The Truth About Silk

Silk is perceived as a high maintenance, demanding

Expensive, high-class, and luxurious good

 

In the 80's silk was used for high-fashion and everyday wear.

You saw silk on high-fashion runways,

At the workplace, at parties, and at social functions

 

Nowadays people feel as if they need a

"Special" place to wear silk clothing to

 

The reality is that silk is very user friendly.

It can be chic and it can be casual

It can be worn to a wedding as well

As to the office, to a family gathering, or to go shopping

It's comfortable, it allows for the body to breathe,

It absorbs moisture away from the body and it drapes nicely over any figure

 

Also, silk doesn't need to be taken to the cleaners.

As a matter of fact, if you want a synthetic fiber to match up

To the lifespan of silk, you HAVE to take it to the cleaners.

Silk on the other hand need only be gently washed at home

 

As a silk artist it is my job to reveal the truths about silk

To my potential clients

However, it's very hard to convince people of silks durability,

Its usability and low cleaning maintenance

Because people have very strong believes about silk already

 

Sometimes I also feel like I have to fight the myth

That silk is for older people, for "moms", or for the aged.

Silk is for every age, every gender, and every lifestyle.

 

It has a very mysterious look, which makes everyone desirable



Tips on how to wear a scarf or a shawl by Leyla Navab

Wearing a scarf with any outfit will add color, fun, elegance, uniqueness, and flair. A pair of jeans with a plain top immediately looks chic by adding a scarf or a shawl. The always fashionable French people love silk scarves and shawls and know how easily one can pull an outfit together to make it simply sophisticated.

Any simple outfit with a scarf can become an entirely new outfit. People will think you have a new wardrobe by simply adding a couple of scarves to compliment the items you already own.

A scarf can be used as a pocket accent on your favorite blazer or jacket. It can be used as a hair accessory to keep your hair pulled back on a hot summer day, and it can become a fun sash to wrap around your waist.

There's nothing tricky or difficult about wearing a scarf or a shawl. A scarf with a simple bow is already very Parisian and fashionable. Simply draping a shawl around your shoulders is enough to make your outfit elegant and original.

There is no one way to wear your scarf or shawl. Have fun with it and enjoy it forever because it will never go out of style and you will always be chic.