a pair means one lives in the suitcase.\n\nCannot bear anything touching your eyelids at all? Look at contoured masks instead, and accept the extra bulk.\n\nSharing a bedroom with someone who keeps different hours? Two masks is genuinely more useful than one, because you both get your own strap setting.\n\nThe short version\n\nLight is often the reason you are awake, and a mask is the cheapest fix for it. Mulberry silk is worth choosing because it is smooth where your skin is thinnest and it stays light rather than hot. The flat profile suits side sleepers and packs flat for travel. Set the strap snug rather than tight, hand wash it cool and dry it flat, and it will stay comfortable for a long time. Two masks in the pack means one is always clean and ready, which is a small thing that makes a surprising difference to whether you keep using it.", "llm_summary": "Each mask measures 9.44 x 5.31 x 0.62 inches and uses silk on both sides with an adjustable elastic strap, so the fit can be set for different head sizes and for side or back sleeping. Shipping weight for the pack is listed at 1.87 pounds. Brand, colour codes, country of origin, momme weight and fabric composition percentages are not specified, and no certifications, ratings or warranty are stated. Care is hand wash cool, dry flat, low iron. Suitable for home use, travel, flights, shift work and daytime rest.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-pink-and-black/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-pink-and-black/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/mulberry-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-pink-and-black.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "navy-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask", "sku": "navy-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask", "title": "Navy 19 Momme Mulberry Silk Sleep Mask", "slug": "navy-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask", "price": 23.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "18 g", "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/navy-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask/main-navy-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/navy-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask/navy-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/navy-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask/navy-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/navy-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask/navy-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Both faces are 100% pure mulberry silk at 19 momme with a soft cotton filling and an adjustable strap, so it stays put without digging in.", "description": "The problem with most sleep masks\n\nAlmost everyone who buys a sleep mask has the same story. They bought one, wore it for three nights, then found it on the floor or shoved in the back of a drawer. The mask was not bad exactly. It was just slightly annoying. A seam pressed into the brow. The elastic pinched behind the ears. The fabric held heat. Within a week it stopped being worth the trouble.\n\nThat is worth understanding before you buy again, because the reason masks get abandoned is rarely about light blocking. It is about comfort over six or seven hours. A mask that feels fine for ten seconds in your hand can feel like a headband made of cardboard at three in the morning.\n\nSo the useful question is not \"does it block light\" but \"will I still be wearing this at sunrise\". Three things decide that: what the fabric is, how heavy the whole thing is, and how the strap sits.\n\nWhy silk, and why momme matters\n\nSilk gets recommended for sleep masks because of friction. The surface of a silk fibre is smoother than cotton, so skin and hair slide across it rather than catching and dragging. If you have ever woken with a crease line across your cheek from a pillowcase, you already know what cotton friction feels like. A silk mask does not do that in the same way.\n\nSilk also feels cool when you first touch it. That initial coolness is why people reach for it in warm bedrooms.\n\nMomme is the measure that tells you how much silk is actually there. It works a bit like GSM for other fabrics. The number refers to the weight of a standard piece of silk, so a higher momme means a denser, more substantial cloth. Sleep masks turn up anywhere from about 12 momme up to 25.\n\nLow momme silk is cheap to make and it shows. It creases against the face, it goes limp after a few washes, and it can be slightly see-through. Very high momme silk is lovely but can feel stiff when it has to curve over a nose.\n\nNineteen momme, which is what this navy mask uses on both faces, is the weight most people settle on. It has enough density to feel like real silk and to keep its shape through regular washing, but it still drapes. If someone asks what the best 19 momme silk mask gives you over a lighter one, the honest answer is longevity and a better hand feel rather than anything dramatic.\n\nOne detail worth checking on any silk mask is whether both sides are silk. Plenty of masks use silk on the outside you see and a cheaper lining on the side that touches your face, which rather defeats the point. On this one, both outer faces are 100% pure mulberry silk, with the cotton filling sandwiched between them.\n\nWeight, and why 18 grams is the headline number\n\nPeople fixate on fabric and ignore weight, which is backwards. Weight is what your face notices.\n\nThis mask weighs 18 g in total. For reference, that is roughly a tablespoon of water. There is no gel insert, no moulded foam frame, no weighted beads. It is two layers of silk with a thin cotton fill.\n\nThat matters most for two groups. Side sleepers, first, because anything rigid gets pressed between a cheekbone and a pillow and becomes uncomfortable fast. A flat, light, soft mask squashes rather than resists. Travellers, second, because 18 g and a small storage bag means it genuinely disappears into a carry-on pocket.