Fabric & Care

Whether you wear it crisp and neat or soft and rumpled, linen is a beloved fabric for many reasons. It’s cool, breathable, durable, one of the most environmentally-friendly fibers around, and gets softer and softer as you wash and wear it. The linen used in this collection is a medium weight, light enough to drape nicely while still being thick enough to be sturdy and opaque. White linen garments also make a great substrate for dyeing or printing if you want to personalize your clothes.

Caring for Linen Garments

Linen garments may be machine-washed (cool water, gentle cycle) or hand-washed, and either line-dried or tumble-dried on low. I love to tumble-dry my linen garments, and I pre-shrink all the linen fabric I use so that you can do the same if you choose. Embrace its natural, pleasantly rumpled texture, or press on medium heat if you prefer a smoother feel.

Tumble-drying linen will make it significantly softer over time. If you would prefer your linen garments to retain a more crisp, structured feel, hang or lay flat to dry.

Note: If you machine-wash a Tie Top, I recommend washing in a mesh bag to prevent the ties from becoming tangled with other items.

Raw silk, also known as silk noil, is a wonderfully easy-to-wear form of silk. Unlike other silk fabrics you may be familiar with, it’s not smooth and shiny. Woven from shorter strands of fiber, it has an earthy, nubbly matte texture and a pleasantly substantial hand. Like all silk, it’s incredibly soft on the skin, drapes beautifully, and has a subtle luminosity—the quality of seeming to hold its own light. I particularly treasure silk for its seemingly magical ability to keep its wearer warm in the winter and cool in the summer, also known as thermal stability.

Caring for Raw Silk Garments

Raw silk is one of the more easy-care forms of silk. Wash garments in cool water either by hand or in the washing machine on a gentle cycle, using a gentle detergent that does not contain bleach. Hang or lay flat to dry out of direct sunlight.

Washing with water will change the texture of the silk a bit—it will bring out the nubbly texture and feel a little more “earthy.” Dark and rich colors may also fade slightly over time. Dry cleaning is an option if you would like to preserve the original, smoother texture of the silk and prevent any risk of fading.

Note: If you machine-wash a Tie Top, I recommend washing in a mesh bag to prevent the ties from becoming tangled with other items.