if you buy fabrics at one normal shop it is expensive, but if you buy it in big quantity...it's cheaper! Last year i bought some "crepe de chine" in pure silk at the place where my city hall buy fabrics for the annual medieval parade (i sewed some dresses) and i paid 6€ mt
Like you said there are different grades of silk which are created by both machine and by hand, which all range from expensive to cheap. It could also be artificial silk, which is still technically silk by many people, but there is also a good chance it is just a really cheap variety of machine made silk, which is not very expensive. Cheap silks are not as expensive as you'd think due to modernized silk cultivation methods. Also, burn how, by ironing? It's probably a good idea to just play it safe either way.
Do people really bill art. silk as silk? That's terrible.
One of the simplest and most definitive ways of telling if something is real silk is through a burn test. However, there aren't any loose fibers and I'm not too keen on picking one loose!
Oh I know how testing is done, it just didn't occur to me that anyone would care enough to do something like that I guess. I wouldn't really care either way unless it was extra because of the price, but that's not really the case so it's not something that I would find important.
A single thread might be enough for the burn test, if you're willing to try it. You could try dropping water on some of the fabric (carefully and on a hidden area; if it's real silk, water might damage it). Silk should absorb it and polyester won't. You could try and compare the noise the fabric of your dress makes when you scratch it to the sound of poly and real silk. Also, silk should keep you relatively cool in summer while synthetic fabrics are very hot. Silk is a delicate fabric so maybe even the way you wash it can be a clue as to whether it's real silk or not. Hope that helps, good luck~
There is a roses print dress she (as in, the person who runs Lady Sloth) sold me on egl_comm_sales--I'm assuming it's never made it to production, as I haven't ever seen it in her shop.
I agree! Price really isn't a good indicator, since different companies have different degrees of markup, providers, etc. There are just too many variables that go into pricing for a definitive marker of material, though one would hope that quality comes along with price.
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One of the simplest and most definitive ways of telling if something is real silk is through a burn test. However, there aren't any loose fibers and I'm not too keen on picking one loose!
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You could try dropping water on some of the fabric (carefully and on a hidden area; if it's real silk, water might damage it). Silk should absorb it and polyester won't.
You could try and compare the noise the fabric of your dress makes when you scratch it to the sound of poly and real silk.
Also, silk should keep you relatively cool in summer while synthetic fabrics are very hot.
Silk is a delicate fabric so maybe even the way you wash it can be a clue as to whether it's real silk or not.
Hope that helps, good luck~
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