{ "store": "Mulberry Silk Company", "website": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz", "currency": "NZD", "count": 68, "products": [ { "id": "beige-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet", "sku": "beige-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet", "title": "Beige 22 Momme Double Layer Silk Bonnet", "slug": "beige-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet", "price": 85.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-bonnets", "category_label": "Silk Bonnets", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/beige-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/main-beige-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/beige-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/beige-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/beige-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/beige-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/beige-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/beige-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 22 momme mulberry silk with a double layer build, a solid beige finish and a soft, low-friction surface on both sides.", "description": "The problem with cotton and a moving head\n\nThink about what actually happens to your hair between lights out and the alarm. You turn over, maybe five or six times. Each turn drags your hair across the pillow. Cotton feels soft to a fingertip, but under a microscope it is a landscape of little loops and fibres, and hair catches on all of them. That is why you wake up with the back of your head looking like a bird has been nesting in it, and why styles that looked fine at 10pm are gone by 7am.\n\nA silk bonnet is one answer to that. Instead of changing the whole bed, you change the surface that touches your hair. Silk is a long, smooth filament with far less surface texture than cotton, so hair glides rather than grips. Wrap that around your head and the benefit travels with you, which is the main advantage a bonnet has over a pillowcase. You can roll right off the pillow and still be covered.\n\nWhat 22 momme actually tells you\n\nMomme is the number that matters most when you are comparing silk, and it is the one most listings bury. It measures weight, specifically the weight in pounds of a piece of silk measuring 100 yards by 45 inches. You do not need the maths. You just need to know that bigger means denser.\n\nSilk sleep accessories commonly run somewhere between 16 and 25 momme. Below 16 you start getting into fabric that feels papery and does not last long under regular washing. At 22 momme, which is what this bonnet is, you are in the heavier part of that normal range. The fabric has a bit of weight in the hand. It drapes rather than floats, and it holds its shape over the crown of your head instead of flattening.\n\nWeight is not the only thing, but it is a useful shorthand. When people go looking for the best 22 momme silk bonnet rather than just any silk bonnet, this is why. It is a number you can actually compare between products, unlike words like \"luxury\" or \"premium\" that mean nothing at all.\n\nDouble layer, and why it is worth checking\n\nHere is a thing worth knowing about bonnets. A lot of them are sold as silk when only the outside is silk. The inner surface, the one actually touching your hair all night, is polyester or cotton. That defeats the whole point.\n\nThis one is built as a double layer of silk, so both faces of the fabric are the same material. In practical terms that means two things. There is no lining to worry about, and you cannot put it on the wrong way round. Turn it inside out, and you get the same smooth surface. It also means a bit more substance overall, which helps the cap sit rather than slide.\n\nWhen you are comparing options, this is the single question worth asking of any listing. What is the inside made of? If the answer is vague, assume it is not silk.\n\nWho this suits\n\nAnyone with hair long enough to get tangled overnight will notice a difference. That covers a wide range: straight hair that creases, wavy hair that frizzes, curls that lose definition, braids and other protective styles that get fuzzy at the edges.\n\nIt also suits people who have spent money on their hair recently. A blow-out, a treatment, a fresh colour, a set of curls you spent forty minutes defining. A bonnet is a cheap way to stretch another day or two out of all that effort.\n\nPeople who travel a lot get good use out of one too. You cannot take your pillowcase to a hotel, but a bonnet weighs about 80 grams and packs flat. It lives in a side pocket and you forget it is there until you need it.\n\nAnd then there is daytime use, which people underestimate. Washing your face, doing skincare, letting a hair mask sit, or just a Sunday where the hair stays contained. It keeps everything off your face without the pull of a tight hair tie.\n\nHow to choose between bonnet styles\n\nThere are really only a handful of variables once you have settled on silk.\n\nMomme weight. Covered above. Higher is denser and generally more durable. 22 is a solid number.\n\nLining. Silk both sides, or silk outside and something else inside. Always check.\n\nFit. This is where personal hair volume decides everything. If you have a lot of hair, or you sleep in a style that takes up space, you want room. If you have short or fine hair, a smaller cap is less likely to shift. This listing does not specify finished dimensions or a fit range, only packed size, so it is worth thinking honestly about your own hair volume before ordering.\n\nClosure. Elastic bands are the most common and the easiest. Ties let you adjust but can dig in if you tie them tight. The closure on this item is not specified in the information we have.\n\nColour. Mostly a matter of taste. Beige and other neutrals have the advantage of not looking out of place anywhere, and they do not show their age the way a bright colour can after a dozen washes.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is tougher than people assume, but it does not forgive heat or harsh chemicals. The care routine is short.\n\nWash it in cool water, either by hand or on a gentle machine cycle with the bonnet inside a mesh laundry bag. Use something mild, a wool wash or a delicates detergent. Skip the bleach completely and do not leave it soaking.\n\nWhen it comes out, do not wring it. Press the water out between your palms or roll it in a towel. Then dry it flat, or hang it somewhere shaded with air moving. No tumble dryer, no radiator, no sunny windowsill. Heat and UV are the two things that age silk fastest.\n\nIf it needs pressing, the lowest silk setting with a cloth between the iron and the fabric will do it. Honestly, most bonnets do not need ironing at all.\n\nHow often you wash depends on what you put on your hair. Oils, leave-in creams and heavy products build up and will dull the surface over time. Every week or two is a reasonable rhythm for most people, more often if you use product heavily.\n\nA realistic expectation\n\nWorth saying plainly. A bonnet is a surface. It reduces friction. It does not fix damage, it does not make hair grow, and it will not rescue a style that was never going to hold. What it does is stop your hair being dragged across a rough fabric for seven or eight hours a night, and over weeks and months that is a reasonable thing to remove from the equation.\n\nIf you have ever woken up and thought \"that was fine when I went to bed\", a bonnet is a small change that addresses exactly that gap.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a beige sleep bonnet made from 22 momme mulberry silk with silk on both the inside and the outside. The momme weight puts it in the denser part of the normal range for sleep accessories, so it feels substantial rather than thin. It is solid beige, weighs about 80 grams packed, and arrives flat in a 28.7 x 20.6 x 1.3 cm pack.\n\nCare is straightforward. Cool water, mild detergent, no bleach, no dryer, dry in the shade.\n\nWe do not have a brand, a finished fit measurement or a closure type listed for this item, and we are not going to invent them. What we can tell you is the fibre, the weight, the construction and the colour, which between them cover most of what determines how a silk bonnet actually feels to wear.