\n\nIf you have tried a contoured or weighted mask and found it too much, a flat lightweight one is the obvious next thing to try.\n\nThe strap question\n\nStraps cause more returned masks than fabric ever does.\n\nFixed elastic is the cheap option. It fits whoever it happens to fit, which is fine until it is not. Too tight and you get a headache and marks across the temples. Too loose and it slides off the moment you turn over.\n\nAn adjustable strap puts the decision in your hands. You set it once, and it stays set. That is why one size can work for a wide range of head shapes and hair volumes. If you sleep with your hair up, you need more length. If you have a smaller head, you need less. A fixed band cannot do both.\n\nWorth noting too: thin, hard buckles at the back of the head are a classic problem if you ever sleep on your back. Keep the adjuster off to one side when you set the length, and you avoid lying directly on it.\n\nWho this one suits\n\nIt suits shift workers and anyone trying to sleep while the sun is up, because daytime light is the harder test. It suits frequent flyers for the weight and the bag. It suits side sleepers for the lack of bulk. It suits people who find synthetic linings clammy.\n\nThe navy is a practical choice rather than a decorative one. Dark colours hide the small marks that night cream and mascara leave behind, which a pale pink or ivory mask will show after two weeks. Navy also happens to be the least fussy colour in a shared bedroom, and it is a sensible pick if you are buying one as a gift and do not know the person's taste.\n\nIt is less ideal if you specifically want a contoured mask with hollowed eye cups so your lashes never touch fabric. This is a flat mask with a soft fill, not a moulded one. If eyelash contact bothers you, look at a cupped design instead.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is less fragile than its reputation suggests, but it does not like heat or harsh chemicals.\n\nHand wash or machine wash, then hang to dry. If you machine wash, use a cool gentle cycle and put the mask in a mesh laundry bag so the strap does not wrap around a zip. Use a detergent made for delicates. Skip the bleach, skip the fabric softener, and keep it out of the dryer.\n\nWash a dark navy item by itself for the first couple of washes, which is good practice with any deep dyed fabric.\n\nMost creases drop out as the mask dries. If you want it flatter, a cool iron with a cloth between the iron and the silk will do it, but keep the iron moving and never park it in one spot.\n\nThen use the bag. It sounds like a small thing, but the single biggest cause of a scruffy sleep mask is living loose in a handbag with keys and a lip balm.\n\nHow to compare options without overthinking it\n\nWhen you are looking at a shortlist, check four things in order.\n\nFirst, is the silk on both sides or just the outside. Second, what is the momme, and is it stated at all. If a listing does not say, assume it is low. Third, what does the whole mask weigh, since that tells you more about comfort than any marketing line. Fourth, is the strap adjustable.\n\nPrice tends to follow those four. A mask with real 19 momme silk on both faces and an adjustable strap costs more than a 12 momme single-sided one with a fixed band, and it should.\n\nThe short version\n\nA sleep mask only earns its place if you forget you are wearing it. This one goes about that in a straightforward way. Both faces are 100% pure mulberry silk at 19 momme, so the surface against your skin is smooth and cool. The cotton filling adds body without bulk. The whole mask weighs 18 g. The strap adjusts, so one size covers most heads, and a storage bag keeps it clean between nights.\n\nCare is cool water, gentle detergent, hang to dry. Solid navy, no print, nothing to clash with. It is not complicated, which is rather the point.", "llm_summary": "A navy mulberry silk sleep mask with 100% pure silk on both outer faces at 19 momme and a cotton filling between them. It is a solid navy blue with no print, and it closes with an adjustable strap in a single size that suits most heads. The complete mask weighs 18 g, which makes it easy to pack for travel or keep in a bedside drawer, and a small storage bag is included. Care is straightforward, either hand wash or machine wash, then hang to dry. Exact mask dimensions, country of origin and brand are not stated by the maker. Only the material, momme weight, colour, closure, weight and care details above are confirmed.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/navy-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/navy-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/navy-19-momme-silk-sleep-mask.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "pink-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask", "sku": "pink-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask", "title": "Pink 22 Momme Contoured Mulberry Silk Sleep Mask", "slug": "pink-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask", "price": 79.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/pink-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask/main-pink-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/pink-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask/pink-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/pink-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask/pink-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/pink-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask/pink-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Grade 6A mulberry silk in a 22 momme weight, moulded eye cups, a shaped nose pad and a wide 3.5 inch (9 cm) adjustable band with hook and loop fastening.", "description": "The problem with most sleep masks\n\nYou buy an eye mask because the streetlight bleeds through the curtain, or your partner reads late, or you are trying to sleep on a plane at two in the afternoon. Then you put it on and discover a second problem. The fabric is resting directly on your eyelids. Every time you blink, you feel it. If you wear lash extensions, the mask flattens them. And despite all that contact, light still sneaks in along the side of your nose, which is the one place a flat band cannot seal.