In addition to being smooth and soft on the skin, silk is temperature-regulating and hypoallergenic, making it an excellent material to sleep in. And while it isn’t exactly known for being cheap ...

Few fabrics feel as luxurious as silk. Consequentially, few fabrics are as expensive as silk. However, you don't always have ...

Kate Moss walked the runway during the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, which sent a PEOPLE writer down a ’90s fashion rabbit ...

If silk is out of the budget (completely fair enough) then you can also get similar benefits from satin bedding which comes at a much lower cost. So, if you're looking to treat yourself – you ...

If you don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on high-end styles, Target's A New Day Mid-Rise Satin Pull-On Pants are an ...

Have you ever marveled at the glossy perfection of someone's straightened hair and wondered about the magic behind it? There are a few techniques that can be used to get bone-straight hair, but ...

To help you find the best pairs of pajamas for an optimal snooze, I’ve slept my way through many pairs — including an old-fashioned nightgown and the slinkiest silk slip. You’ll read about ...

Brooklyn biosythentics startup Kintra Fibers‘ bio-based and biodegradable polyester is applicable to a wide range of knit and woven textiles, such as a satin, developed with a silk-like handfeel. "New ...

Good ideas and innovation travel easily—and far. Historically, these ideas spread along trade routes. This essay looks at the great Eurasian Silk Roads as a transmitter of people, goods, ideas, ...

Corn silk is a thread-like fiber found at the top of corn cobs. They are not usually eaten but are used by some as an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and herbal remedy for certain conditions.

This essay explores some of the art traditions, many of them devotional in nature, of the Silk Roads. The travel of artistic motifs, styles, and techniques along the Silk Road is closely bound up with ...

Silk Roads, which opens at the British Museum next week and brings together an extraordinary group of images, artefacts and objects that reveal the interconnections that held much of the world ...