\n\nOrders go out by tracked courier from Australian warehouses, most land in 5 to 10 working days, and delivery is free NZ-wide over NZ$175. If it turns out not to suit you, returns are open for 14 days from delivery as long as it is unused and unwashed.", "llm_summary": "A beige sleep bonnet made from 22 momme mulberry silk with a double layer construction, so silk faces both the inside and the outside. The pattern is solid and the stated country of origin is China. The listed material and inner material are both silk. Packed dimensions are 28.7 x 20.6 x 1.3 cm and the packed weight is about 80 grams. The brand, finished bonnet dimensions, fit range, closure type and product weight are not specified in this record. Silk is a smoother fibre than cotton, so hair moves across it with less friction. Care is hand wash or a gentle machine cycle in a mesh bag, no bleach, dry flat or in shade, cool iron only. Sold as a single unit.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/beige-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/beige-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/beige-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "champagne-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet", "sku": "champagne-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet", "title": "Champagne 22 Momme Double Layer Silk Bonnet", "slug": "champagne-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet", "price": 90.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-bonnets", "category_label": "Silk Bonnets", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/champagne-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/main-champagne-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/champagne-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/champagne-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/champagne-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/champagne-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/champagne-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/champagne-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/champagne-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/champagne-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/champagne-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/champagne-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Double-layered 22 momme mulberry silk inside and out, with a soft elastic band that holds its place from lights-out to morning.", "description": "The problem nobody notices until they stop\n\nHair damage is sneaky. You do not see it happen. You blow dry carefully, you use the good conditioner, you keep heat tools to a minimum, and then you spend a third of your life rubbing your head against a cotton pillowcase.\n\nCotton is a thirsty, textured fibre. Under a microscope the surface is nothing like smooth. Every time you turn over, hair catches on it and drags. Over one night that barely matters. Over three hundred nights it shows up as frizz at the crown, ends that look rougher than they should, and curls that have lost their shape by breakfast.\n\nA silk bonnet solves this by changing the surface. Instead of hair against cotton, you get hair against silk, which slides. That is the whole mechanism. No magic, no claims about growth or thickness, just less friction between your hair and everything it touches overnight.\n\nWhat silk does and does not do\n\nWorth being plain here. Silk is smooth, and hair moves across it with less resistance than across cotton. That is a physical property of the fibre, and it is the reason silk bedding and silk caps exist.\n\nSilk is also a protein fibre that does not wick moisture out of hair the way absorbent cottons do. If you apply a leave-in conditioner or an oil before bed, more of it tends to stay where you put it rather than soaking into your pillowcase.\n\nWhat silk will not do is change your hair itself. It does not treat your scalp, it does not alter texture, it will not fix breakage that has already happened. It reduces one source of mechanical wear. For a lot of people that is enough to notice within a fortnight, especially if you have curls or long hair.\n\nMomme, grade and why the numbers appear\n\nTwo numbers come up constantly when shopping for silk, and both are on this bonnet.\n\nMomme is the weight measure. It tells you how dense the fabric is. Low momme silk, somewhere in the low teens, feels thin and tends to wear out faster. Very high momme, up past 25, feels luxurious but can be heavier than you want on your head. Twenty-two momme sits in the sweet spot that most silk bedding settles on. It has enough body to drape properly and hold up to repeated washing, without being warm or stiff.\n\nGrade refers to the raw silk filament. The scale runs up to 6A, which is what this cap uses. Higher grades come from longer, more even filaments, which produce a smoother and stronger finished fabric with fewer slubs. You do not need to memorise the system, just know that 6A at 22 momme is a solid combination rather than a bargain-bin one.\n\nThe double layer question\n\nThis is the detail that separates bonnets that work from bonnets that look like they work.\n\nA surprising number of caps sold as silk have a silk outer and a synthetic inner. The shell photographs beautifully. The lining, which is the only part your hair ever touches, is polyester. You are paying for silk and sleeping on plastic.\n\nA double layer silk bonnet puts the same silk on both faces. That means the inside is as smooth as the outside, and it means you can wear the cap either way round. It also sits better on the head, because two layers of the same fabric balance against each other rather than one slipping over the other through the night.\n\nIf you only check one thing when comparing bonnets, check what the lining is made of.\n\nFit, and why elastic beats ties\n\nThis cap is one size with a covered elastic band at the back. Exact measurements are not given in the supplier record, so if your head size sits well outside average it is worth measuring your circumference first.\n\nFor most people, elastic is the better closure. Ties need adjusting in the dark and tend to loosen as you move. Clips dig in. A band does the work by itself and you can pull it a touch lower at the nape if you want it more secure.\n\nThe crown has room to gather hair into. Long hair should be loosely coiled, not stuffed. Braids go up and in. Short hair needs nothing special, since the band holds the cap without relying on volume underneath. A silk sleeping cap for women with fine, short hair works just as well as one on thick coils, which is why one size covers so many people.\n\nWho gets the most out of one\n\nCurly and coily hair types tend to feel the difference fastest. Friction is what turns a defined curl into a flat, fuzzy patch by morning, and removing it means a wash-and-go stretches an extra day or two.\n\nLong hair is next. More length means more surface area dragging across the pillow, and more opportunity for tangles to set in overnight.\n\nAnyone using overnight treatments benefits too. Oils, masks and leave-ins work better on your head than on your bedding.\n\nAnd if you have recently had a blow-out, a set, or any style you want to preserve, a cap is the simplest way to wake up with it still roughly intact.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk responds well to being left alone and badly to being treated like a tea towel.\n\nWash in cool water with a detergent made for delicates. Hand washing is kindest, and it only takes a couple of minutes. If you use the machine, put the bonnet in a mesh bag on a cold gentle cycle and keep it away from zips, hooks and anything heavy.\n\nSkip the bleach. Skip the fabric softener. Skip the dryer entirely, because heat is hard on both the silk and the elastic band.\n\nPress the water out gently rather than wringing, then hang it somewhere shaded and airy. Direct sun fades dyed silk over time, and champagne is a colour where fading shows.\n\nIf it creases, a cool iron with a cloth over the fabric sorts it out in seconds. Do not steam it at high heat.\n\nWashed this way, every week or two depending on your routine, a 22 momme cap holds its finish for a long stretch.\n\nBonnet or pillowcase\n\nPeople ask which to buy. The honest answer is that they do different jobs.\n\nA silk pillowcase protects your face as well as your hair and covers the whole sleeping surface, so it works even if you are the sort of person who flings a cap off at 2am. A bonnet keeps hair contained in one place, travels easily, and works no matter whose bed you are in.