\n\nThat is the gap a contoured mask fills. Instead of a single piece of fabric stretched across your face, the mask is moulded into two domes. Each dome arches over an eye socket and rests on the bone around it, not on the eye. The space inside is small, maybe a centimetre or so, but it is enough that nothing touches your lashes or lids. You can open your eyes under the mask and see nothing but black.\n\nHow the shape actually works\n\nThink of the structure as three parts doing three jobs.\n\nThe cups create the clearance. They sit on the brow bone above and the cheekbone below, which are both firm enough to carry a little pressure comfortably. Because the fabric never presses in, you avoid that slightly swimmy feeling of pushing on your own eyeballs for eight hours.\n\nThe nose pad closes the leak. If you have ever lifted a flat mask off your face in the morning and noticed two bright wedges of light either side of your nose, you know the issue. The bridge of the nose makes a triangular gap that flat fabric bridges straight over instead of following. A shaped pad drops down into that gap. It will not be perfect for every nose shape, but it cuts the leak dramatically compared to no pad at all.\n\nThe band holds it all in position. This one is 3.5 inches (9 cm) wide and fastens with hook and loop. Width matters more than people expect. A thin elastic cord concentrates all its tension along one narrow line, which is why you wake up with a red stripe and sometimes a dull ache. A wide band spreads the same holding force across a much larger patch of skin, so you feel it less.\n\nWhy 22 momme silk matters\n\nMomme is the unit silk is sold by, and it measures weight rather than thread count. Higher momme means more silk fibre in the same area. Common weights for silk bedding and sleepwear run from about 16 up to 25, and 22 sits comfortably in the upper half of that range.\n\nFor a sleep mask, the practical effects of a higher momme are straightforward. The fabric is denser, so less light passes through the weave itself. It has more body, so the moulded cups hold their shape better than they would in a flimsy fabric. And it simply feels more substantial. There is a noticeable difference in the hand between thin, slippery silk and a proper 22 momme piece.\n\nThe silk here is mulberry silk graded 6A. Mulberry silk comes from silkworms raised on a single diet of mulberry leaves, which gives long, uniform filaments. The 6A grade refers to the quality tier of that raw filament, with 6A being the top band in the common grading scale.\n\nSilk against your skin\n\nSilk has a much smoother surface than cotton at the fibre level. Cotton fibres are short and have a slightly rough, twisted structure, which is why cotton grips. Silk filaments are long and smooth, so skin and hair slide across them instead of catching. On a sleep mask, that means less tugging at the delicate skin around the eyes when you turn over, and less friction against your hairline.\n\nIt also feels cool when you first put it on, which some people like and some find a bit startling. It warms to body temperature within a minute or two.\n\nWho this suits\n\nLight sleepers are the obvious group. If a sliver of light under the door is enough to keep you awake, the combination of dense fabric, deep cups and a nose pad gives you a darker field than a basic mask.\n\nAnyone with lash extensions, lash lifts or recently had eye work should be looking at contoured shapes specifically. The whole point is zero contact with the lashes.\n\nShift workers sleeping in daylight need more darkness than night sleepers, full stop. A good mask is one layer of that, alongside curtains.\n\nTravellers get a lot out of it. Planes, trains and unfamiliar hotel rooms rarely go properly dark, and a mask that folds into a pocket solves the problem without packing anything bulky.\n\nSide sleepers can use a contoured mask, though it is worth knowing that any three-dimensional shape has a little more depth against the pillow than a flat one. Loosening the band slightly usually sorts out any pressure on the temple.\n\nHow to get the fit right\n\nPut the mask on before you lie down and adjust it sitting up. Start looser than you think you need. Press the hook and loop together, then lie down and see if light comes in. If it does, note where. Light at the nose means the pad is not seated, so slide the mask down a few millimetres. Light at the outer edge usually means the band is too loose on that side.\n\nFasten the hook and loop before you pull the mask over your head, not after. An open hook strip will grab loose hair every single time. This one small habit makes the difference between a mask you love and a mask you resent.\n\nIf you wear the band low on the back of the head, it tends to stay put better than high up near the crown, where it can slide as you move.\n\nLooking after it\n\nHand wash only. That is not a soft suggestion with silk, it is the care instruction. Cool water, a mild detergent made for delicates, and gentle squeezing rather than rubbing or wringing. Silk fibres are strong but they do not like being twisted while wet.\n\nPress the water out between two towels, reshape the cups with your fingers, and lay the mask flat to dry somewhere out of direct sun. Sunlight fades dyes and can weaken the fibre over time. Skip the dryer entirely.\n\nKeep the hook and loop fastened while it is in the water. An open hook strip tumbling around in a basin will snag the silk and pull threads.