\n\nIf your main concern is curl definition or keeping product on your hair, the bonnet is the more targeted tool. If your main concern is sleep creases on your face, go for the pillowcase. A lot of people end up with both, and they work perfectly happily together.\n\nA note on colour\n\nChampagne is a warm, pale neutral. In daylight it leans gold, under a lamp it reads closer to ivory. It is a calmer choice than white, which shows every mark, and than black, which shows every stray hair. If you already have silk pillowcases or an eye mask in a neutral tone, it will sit alongside them without clashing.\n\nScreens render pale golds differently, so treat the photographs as a guide rather than an exact match.\n\nThe short version\n\nTwenty-two momme, 6A mulberry silk, double layered so the inside is silk too, one size, elastic band at the back. That covers what matters.\n\nA silk bonnet reduces friction between your hair and your bedding. It will not transform your hair, but it will stop one steady source of wear, and for curls, long hair and anyone using overnight treatments, that shows up pretty quickly.\n\nWash it cool, dry it in the shade, keep it away from the dryer. That is the entire maintenance routine.", "llm_summary": "This is a champagne coloured silk bonnet made from 100% mulberry silk, graded 6A, at 22 momme. It is double layered, with silk on both the inner and outer face, so the surface touching the hair is the same material as the exterior. The cap is one size and is held in place by an elastic band at the rear, which suits long or short hair, straight or curly, and can hold braids or rollers. Silk is smoother than cotton, so hair moves across it with less friction. Country of origin is China. Care is dry clean only per the supplier, though hand washing cool with a mild detergent and air drying in shade is also suitable. Exact dimensions, weight and brand are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/champagne-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/champagne-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/champagne-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "green-double-layer-silk-bonnet-with-ties", "sku": "green-double-layer-silk-bonnet-with-ties", "title": "Double-Layer Mulberry Silk Bonnet with Ties", "slug": "green-double-layer-silk-bonnet-with-ties", "price": 129.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-bonnets", "category_label": "Silk Bonnets", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/green-double-layer-silk-bonnet-with-ties/main-green-double-layer-silk-bonnet-with-ties.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/green-double-layer-silk-bonnet-with-ties/green-double-layer-silk-bonnet-with-ties-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/green-double-layer-silk-bonnet-with-ties/green-double-layer-silk-bonnet-with-ties-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/green-double-layer-silk-bonnet-with-ties/green-double-layer-silk-bonnet-with-ties-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/green-double-layer-silk-bonnet-with-ties/green-double-layer-silk-bonnet-with-ties-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Two layers of mulberry silk, an adjustable tie closure and a fit for head sizes 51 to 58 cm make this an easy nightly habit for curly, coily, wavy and straight hair alike.", "description": "The problem nobody thinks about until morning\n\nYou go to bed with your hair looking fine. Eight hours later it is flat on one side, puffed up on the other, with a tangle at the nape that takes five minutes to work out. Nothing dramatic happened. You just moved around on a pillow.\n\nThat movement is the whole story. Every time you turn your head, your hair drags across the pillowcase. Cotton has a surface that catches, and it pulls moisture out of the hair as well. Repeat that a few hundred times a night, night after night, and you get frizz, knots, and a hairstyle that never quite survives until morning.\n\nA silk bonnet fixes the mechanics rather than the symptoms. It puts a smooth layer between your hair and everything else, and it keeps the hair contained so it is not being dragged in four directions while you sleep.\n\nWhat double-layered mulberry silk actually means\n\nA lot of bonnets on the market use silk or a silk-feel fabric for the lining, then something cheaper for the outside. That is not automatically bad, but it does mean only one of the two surfaces is smooth. The outside still rubs against the pillow.\n\nThis bonnet uses mulberry silk for both the inner and outer layer. Your hair touches silk and the pillow touches silk. Friction is reduced on both sides rather than just one, and the cap holds its shape a little better because there are two layers of the same fabric working together.\n\nMulberry silk is the standard grade used for bedding and hair accessories. It comes from silkworms raised on mulberry leaves, which produces long, even fibres and a consistently smooth finish. It is smoother than cotton and smoother than most synthetics, and that is really the whole mechanism at work. Hair slides instead of catching.\n\nWhy the ties matter more than you would guess\n\nMost bonnets use a wide elastic band. It is cheap to make and it works, right up until it does not. Elastic loses its stretch after a few dozen washes. It also applies the same pressure to every head regardless of size, which is great if your head happens to be average and annoying if it is not.\n\nTies give you control. You set the tension where you want it, and you reset it every night depending on how much hair you have tucked in. If you have just washed and your hair is at full volume, loosen off. If you are a restless sleeper and you want it locked down, pull it tighter.\n\nThere is a second benefit around the hairline. Those fine baby hairs at the front and the edges take the brunt of a tight elastic band. A tie sits where you place it and applies even pressure rather than squeezing. For anyone who has woken up with a red line across the forehead, this is the difference that makes the best silk bonnet with ties worth the small amount of extra fuss at bedtime.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nThis bonnet is made for head measurements of roughly 51 to 58 cm, or about 20 to 23 inches. That range covers most adults.\n\nTo measure, take a soft tape and run it around your head just above the ears, across the middle of the forehead and around the back. Keep it level. If the number lands inside that range, you are sorted. If you are at the very top of the range and you have a lot of hair, consider how much volume you need to fit underneath, because the hair takes up space too.\n\nHead size is the measurement that matters, not hair length. Long hair can be coiled or loosely gathered before you put the bonnet on. Volume is the thing that eats capacity, which is why someone with thick, shoulder-length curls may fill a bonnet more than someone with waist-length straight hair.\n\nWho it suits\n\nCurly and coily hair gets the most obvious benefit, because those textures are more prone to friction damage and they lose definition fastest overnight. A bonnet keeps the curl pattern contained so you are not rebuilding it from scratch each morning.\n\nBraids, twists and locs also do well under a bonnet, mainly because it stops the style fuzzing up at the edges and extends how long it looks fresh. Protective styles take time to install, so anything that adds days to their life is worth doing.\n\nStraight and wavy hair is often left out of the conversation, which is a shame. Long straight hair tangles badly at the nape, and coloured hair of any texture benefits from less rubbing. People who have just had a blow-dry or a keratin treatment often use the best silk sleep cap they can find simply to buy themselves an extra day between washes.\n\nAnd then there is the daytime crowd. Plenty of people buy a bonnet for sleeping and end up wearing it while doing skincare, washing dishes, or lounging about on a Sunday. It keeps hair off the face without clips digging in.\n\nHow to put it on properly\n\nStart at the back. Place the bonnet over the back of your head, then pull it forward over the hairline so your hair is pushed gently up and in rather than dragged down. If you yank it on front to back, you squash everything flat and undo the point of wearing it.\n\nFor curls, loosely pile the hair on top of the head first. Some people use a satin scrunchie to hold a loose pineapple before the bonnet goes on. For long straight hair, a loose coil at the crown works better than leaving it down the back where it will slide out.