\n\nWash it weekly or fortnightly with nightly use. If you apply eye cream or face oil before bed, give it a few minutes to absorb first, and wash the mask a little more often.\n\nWhen you travel, keep it in a small pouch rather than loose in a bag. Zips and velcro on other items are the main threat to silk.\n\nThe short version\n\nA contoured mask solves two problems at once. The moulded cups keep fabric off your eyelids and lashes, so there is no pressure and no flattening. The shaped nose pad plugs the gap where almost all light leaks in. Add 22 momme mulberry silk and a wide 3.5 inch (9 cm) adjustable band, and you get a mask that is dark, smooth and comfortable enough to actually keep on all night.\n\nSet the band a touch looser than feels necessary, fasten the hook and loop before you put it on, and hand wash it. That is genuinely the whole maintenance routine.", "llm_summary": "A pink contoured silk sleep mask made from 100% mulberry silk, grade 6A, in a 22 momme weight. The mask has moulded 3D eye cups that sit away from the eyelids and lashes, allowing the eyes to open and blink freely underneath. A shaped nose pad follows the bridge of the nose to reduce light entering from below. It fastens with a wide 3.5 inch (9 cm) adjustable band using a hook and loop closure, which lets the wearer set the tension to suit. The colour is a solid pink. Care is hand wash only. Overall mask dimensions, weight and country of origin are not specified for this item, and the maker does not state a warranty.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/pink-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/pink-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/pink-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "silver-grey-19-momme-silk-eye-mask", "sku": "silver-grey-19-momme-silk-eye-mask", "title": "Silver Grey 19 Momme Mulberry Silk Eye Mask", "slug": "silver-grey-19-momme-silk-eye-mask", "price": 59.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/silver-grey-19-momme-silk-eye-mask/main-silver-grey-19-momme-silk-eye-mask.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/silver-grey-19-momme-silk-eye-mask/silver-grey-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/silver-grey-19-momme-silk-eye-mask/silver-grey-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-3.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% grade 6A mulberry silk at 19 momme with a silk wrapped adjustable strap, it blocks light softly and packs down to almost nothing in a gift box.", "description": "The problem with sleeping in a lit room\n\nVery few bedrooms are properly dark. There is a street light outside, a standby LED on the television, a phone charging on the nightstand, or daylight at five in the morning in summer. Add hotel rooms with gaps in the curtains and aircraft cabins where someone three rows up has their reading light on for the whole flight, and the problem gets worse when you travel.\n\nA sleep mask is the simplest fix. It costs less than a blackout blind, it fits in a pocket, and it works in any room you happen to be in. The catch is that most of the masks people buy end up in a drawer. They are too bulky, the elastic digs in, or the fabric feels scratchy after an hour. The mask that gets used is the one you forget you are wearing.\n\nThat is where the fabric choice starts to matter.\n\nWhy silk, and why mulberry silk specifically\n\nSilk is a smooth, fine fibre. Run your hand across it and there is very little drag. That matters on a sleep mask because the fabric is in constant contact with the thinnest skin on your body and, if you have long hair, with your hairline too. Hair and skin slide across silk with less friction than they do across cotton, which is the main practical reason people move from a cotton mask to a silk one.\n\nMulberry silk is the type produced by silkworms raised on a mulberry leaf diet in controlled conditions. The result is a long, even filament rather than the shorter, more irregular fibres you get from wild silk. Long filaments mean a smoother, more uniform cloth. This mask is made from grade 6A mulberry silk, which is the top end of the standard grading scale used in the industry.\n\nIf you are comparing options and trying to pick the best mulberry silk eye mask, the two things worth checking on any listing are the fibre content and the momme weight. Plenty of masks say \"silky\" and mean polyester satin. That is a different material entirely.\n\nUnderstanding momme weight\n\nMomme is to silk what thread count is to cotton sheets, a shorthand for how much fabric you are getting. It measures the weight of a fixed length and width of silk. Lower numbers mean a lighter, sheerer cloth. Higher numbers mean a denser, heavier one.\n\nFor context, very light silk scarves sit around 12 to 16 momme. Silk pillowcases usually land between 19 and 25. Heavy silk used for upholstery can run far higher and starts to feel more like a structured cloth than a soft one.\n\nThis mask is 19 momme. In practice that means it has enough substance to feel like a real textile rather than a flimsy scrap, while keeping the soft drape that lets it follow the contours of your face. Go much lighter and you can see the shape of the fabric strain over your eye sockets. Go much heavier and the mask starts to sit on your face rather than settle into it. People searching for the best 19 momme silk eye mask are generally after exactly that middle ground.\n\nThe strap is half the product\n\nHere is the part that gets overlooked. You can make a mask from beautiful silk and ruin it with a cheap band.\n\nA bare elastic strap does two annoying things. It catches hair when you pull the mask on and off, and it presses a line into the back of your head if you wear it for more than an hour. Neither is a disaster, but both are the kind of small irritation that stops you reaching for the mask on a night when you are half asleep already.