\n\nThen set the ties. Snug enough that it stays put when you shake your head, loose enough that you cannot feel it pressing. If you wake up with a mark, you tied it too tight.\n\nCaring for it\n\nHand wash only. Cool water, a mild detergent made for delicates, and a gentle swirl is all it needs. Do not scrub it, do not wring it out, and do not put it through a machine cycle even on delicate, because the agitation stresses the tie seams.\n\nPress the water out by rolling the bonnet in a towel, then reshape it and lay it flat to dry. Keep it out of direct sun and away from radiators. Heat is what dulls silk and shortens its life.\n\nHow often depends on your products. If you use oils or heavy leave-in creams, wash it weekly. If you go to bed with dry, product-free hair, every two weeks is fine. Many people end up buying a second one so there is always a clean bonnet ready, which is also why the best silk bonnet gift tends to be well received by someone who already owns one.\n\nIf it needs pressing, use a low iron with a cloth between the iron and the fabric.\n\nThe short version\n\nA tie silk bonnet is a small thing that solves a specific problem. Hair gets roughed up at night because it drags against the pillow, and silk is smoother than cotton, so there is less dragging.\n\nThis one uses mulberry silk on both layers, so the smooth surface faces your hair and your pillow. The ties let you set the fit instead of accepting whatever an elastic band decides. It fits head sizes of 51 to 58 cm and works across curly, coily, braided, wavy and straight hair.\n\nWash it by hand, dry it flat, and it becomes part of the routine without you thinking about it. If you are not sure about the fit, measure your head first and get in touch. We would rather help you get it right the first time.", "llm_summary": "A double-layered mulberry silk bonnet with an adjustable tie closure, listed under model number LSRB01. Both the inner and outer layer are mulberry silk, so the smooth surface faces the hair and the pillow. The tie fastening lets the wearer set the tension rather than relying on fixed elastic, and the bonnet is sized for head measurements of roughly 51 to 58 cm, or about 20 to 23 inches. It suits curly, coily, wavy, braided and straight hair. Country of origin is China. Care is hand wash only. Colour, exact momme weight, finished dimensions, item weight and brand are not specified in this record. Suitable for overnight wear and for daytime use during skincare or household tasks.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/green-double-layer-silk-bonnet-with-ties/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/green-double-layer-silk-bonnet-with-ties/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/green-double-layer-silk-bonnet-with-ties.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "pink-22-momme-adjustable-silk-bonnet", "sku": "pink-22-momme-adjustable-silk-bonnet", "title": "Pink 22 Momme Adjustable Silk Bonnet", "slug": "pink-22-momme-adjustable-silk-bonnet", "price": 129.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-bonnets", "category_label": "Silk Bonnets", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "0.23 kg", "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/pink-22-momme-adjustable-silk-bonnet/main-pink-22-momme-adjustable-silk-bonnet.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/pink-22-momme-adjustable-silk-bonnet/pink-22-momme-adjustable-silk-bonnet-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/pink-22-momme-adjustable-silk-bonnet/pink-22-momme-adjustable-silk-bonnet-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/pink-22-momme-adjustable-silk-bonnet/pink-22-momme-adjustable-silk-bonnet-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/pink-22-momme-adjustable-silk-bonnet/pink-22-momme-adjustable-silk-bonnet-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% 22 momme mulberry silk with an adjustable buckle and drawstring, it holds a gentle fit from 21 to 23 inch head sizes and keeps hair tucked away while you sleep.", "description": "The problem with sleeping on cotton\n\nHair takes a beating overnight and most people never notice it happening. You lie down, roll over maybe twenty times, and each time your hair drags across the pillowcase. Cotton has a slightly rough, absorbent weave. It grips. Over months, that friction shows up as frizz at the crown, rough ends and a morning tangle that takes longer to brush out than it should.\n\nA silk bonnet solves this in the simplest way possible. Instead of changing what you sleep on, you change what your hair touches. Silk is a smooth filament fibre. Hair slides across it rather than catching, which means less pulling at the strands and less disturbance to whatever style you went to bed with.\n\nThe other benefit is just practical. Long hair that gets gathered into a bonnet stays in one place. It does not end up under your shoulder, wrapped round your neck or splayed across your partner's side of the bed.\n\nWhat 22 momme means and why it matters\n\nMomme is the measure of silk weight. It comes from the traditional Japanese system and describes how much a given area of fabric weighs, which in practice tells you how dense the silk is. Silk sleepwear usually sits somewhere between 16 and 25 momme.\n\nAt 22 momme, this bonnet is at the heavier end of that spread. You feel the difference immediately. Lighter silk, say 16 momme, can feel slippery and almost insubstantial, and it tends to show wear faster. A 22 momme silk bonnet has body to it. It drapes properly, holds its shape and stands up to regular washing far better.\n\nMulberry silk refers to the source. Silkworms fed exclusively on mulberry leaves produce longer, more uniform filaments, which gives a smoother and more even fabric than wild silk varieties. When a product is described as 100% mulberry silk, that is the grade you want for anything that touches your hair every night.\n\nOne detail worth checking on any bonnet you consider: is the inside silk too? A surprising number of bonnets on the market use a silk or silk-look outer shell with a cheaper synthetic lining. The lining is the part that actually touches your hair, so a satin polyester inner defeats the point entirely. This one is mulberry silk on both sides.\n\nGetting the fit right\n\nFit is where most bonnets fail. Too loose and it slides off somewhere around 2am. Too tight and you wake with a red band across your forehead and a dent in your hairline.\n\nThis bonnet handles fit with a buckle and drawstring rather than elastic. That is a meaningful difference. Elastic stretches out over time and gradually loses its grip, and when it is new it can press uncomfortably. A drawstring you gather yourself, with a buckle to lock the setting, gives you control and does not degrade the same way.\n\nThe suggested head range is 21 to 23 inches. To measure yours, run a soft tape around your head just above the ears and across the widest part at the back. Most adult heads land somewhere in that window, but it is worth two minutes to check rather than guessing.\n\nThe silk itself has no stretch. That sounds like a limitation but it is why the adjustment system exists, and it is also why the fabric does not go baggy after a few months. All the give comes from the closure.\n\nOne honest caveat. The supplier notes this style is not ideal for thick or high-volume hair. If you have a large amount of hair to tuck in, a deeper or wider bonnet will serve you better. The best silk bonnet for your situation is the one that holds your hair without straining, and no amount of good fabric fixes a cap that is too small.\n\nWho this suits\n\nPeople with fine to medium hair who want to cut down on overnight friction will get on well with this. The same goes for anyone with a blow-dry or a set style they want to preserve for a second day.\n\nCurly hair is a common use case. A silk sleeping cap for curly hair keeps curl clumps from being flattened and dragged out of shape by the pillow. The usual approach is to loosely gather the curls on top of your head, then put the bonnet over. Again, volume is the limiting factor here, not curl type.\n\nShorter hair works fine too. Plenty of people with bobs or cropped styles use a bonnet simply to stop the hair setting into odd kinks overnight.\n\nIf you tend to sleep hot, silk is a good choice. It breathes rather than insulating, which is why this is listed as an all-season item. A fleece or heavy knit cap would be unbearable in a Kiwi February. A breathable silk bonnet is not.\n\nChoosing between options\n\nWhen you are comparing bonnets, there are really only five things that matter.\n\nFibre content comes first. Look for 100% mulberry silk, stated plainly, on both faces of the fabric. Anything described as satin without a fibre named is almost certainly polyester.\n\nMomme weight comes second. Anything in the low twenties is a sensible target for a bonnet. Below 16 and you are buying something that will look tired quickly.\n\nClosure type is third. Buckle or drawstring beats elastic for longevity and comfort.\n\nSize range is fourth, and it is the one people skip. Check it against your actual head measurement and your hair volume.\n\nCare requirements are last. Hand wash only is standard for real silk at this weight. If a bonnet claims to be machine washable mulberry silk, read the fine print.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is not fragile, it is just particular. Hand wash in cool water with a detergent made for delicates, the sort you would use on wool or lingerie. Regular laundry powder is too harsh and will dull the surface over time.\n\nFasten the buckle before it goes in the water. Loose hardware swirling around wet silk is the single easiest way to snag it.\n\nDo not wring it. Lay it on a clean towel, roll the towel up and press gently to draw the water out. Then reshape it and dry it flat. Keep it away from direct sun, radiators and hot airing cupboards, because heat and UV are what break down silk fibres and fade colour.\n\nIf it needs pressing, use the coolest iron setting, work on the reverse side, and put a thin cloth between the iron and the fabric. Honestly, most of the time you will not need to.\n\nWashing every week or two covers most people. Step that up if you sleep with oils or leave-in treatments in your hair, since those build up on the fabric.\n\nThe short version\n\nA 22 momme mulberry silk bonnet is a small, cheap intervention that takes the nightly friction out of your hair routine. This one is silk inside and out, pink, medium weight, and adjusts with a buckle and drawstring to fit heads around 21 to 23 inches.\n\nMeasure your head before ordering, and be realistic about your hair volume, since this style is not aimed at very thick hair. Hand wash it cool, dry it flat, keep it out of the sun. Do that and it will outlast a drawer full of cheaper caps.", "llm_summary": "The Pink 22 Momme Adjustable Silk Bonnet is a sleep cap made from 100% 22 momme mulberry silk, with silk on both the inner and outer surfaces. It is solid pink, beanie form, medium weight and has no stretch. Fit is adjusted with a buckle and drawstring closure, suggested for head sizes around 21 to 23 inches and described as less suitable for very thick or voluminous hair. Item dimensions are 28 x 23 x 2 cm and weight is 0.23 kg. Age range is adult and it is listed for all seasons. It is not water resistant. Care is hand wash only. Country of origin is China. Brand, GTIN and MPN are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/pink-22-momme-adjustable-silk-bonnet/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/pink-22-momme-adjustable-silk-bonnet/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/pink-22-momme-adjustable-silk-bonnet.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "pink-flower-double-layer-silk-bonnet", "sku": "pink-flower-double-layer-silk-bonnet", "title": "Pink Flower Double-Layer Mulberry Silk Bonnet", "slug": "pink-flower-double-layer-silk-bonnet", "price": 116.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-bonnets", "category_label": "Silk Bonnets", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/pink-flower-double-layer-silk-bonnet/main-pink-flower-double-layer-silk-bonnet.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/pink-flower-double-layer-silk-bonnet/pink-flower-double-layer-silk-bonnet-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/pink-flower-double-layer-silk-bonnet/pink-flower-double-layer-silk-bonnet-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/pink-flower-double-layer-silk-bonnet/pink-flower-double-layer-silk-bonnet-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/pink-flower-double-layer-silk-bonnet/pink-flower-double-layer-silk-bonnet-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/pink-flower-double-layer-silk-bonnet/pink-flower-double-layer-silk-bonnet-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "A double-layered 6A mulberry silk bonnet with a relaxed, non-pinching fit for head sizes 51 to 58 cm, equally at home over curls at bedtime or as a turban wrap during the day.", "description": "The problem nobody notices until the morning\n\nHair damage at night is quiet. There is no single moment where something goes wrong. You simply turn over four or five times, your hair catches on the weave of a cotton pillowcase each time, and over weeks the ends start looking rougher than they should. Curls lose their shape. Braids get fuzzy at the edges. A blow-dry that looked good at 10pm looks slept-in at 7am.\n\nCotton is the usual culprit. It is a brilliant fabric for a lot of things, but it has a comparatively rough surface, and it is absorbent. Hair drags across it rather than gliding, and anything you put in your hair before bed tends to end up partly on the pillow.\n\nA silk bonnet solves this by changing what your hair touches. Instead of lying against cotton, it sits inside a smooth cap. That is the entire mechanism. It is not complicated and it does not require you to change anything else about your routine.\n\nWhat this particular bonnet is\n\nThis is a double-layered mulberry silk bonnet made from 6A grade silk, with a floral exterior and model number LSTB01. Made in China. It is sized to fit head measurements of roughly 51 to 58 cm, which is about 20 to 23 inches.\n\nThe double-layer construction matters more than it sounds. A lot of cheaper caps are silk on the outside and something else inside, or the reverse. Here there are two layers of the same silk, so whichever way it sits, your hair is against silk. The second layer also gives the cap a bit of body, which is why it holds a shape on the head instead of sagging into a shower-cap shape.\n\nThe exact momme weight, finished flat dimensions and item weight are not listed in this record, so we will not guess at them. The fit range and the fabric are what the supplier specifies, and they are the two things that actually determine whether it works for you.\n\nFit is the whole ball game\n\nHere is the thing most people get wrong when buying their first sleep cap. They go for something tight, assuming tight means it stays on. Then they wake up with a line pressed across the forehead, a sore spot behind one ear, and flattened hair at the crown.\n\nThis bonnet takes the other approach. It is cut as a relaxed, non-tight silhouette. The hold comes from the shape sitting properly on the head rather than from squeezing. That is better for comfort and it is better for hair, because compression is what flattens a curl set or presses a crease into braids.\n\nThe trade-off is capacity. A relaxed fit works best for medium hair volume. Curls, waves and braids that need gentle room are exactly what it is designed around. Short hair will feel loose inside it, which some people like and some do not. Very long or extra-thick hair may simply be more than the cap can hold, and if that is you, look for a deliberately oversized style instead.\n\nMeasure before you order. A soft tape around the head, just above the ears and across the mid-forehead, gives you the number. If you land inside 51 to 58 cm you are in range.\n\nWho it suits\n\nThe clearest fit is someone with curls, waves or braids who wants a low-friction surface overnight without crushing their hair flat. A good silk bonnet for curly hair needs room more than grip, and that is the design brief here.\n\nIt also suits people who want something they can wear in daylight. This is where the floral exterior earns its place. Plenty of bonnets look unmistakably like sleepwear, which means they come off the moment anyone knocks at the door. A silk head wrap for bed that happens to look like a turban is a different proposition. You can keep it on through your skincare routine, through housework, through a work-from-home morning, and out to the letterbox without thinking about it.