\n\nOn this mask the adjustable strap is wrapped in the same silk as the mask body. The surface that touches your hair is smooth the whole way round. That is a small manufacturing detail that costs more to do, and it is one of the clearest signals that a mask has been designed to be worn rather than just photographed. If you are hunting for the best adjustable silk eye mask, look for a wrapped or covered strap rather than exposed elastic.\n\nAdjustability matters too. Heads vary. A fixed loop that fits one person will be loose on another and tight on a third. An adjustable strap lets you set it once and forget about it.\n\nWho this suits\n\nTravellers. It weighs about 50 g packed and folds flat. If you fly regularly, it lives in the carry-on and comes out somewhere over the ocean. For long-haul in particular, it is one of the few pieces of travel kit that earns its space every single trip.\n\nLight sleepers. If you wake at the first hint of daylight, a mask buys you the extra hour or two at the end of the night when sleep is often most fragile.\n\nShift workers. Sleeping during the day is hard. A mask is not a complete answer on its own, but combined with a decent blind it closes most of the gap.\n\nSide sleepers. Contoured foam masks can be awkward on your side because the bulk presses against the pillow. A flat silk mask has almost nothing to push against, which is why it is a common recommendation for anyone who sleeps with their face half-buried.\n\nAnyone buying a gift. It arrives in a gift box, the sizing is adjustable so you cannot get it wrong, and silver grey is neutral enough to suit most tastes. That combination makes it an easy present.\n\nHow to choose between masks\n\nWork through four questions.\n\nFirst, what is the fabric actually made of? Look for a stated fibre content, not an adjective. \"100% mulberry silk\" is a fact. \"Silky smooth\" is not.\n\nSecond, what is the momme weight? If a listing does not say, that usually tells you something. Anywhere from 16 to 22 momme is sensible for a mask.\n\nThird, how does the strap work? Wrapped and adjustable beats bare and fixed every time.\n\nFourth, how much bulk do you want? Flat silk masks are light and packable. Contoured masks with eye cavities can block more light at the edges but take up more room and feel more present on the face. Neither is wrong, but they suit different sleepers.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it does not like heat or harsh chemicals.\n\nHand wash in cool water with a detergent made for delicates. If you would rather machine wash, put the mask in a mesh laundry bag and run a gentle cold cycle. The bag stops the strap wrapping around something in the drum.\n\nSkip the bleach and do not wring the mask out. Press the water out between your hands or roll it in a towel, reshape it, and lay it flat to dry somewhere out of direct sunlight. Tumble dryers are the fastest way to age silk.\n\nIf it needs a press, use the lowest silk setting on your iron with a cloth in between, ideally while the fabric is still a little damp.\n\nA wash every week or two is about right for something worn against your face. If you use night creams or do not always get every trace of makeup off before bed, wash it more often. Oils and residues are what dull silk over time, not the washing itself.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a silver grey sleep mask made from 100% grade 6A mulberry silk at 19 momme, with an adjustable strap that is wrapped in the same silk so nothing rough sits against your hair. It weighs around 50 g packed and arrives in a gift box.\n\nThe weight is the practical middle ground for a mask, substantial enough to feel properly made and soft enough to settle onto your face rather than perch on it. The wrapped strap is the detail that makes the difference between a mask you use and a mask you lose in a drawer.\n\nWash it gently, dry it flat, and it will stay in service for a long time.", "llm_summary": "This is a silver grey sleep mask made from 100% grade 6A mulberry silk at a 19 momme weight, with a solid grey colour and no print. The adjustable strap is also wrapped in silk, so the band that sits against the hair is smooth rather than bare elastic. Packed weight is roughly 50 g and the mask arrives in a gift box. Silk is a smooth fibre, so hair and skin slide over it with less friction than cotton. Exact mask dimensions, country of origin and brand are not specified in the information available, and the maker does not state them. Care is a gentle cool hand wash or a cold machine cycle inside a mesh bag, dried flat away from heat.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/silver-grey-19-momme-silk-eye-mask/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/silver-grey-19-momme-silk-eye-mask/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/silver-grey-19-momme-silk-eye-mask.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "taupe-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band", "sku": "taupe-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band", "title": "Taupe Silk Sleep Mask with Wide Band", "slug": "taupe-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band", "price": 59.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/taupe-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band/main-taupe-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/taupe-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band/taupe-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/taupe-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band/taupe-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/taupe-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band/taupe-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk in a soft taupe, with a broad adjustable band and hook and loop fastening that sits flat against the back of the head.", "description": "The problem is rarely the dark, it is the almost-dark\n\nMost bedrooms are not dark. They are nearly dark, which is a different thing. A standby light on a television, a sliver under the door, a street lamp finding a gap where the curtain meets the wall, a phone screen lighting up on the nightstand. Any one of those is enough to keep your eyelids busy.