\n\nAnd it works well as a present. A silk bonnet gift for her avoids the sizing problem that clothing has, it is genuinely useful, and it is the kind of thing people appreciate but rarely buy for themselves.\n\nHow to choose between silk options\n\nIf you are comparing styles, there are really only four questions worth asking.\n\nFirst, is it actually silk against your hair? Satin and silk are not the same thing. Satin describes a weave and is usually polyester. Mulberry silk is the fibre. Both are smoother than cotton, but silk breathes better and handles differently. A double-layered build like this one removes the ambiguity, because both faces are silk.\n\nSecond, does it fit your hair volume, not just your head? This is the one people skip. A cap can fit your skull perfectly and still be useless if there is nowhere for your hair to go.\n\nThird, how does it hold on? Tight elastic is the enemy of a comfortable night. A relaxed cut that sits on the head is more pleasant to wear for eight hours.\n\nFourth, will you wear it in front of other people? If the answer is no, you will wear it less often than you intend to. A pure silk turban wrap that looks presentable gets used. A plain beige cap often lives in a drawer.\n\nGetting the most out of it\n\nA few habits make a noticeable difference.\n\nLet hair dry most of the way before you put the bonnet on. Trapping genuinely wet hair under any cap for eight hours keeps it damp and leaves the silk wet too. Damp-dry is fine.\n\nTuck hair in deeper than feels necessary. If you leave a long section hanging out at the nape, that section is back on the pillowcase and back to catching on cotton. Gather everything in, then settle the cap.\n\nGo easy on heavy overnight oils if you want the silk to last. They are not forbidden, but oils and heavy creams are what dull silk and shorten the gap between washes. If you do use them, wash the bonnet more often.\n\nKeep a second one if you can. Hand washing means a drying day, and a spare means you never have a night without one.\n\nCare, honestly\n\nHand wash only. That is the instruction on this bonnet and it is worth following.\n\nCool water, a small amount of detergent made for delicates, and a gentle swish. Do not scrub, do not wring and do not leave it soaking for ages. Rinse in cool water until the water runs clear. Then press the water out between the folds of a towel, reshape the cap with your hands, and lay it flat to dry.\n\nKeep it away from direct sun and away from heaters. Both will fade colour and take the softness out of silk faster than washing ever will. No tumble drier. If it needs smoothing afterwards, a cool iron on the reverse side does it, though usually laying it flat is enough.\n\nStore it flat or loosely folded rather than squashed under heavier things. Silk creases, but it also relaxes out of creases quickly when it is not being compressed.\n\nThe short version\n\nIf your hair looks rougher in the morning than it did at night, friction is the likely reason, and a silk cap is the easiest fix available. This double-layer mulberry silk bonnet puts silk on both faces, fits head sizes of roughly 51 to 58 cm, and is cut loose enough that it does not press lines into your skin or flatten your curls.\n\nIt suits medium hair volume, curls, waves and braids best. Short hair will find it roomy. Very long or very thick hair may need something with more capacity.\n\nHand wash it, dry it flat, and it will keep doing its job for a long time. And because it looks like a turban rather than a sleep cap, there is a decent chance you will still be wearing it at lunchtime.", "llm_summary": "This is a double-layered mulberry silk bonnet made from 6A grade silk, with a floral exterior, model number LSTB01, made in China. It is designed as a sleep cap or daytime turban wrap and fits head sizes of approximately 51 to 58 cm (20 to 23 inches). The silhouette is relaxed rather than tight, giving room for medium hair volume, curls, waves and braids; very short hair sits loosely and very long or very thick hair may exceed its capacity. Silk has a smoother surface than cotton, so hair moves across it with less friction. Care is hand wash only. Exact colour, fabric momme weight, finished dimensions and item weight are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/pink-flower-double-layer-silk-bonnet/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/pink-flower-double-layer-silk-bonnet/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/pink-flower-double-layer-silk-bonnet.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "purple-double-layer-mulberry-silk-bonnet", "sku": "purple-double-layer-mulberry-silk-bonnet", "title": "Purple Double Layer Mulberry Silk Bonnet", "slug": "purple-double-layer-mulberry-silk-bonnet", "price": 103.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-bonnets", "category_label": "Silk Bonnets", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/purple-double-layer-mulberry-silk-bonnet/main-purple-double-layer-mulberry-silk-bonnet.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/purple-double-layer-mulberry-silk-bonnet/purple-double-layer-mulberry-silk-bonnet-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/purple-double-layer-mulberry-silk-bonnet/purple-double-layer-mulberry-silk-bonnet-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/purple-double-layer-mulberry-silk-bonnet/purple-double-layer-mulberry-silk-bonnet-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/purple-double-layer-mulberry-silk-bonnet/purple-double-layer-mulberry-silk-bonnet-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/purple-double-layer-mulberry-silk-bonnet/purple-double-layer-mulberry-silk-bonnet-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Double layered 19 momme mulberry silk with long cooling ties and a drawstring, so the fit stays adjustable and nothing digs in overnight.", "description": "The problem with cotton and a pillow\n\nMost of us never think about what happens to our hair between lights out and the alarm. It is eight hours of your head pressing into a woven cotton surface and dragging across it every time you roll over. Cotton has a rough, thirsty surface. Hair catches on it, frizzes up, and loses the shape you gave it the day before.\n\nYou notice the result rather than the cause. Curls flattened on one side. A blow dry that has gone soft and puffy. Braids that look a week older than they are. Tangles at the back of the neck that take five minutes to work out.\n\nA silk bonnet solves it by changing the surface. Instead of your hair sitting on cotton, it sits inside a smooth silk pocket that moves with your head. That is the whole mechanism. No treatment, no product, just less friction.\n\nWhat mulberry silk brings to it\n\nMulberry silk is the long fibre silk used in most quality bedding and accessories. The fibres are fine and consistent, which lets them be woven tightly into a smooth, even surface. That smoothness is what matters for hair. There are no little hooks and loops in the weave for a strand to snag on.\n\nThis bonnet is built as a double layer. Two layers of silk rather than one gives the cap a bit of weight and structure. A single layer bonnet can feel flimsy and tends to collapse flat on the head, which defeats the purpose if you are trying to keep volume or a set style. Two layers hold their shape better and feel softer in the hand.\n\nThe model reference on this item is Au-19MM bs-Cap, which points to a 19 momme silk. Momme is the weight unit used for silk, a bit like thread count for cotton. Higher numbers mean a denser, more substantial fabric. Nineteen sits in the range commonly used for good quality silk pillowcases and sleepwear, which is to say it is proper fabric and not a flyaway lining weight.\n\nThe fit question, which is where most bonnets fail\n\nHere is the honest truth about silk bonnets. Lots of people buy one, wear it twice, find it on the floor at 3am, and never put it on again. Fit is the reason.\n\nTwo things go wrong. Either the elastic band is too tight, in which case you get a red line across your forehead and a headache, or it is too loose and the whole thing slides off. Fixed elastic cannot be right for every head.\n\nThis bonnet uses a drawstring instead. You pull the string to the exact width that suits you and tie it off. That gives you control over two separate things. You can leave plenty of room at the crown so a big volume of hair or a set of curls is not compressed, while still pulling the opening in snug enough at the nape that the cap does not travel.\n\nThe ties are long and made from ice silk, which is a smooth, lightweight fabric. Long ties mean you can bring them round and tie them under your hair rather than having everything held by a band pressing on the hairline. Anyone who has given up on caps because of pressure marks should pay attention to this bit, because it is the difference between wearing it every night and wearing it never.\n\nWho it suits\n\nCurly and coily hair gets the biggest visible benefit, because those hair types lose the most definition to a pillow. Tucking curls up into a roomy bonnet keeps them in their shape until you take it off.\n\nProtective styles are the second big group. Braids, twists and locs all last longer when they are not being rubbed at the roots every night. You get more days out of a style, which means fewer takedowns.\n\nLong hair is an easy one. Coil the length, tuck it up, pull the string. You stop waking up to a knot at the nape.\n\nFine or fragile hair is worth mentioning too. Fine strands tangle fastest and are the ones most likely to snap when you brush out a knot. Reducing the friction that creates the knot in the first place is a sensible step.\n\nAnd then there is the practical group. People who sleep next to someone who steals the pillow. People who travel and cannot rely on hotel bedding. People who have invested in a salon blow dry and would like it to survive the night.\n\nHow to choose between the options\n\nA few things to weigh up.\n\nSingle layer or double. Single layer is lighter and cooler but less structured. Double layer, like this one, holds its shape, feels more substantial and tends to last longer through washes. If you have volume to protect, double layer is usually the better pick.\n\nElastic or drawstring. Elastic is faster to put on. Drawstring is adjustable, which means it can be made to fit your head properly rather than approximately. If you have ever taken a cap off because of a pressure line, the drawstring is the answer.\n\nCapacity. Think about how much hair you are putting inside. A bonnet that works for a bob will feel cramped on waist length hair. Erring towards roomy is safer, since the drawstring pulls in the opening but does not shrink the crown.\n\nMomme weight. Heavier silk is more durable and feels better. Very light silk is cheaper but tends to look tired after a handful of washes.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is a protein fibre, closer to hair than to cotton, and it wants similar treatment. Keep it away from heat, bleach and aggressive detergents and it will last for years.\n\nThe care instruction on this bonnet is hand wash only. Use cool water and a small amount of mild detergent made for delicates. Swish it gently rather than scrubbing, rinse until the water runs clear, then press the water out between your palms or in a towel. Do not wring it or twist it, as that distorts the weave.\n\nReshape the cap and dry it flat, somewhere out of direct sun and away from heat sources. Sunlight fades dyed silk and heat makes fibres brittle. If it needs smoothing afterwards, a cool iron on the reverse side will do it, though most creases fall out once it is worn.\n\nWash it every week or two in normal use, more often if you apply oils or heavy leave-in products before bed. Those build up on the inside surface and eventually make the fabric feel tacky rather than slick.\n\nOne small habit worth forming. Take hairpins, clips and anything with a rough edge out before you put the bonnet on. Fine silk is smooth, and smooth fabric snags on sharp things.\n\nThe short version\n\nA silk bonnet does one job well, which is to stop your hair rubbing on rough fabric for eight hours. This one is mulberry silk in a double layer, with an adjustable drawstring and long ice silk ties instead of a tight elastic band.\n\nIf you have curls, braids, long hair or anything you would rather not wake up to in a tangle, it is a small change that you notice the first morning. Set the drawstring properly, hand wash it in cool water, dry it flat, and it will keep doing that job night after night.", "llm_summary": "The Purple Double Layer Mulberry Silk Bonnet is a sleep cap made from mulberry silk in a two layer construction, with a solid purple finish and no pattern. It closes with an adjustable drawstring and has long ice silk ties, so the fit can be set to the wearer's head without a tight elastic band. The item model number is Au-19MM bs-Cap and the country of origin is China. Care is hand wash only, in cool water, no bleach. Brand, exact dimensions, colour code, shipped weight and material percentages are not specified in this record. Silk is smooth, so hair moves across it with less friction than cotton. It is sold boxed and is commonly used for long hair, curls, braids and protective styles overnight.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/purple-double-layer-mulberry-silk-bonnet/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/purple-double-layer-mulberry-silk-bonnet/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/purple-double-layer-mulberry-silk-bonnet.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "silver-19-momme-silk-sleep-cap-adjustable", "sku": "silver-19-momme-silk-sleep-cap-adjustable", "title": "Silver 19 Momme Mulberry Silk Sleep Cap, Adjustable", "slug": "silver-19-momme-silk-sleep-cap-adjustable", "price": 59.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-bonnets", "category_label": "Silk Bonnets", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "0.06 kg", "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/silver-19-momme-silk-sleep-cap-adjustable/main-silver-19-momme-silk-sleep-cap-adjustable.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/silver-19-momme-silk-sleep-cap-adjustable/silver-19-momme-silk-sleep-cap-adjustable-2.jpg" ], "description_short": "Double-layered 100% mulberry silk with a silk-covered elastic band, so the cap stays put while your hair slides over a smooth surface instead of catching on cotton.", "description": "The problem with pillows\n\nMost of us spend seven or eight hours a night with our heads pressed into fabric and never think about what that fabric is doing. Cotton is the default. It is cheap, it washes well, and it is what most sheets are made of. It is also a relatively rough fibre at the microscopic level, which means hair does not glide across it. It catches, just slightly, every time you turn over.\n\nMultiply that by a few hundred small movements a night and you get the familiar morning result. Hair that has shifted, tangled at the back, flattened on one side and frizzed on the other. If your hair is long, curly, coiled, braided or chemically treated, you notice it more, because those hair types have more surface area and more texture for the fabric to grab.\n\nA sleep cap is a simple fix for a mechanical problem. You put a smooth layer between your hair and everything else. That is the whole idea.\n\nWhat silk actually does\n\nSilk fibres are long and smooth compared to cotton, which is short and slightly rough. When two smooth surfaces meet, there is less friction. Hair sitting against silk slides instead of catching, so there is less tugging as you move.\n\nThat is a physical property of the fibre, not a treatment or a coating, which is why it does not wash out. It is also the only claim worth making about silk. A cap cannot change your hair type or make hair grow. What it can do is stop fabric from working against you overnight.\n\nSilk also sits comfortably against skin because it is a fine, light fabric. The band of this cap is covered in silk for exactly that reason. A bare elastic strip pressing on your hairline for eight hours is the thing most people complain about with cheap bonnets.\n\nUnderstanding momme\n\nIf you shop for silk you will keep running into the word momme, usually written as a number followed by mm. It measures the weight of the fabric, not the quality of the thread, though the two tend to track together.\n\nLower momme silk, say 12 or 13, is thin and light. It feels delicate and it often is. Higher momme, 22 and up, is dense and more substantial but can feel warm and costs more. Nineteen momme sits in the middle and is the standard for silk sleepwear and pillowcases for good reason. It has enough weight to feel like proper fabric, it drapes rather than clings, and it holds up to regular washing better than the thin stuff.