\n\nEyelids are thin. Light gets through them. That is why you can still sense when someone switches on a lamp with your eyes closed. A sleep mask solves this the blunt way, by putting fabric between the light and your face, and the better the coverage, the less there is to sense.\n\nThe trouble is that most masks are sold as an afterthought. The free one from an airline is a scrap of polyester on a string, and it slides off somewhere over the Atlantic. The reason to buy a proper one is that the two things that matter, the coverage and the band, cost money to do properly.\n\nWhy silk, and why mulberry silk in particular\n\nSilk is a smooth fibre. Run a finger across it and there is very little drag. That matters for a mask because it sits on the most delicate skin on your face for seven or eight hours, and because it moves slightly every time you turn over. A fabric with texture catches. A smooth one slides.\n\nMulberry silk is the type produced by silkworms fed on mulberry leaves, and the fibres come out long and even. That gives a consistent fabric without the slubs and short fibres you get from other silks. This mask is listed as 100% mulberry silk, so you are getting silk on both sides, not a silk face stitched to a synthetic back.\n\nSilk also feels cool to the touch when you first put it on, then settles to a steady temperature rather than building up heat the way a thick padded mask can. If you tend to run warm at night, that is worth something. If you are choosing between a best silk sleep mask and a padded foam one, the silk will almost always feel lighter on the face.\n\nOne honest note. The maker does not state a momme weight for this mask. Momme is the number that tells you how dense a silk fabric is, and heavier silk generally feels more substantial. Without that figure we are not going to invent one, so judge it on the silk content and the cut instead.\n\nCoverage is what makes a mask dark\n\nA small mask covers the eyes. A large one covers the eyes, the brow and the top of the cheekbone, which is where most light creeps in. This mask is cut in a large size, which is the single biggest reason it will read as darker than whatever you have been using.\n\nThink about where the gaps are on your own face. For most people it is at the sides, where the mask has to get over the bridge of the nose and across to the temple. A generous cut has more fabric to work with there. Nothing short of a contoured cup with a nose flap will seal perfectly, but a large flat mask in a soft fabric gets close, because silk drapes and follows the shape of your face rather than bridging over it.\n\nIf you are hunting for the best blackout sleep mask, start with the cut, not the colour. A dark fabric helps a little. A bigger piece of fabric helps a lot.\n\nThe band is the part people get wrong\n\nHere is the thing nobody tells you before they buy their first mask. The fabric decides how it feels on your face, but the band decides whether you can stand to wear it all night.\n\nA thin elastic strap has to be tight to stay on, and all of that tightness lands on one narrow line across the back of the head. Three hours in, that line is the only thing you can think about. Then you take the mask off in your sleep and wake up with it somewhere in the sheets.\n\nA wide band spreads the same holding force over a much larger area. It can be looser and still stay put, because there is more surface gripping your head. That is the whole argument for a wide band silk sleep mask, and once you have slept with one it is hard to go back.\n\nThis one adds a hook and loop fastening, which means you are not stuck with whatever tension the elastic came with. You set it once to your own head size and it holds. If you have a large head, or if standard masks have always felt like a headache waiting to happen, an adjustable closure removes the gamble.\n\nWho this suits\n\nSide sleepers do well with it, because there is nothing rigid to press into the eye socket when half your face is against the pillow. Turn the fastening slightly off-centre so it does not sit under your ear and you will forget it is there.\n\nShift workers may get more from it than anyone. Sleeping during daylight is the hardest version of the job, and curtains alone almost never finish the task. A large mask does the rest.\n\nTravellers are the obvious group. It packs flat, weighs almost nothing, and the adjustable band means you can run it loose for a seated nap and snug it up when you finally get horizontal. If you are after the best travel sleep mask, light and flat beats padded and bulky every time, because you will actually bring it.\n\nAnd then there are people who simply share a room with someone who reads late. That is a quieter problem, but it is the same problem.\n\nHow to choose between the options in front of you\n\nFour questions get you most of the way there.\n\nHow big is your head? If you have ever found masks tight, buy adjustable. If elastic has always been fine, fixed is cheaper but you lose the ability to fine-tune.\n\nDo you sleep on your side? If yes, avoid anything with structured cups or thick foam. Flat and soft is what you want.\n\nDo you run hot? Silk is the better answer than padded synthetics, which trap heat against the skin.\n\nWill it travel? Flat packs. Contoured masks hold their shape and take up more room in a bag. For a best lightweight eye mask, flat wins.\n\nColour is the easy one. Taupe is a warm neutral that does not clash with bedding or look stark in a photo of a hotel room. A best neutral silk sleep mask is the kind you do not think about, which is roughly the goal.\n\nLooking after it\n\nHand wash only. That is the instruction and it is worth following, because a machine cycle is rough on silk and rougher on a hook and loop fastening.\n\nCool water, a small amount of mild detergent, a gentle swirl. No scrubbing, no wringing. Rinse properly, then press the water out between a clean towel and lay the mask flat to dry. Keep it out of direct sun and away from radiators. The whole job takes a couple of minutes and silk dries fast.\n\nTwo small habits extend its life. Close the hook and loop fastening when the mask is stored or washed, so it does not catch on hair or fabric. And wash it every week or two, because it sits against your face all night and collects the same oils and creams your pillowcase does.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a large sleep mask in 100% mulberry silk, in a solid taupe, with a wide adjustable band that closes with hook and loop. The large cut covers more of the eye area than a standard mask, the wide band spreads pressure instead of concentrating it, and the adjustable closure means it fits your head rather than an average one.\n\nIt is light, it packs flat, and it suits travel, naps, shift sleep and ordinary nights at home. Care is hand wash only, laid flat to dry. Momme weight and finished measurements are not stated by the maker, so if exact sizing is the deciding factor for you, compare the large size against a mask you already own before you commit.", "llm_summary": "The Taupe Silk Sleep Mask with Wide Band is a large sleep mask made from 100% mulberry silk in a solid taupe colour. It closes with a hook and loop fastening on a wide adjustable band, which fits a range of head sizes and spreads pressure across the back of the head rather than a single narrow line. The silk face is smooth and cool against the eye area, with less friction than cotton. The mask is light and packs flat, so it suits travel, naps, shift work and everyday use at home. Care is hand wash only in cool water, then lay flat to dry. Momme weight, finished dimensions, weight and country of origin are not specified.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/taupe-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/taupe-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/taupe-silk-sleep-mask-with-wide-band.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "wide-black-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack", "sku": "wide-black-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack", "title": "Wide Black Silk Sleep Masks, 2 Pack", "slug": "wide-black-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack", "price": 29.99, "currency": "CAD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/wide-black-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack/main-wide-black-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/wide-black-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack/wide-black-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/wide-black-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack/wide-black-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.shop/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/wide-black-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack/wide-black-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk in a wider cut with a curved lower edge and an adjustable elastic band, so the mask sits softly across the face and stays put all night.", "description": "The problem nobody takes seriously enough\n\nMost people who sleep badly blame noise, stress or the mattress. Light rarely makes the list, which is strange, because light is the single strongest signal the body uses to decide whether it is night or morning. A gap at the edge of a blind, a charging indicator on a laptop, a partner reading at 11pm, the grey wash of a June sunrise at four in the morning. None of it feels like a problem. All of it chips away at sleep.\n\nThe fix is almost comically cheap compared to blackout blinds or a new bedroom. A sleep mask puts the dark where it matters, which is directly in front of your eyes, and it travels with you. The catch is that a lot of masks are unpleasant to wear. They are stiff, they press, they slide off, or the fabric catches on skin every time you move. Those masks end up in a drawer after a week.\n\nThat is the real question when you shop. Not whether a mask blocks light in a lab, but whether you will still be wearing it at 4am without thinking about it.\n\nWhat silk actually does here\n\nSilk gets talked about in a lot of overheated language, so here is the plain version. Silk is a very smooth fibre. When your face moves against it, there is less drag than there is against cotton or a cheap polyester knit. If you sleep on your side and your cheek presses into the mask all night, that difference is noticeable. You get less of the crumpled, creased feeling in the morning.\n\nSilk also feels cool when you first put it on. It is a light fabric, so it does not add much warmth. For anyone who runs hot at night, that matters more than it sounds.\n\nThese masks are listed as 100% mulberry silk. Mulberry silk simply refers to silk from silkworms raised on mulberry leaves, which produces long, even fibres and a consistent smooth surface. A momme weight is not stated here, so judge the hand feel when it arrives rather than relying on a number.\n\nWhy width changes the experience\n\nA standard sleep mask is a narrow band. It sits across the eyes and that is about it. It works, up to a point, but it tends to leave light leaking in around the cheeks and it has to sit fairly tight to stay put.\n\nThese masks are cut wider, so they cover more of the face. The lower edge is curved, following the line of the cheekbones rather than slicing straight across them. Two things follow from that. First, there is more fabric between you and the room, so less stray light finds a way in. Second, the pressure of the strap gets spread over a bigger area, which means you can wear the band looser and still have the mask stay where you put it.\n\nThat second point is the one people miss. Tight masks do not help you sleep. Pressure on the eye sockets is uncomfortable, and discomfort wakes you up just as reliably as light does. A wider mask lets you go gentler.\n\nThe strap, and why it decides everything\n\nThe closure here is an adjustable elastic band. There is no hard buckle, which matters if you sleep on your side, because a buckle at the back of the head is a small lump that your skull finds at some point in the night.\n\nSet the band once. Aim for the tension where the mask does not shift when you turn your head side to side while lying down, and no tighter. Most people pull it a notch too firm at first because they are testing it standing up, with their eyes open, which is not the position it has to work in. Lie down, roll over twice, then adjust.\n\nIf you tie your hair up, think about where the band crosses. Above or below the ponytail is more comfortable than straight through it.\n\nWho this suits\n\nShift workers get the most out of a wide mask, because daytime light is far harder to shut out than night light. If you finish at 7am and need to sleep until two in the afternoon, a thin band will not cut it.\n\nTravellers are the other obvious group. A silk eye mask with adjustable strap weighs almost nothing, folds flat and fits in any pocket of a carry-on. The best travel sleep mask is simply the one that is already in the bag when you need it, which is a good argument for owning two.\n\nSide sleepers do well with this shape, since the smooth face reduces drag against the pillow and there is no hardware pressing into the head. Light sleepers in shared rooms, anyone living on a street with a bright lamp outside, and people who nap in the afternoon all land in the same category.\n\nAnyone with eyelash extensions should test the fit before a full night. A wider mask usually sits further from the lash line, which is helpful, but lash length varies.\n\nWhy two masks is not a gimmick\n\nTwo-packs can be padding. This one is not. A sleep mask has a habit of migrating, into a suitcase, a hotel room, the side pocket of a gym bag, the back of the sofa. Owning two means you have one permanently stationed by the bed and one in the bag.\n\nThe practical benefit is washing. Hand washing is quick but it takes a few hours to dry flat. With a single mask, washing it means a night without it, and that is exactly how people fall out of the habit. With two, the rotation looks after itself.\n\nBoth masks are black, which is the sensible colour. Black does not show marks the way an ivory or pale pink mask does, and it goes with everything, which for a bedside object means it simply disappears.\n\nLooking after it\n\nHand wash only. That is the instruction and it is worth following, because a machine cycle will be rough on both the silk and the elastic. Cool water, a small amount of gentle detergent, a short soak, a gentle squeeze. Do not twist or wring it.\n\nTo dry, lay the mask on a towel, press another towel on top to take out the water, then leave it flat at room temperature. Keep it away from radiators, hot windowsills and direct sun. Heat is the fastest way to tire out both silk and elastic.\n\nWash every week or two under normal use. Sooner if you wear night creams or put the mask on after exercise. If it needs pressing, use the lowest iron setting on the reverse side and keep the iron away from the band.\n\nDo not use bleach, and do not use a stain remover that contains it. Wash the masks separately the first couple of times, as you would with any dark dyed silk.\n\nWhat we do not know\n\nA few details are not stated here, and it is better to say so than to guess. There is no stated momme weight for the silk, no stated mask dimensions in centimetres, no stated weight, and no stated country of origin. The maker does not list a nose wire or moulded nose section either. What is confirmed is the fibre, 100% mulberry silk, the colour, black, the pack size of two, the wider shape with a curved lower edge, the adjustable elastic band, and the hand wash care instruction.\n\nThe short version\n\nIf light is part of why you sleep badly, a mask is the cheapest serious fix available. A wide one covers more of the face and lets you wear the strap looser, which is the real trick for all-night comfort. Silk makes it smooth against skin and lashes, and cool on first contact.\n\nYou get two, both black, both adjustable. Hand wash them, dry them flat, keep one by the bed and one in a bag. Delivery runs three to seven working days from local warehouses, and returns are open for 14 days as long as the masks are unused and unwashed.", "llm_summary": "A two pack of wide black sleep masks made from 100% mulberry silk. Both masks are black. The shape is wider than a standard sleep mask and covers more of the face, with a curved lower edge that follows the cheekbones. Each mask closes with an adjustable elastic band, so the fit can be set to the wearer's head size. Care is hand wash only. Silk is a smooth fibre, so skin and lashes move across it with less friction than cotton. Exact mask dimensions, momme weight, brand, weight and country of origin are not specified. Delivery is from local warehouses and returns are accepted unused and unwashed.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; provincial consumer protection law for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Mulberry Silk Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/wide-black-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/wide-black-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.shop/api/products/wide-black-silk-sleep-masks-2-pack.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" } ] }