\n\nThis cap is 19 momme mulberry silk. For something you wear on your head every night, that middle weight is the sensible choice.\n\nSingle layer versus double layer\n\nPlenty of silk bonnets are made from one layer of fabric. They are cheaper to produce and they feel fine in the shop. The problem shows up after a few months. A single layer of fine silk loses its shape, goes slack, and starts to feel thin where it has been rubbing on the pillow.\n\nA double-layered cap has two layers of silk sewn together. It costs more to make but it holds its form, sits rounder over the hair and is less likely to go transparent at the stress points. This cap is built that way. The trade-off is that two layers are very slightly warmer than one. Given that the whole cap weighs about 57 grams, that difference is small.\n\nGetting the fit right\n\nThis is a one size cap with a stretch band, which is how most sleep caps are sold. The flat measurement is about 25.4 cm by 20.3 cm, and the elastic opens well past that when you put it on.\n\nOne size works for most adults, but it has limits. If you have a lot of hair, a high bun, thick locs or a big set of twists, you may find the cap feels stretched. In that case a larger or deeper bonnet style is a better call. If you have short or fine hair, the cap will fit easily, though you might find it slides a little more simply because there is less volume holding it in place.\n\nA good test is where the band sits. It should rest just below your hairline at the front and a little past it at the back, with no pressure line left behind in the morning. If you wake up with a mark, the cap is too tight for nightly wear. If it is on the floor by 3am, pull the band down further next time.\n\nWho it suits\n\nAnyone who wakes up with more tangles than they went to bed with is a candidate. Beyond that, the people who get the most out of a cap tend to fall into a few groups.\n\nPeople with curls and coils use a bonnet because defined curls do not survive a night of being pushed around by cotton. People who spend money on a blow-dry want it to last past day one. People with long hair are trying to keep it out of their face and off the pillow. And plenty of people with a protective style just want the ends covered.\n\nThere is also the travel case. A lightweight silk sleep cap packs to nothing and gives you one familiar, smooth surface in a hotel room where you have no idea what the pillowcases are made of.\n\nLiving with it\n\nSilk is not difficult, it just does not like heat or harsh chemicals. Hand wash in cool water with a detergent made for silk or wool. Swish it, do not scrub, and do not leave it soaking. Press the water out in a towel rather than wringing it, reshape the cap, and lay it flat to dry somewhere out of the sun.\n\nSkip the dryer entirely. Heat is hard on silk and even harder on elastic, and the band is the part most likely to fail first on any bonnet. If you need to press it, use the coolest iron setting, work from the inside, and stay away from the band.\n\nHow often to wash depends on you. Every week or two is reasonable for most people. If you use oils or leave-in creams at night, wash it more often, because product builds up in the fabric and dulls the surface. Washing it on its own the first few times is a sensible precaution with any dyed fabric.\n\nTreated well, a double-layered 19 momme cap will keep going for a long time. Treated badly, any silk will look tired within months. The difference is almost entirely about heat and detergent.\n\nBuying one, practically\n\nWork through it in this order. Check the silk content first, because \"silk feel\" and \"silk touch\" on a label usually mean polyester. Then look at the momme, and treat anything under 16 as light duty. Then check whether it is single or double layered. Then look at the band, specifically whether it is covered or bare. Then think honestly about how much hair you need to fit in.\n\nThat is five things, and they tell you nearly everything. Price follows from them. A cheap cap is usually cheap because it is thin, single layered or not really silk.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a silver sleep cap in 100% mulberry silk, 19 momme, double layered, with a silk-covered elastic band and a one size adult fit. It is about 25.4 cm by 20.3 cm flat and weighs roughly 57 grams. Hand wash cool, dry flat, keep it away from heat.\n\nIf your hair is long, curly, braided or just prone to a tangled morning, a smooth layer between your head and the pillow is a small change that is easy to live with. If you already own a thin single-layer bonnet that has gone slack, the step up to a mid-weight double-layered one is the upgrade you will actually feel.", "llm_summary": "A silver sleep cap made from 100% mulberry silk at 19 momme, sold in one adult size. The cap is double layered rather than single layered, and it closes with an elastic band that is covered in silk so the inner surface stays smooth against the hairline. Stated item dimensions are 25.4 x 20.3 x 1.3 cm and the weight is about 57 grams. The pattern is solid silver and the pack contains one cap. Care is hand washing in cool water with a silk-safe detergent, then drying flat away from heat. Brand, GTIN, country of origin and any warranty are not specified in this record. Hair slides over silk with less friction than over cotton.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/silver-19-momme-silk-sleep-cap-adjustable/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/silver-19-momme-silk-sleep-cap-adjustable/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/silver-19-momme-silk-sleep-cap-adjustable.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet", "sku": "sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet", "title": "Sky Blue 22 Momme Double Layer Silk Bonnet", "slug": "sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet", "price": 85.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-bonnets", "category_label": "Silk Bonnets", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/main-sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-bonnets/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet-7.jpg" ], "description_short": "Double layered mulberry silk with a soft drawstring band, so it stays put overnight and your strands glide instead of snagging.", "description": "The problem with sleeping on cotton\n\nMost of us never think about what happens to our hair for the eight hours we are unconscious. It gets pressed, dragged, and rolled across a pillowcase hundreds of times a night. If that pillowcase is cotton, the surface is not as smooth as it looks. Cotton fibres are short and they sit up off the weave, which gives hair plenty to catch on.\n\nYou see the result in the morning. Curls that looked defined at bedtime are flattened on one side and fuzzy on the other. Braids look shaggy around the edges. Long straight hair has that one stubborn kink at the back. None of this is dramatic damage, it is just friction, repeated night after night.\n\nA silk bonnet is the simplest fix. Instead of changing your whole bed, you change the one surface that actually touches your hair. The cap goes on, the hair stays inside it, and the pillow never gets a go at your strands.\n\nWhat makes this one different\n\nTwo things stand out on this sky blue 22 momme silk bonnet. The first is the momme weight. Momme is how silk is measured, the same way thread count is used for cotton sheets, and it describes how much the fabric weighs for a set area. Lighter silks sit around 16 momme. At 22 momme you get a noticeably denser cloth. Pick it up and it has weight and drape rather than floating away from your fingers.\n\nThe second is the double layer. A lot of bonnets are silk on the face and something cheaper on the back, or silk outside and a synthetic lining inside. This one uses mulberry silk on both sides. That means the surface touching your hair is silk, and so is the surface touching your pillow. Both contact points glide. If the bonnet shifts in the night, nothing grabs.\n\nThe closure is a drawstring threaded through a soft wide band. You set the tension yourself and tie it off. That band is wide enough to knot into a bow at the front or the side, which is partly why people end up wearing these things during the day as well as at night.\n\nWho it actually suits\n\nThis is aimed squarely at curly and coily hair, and it does that job well. Curls need room. A tight knit cap squashes the pattern and you spend the morning trying to bring it back. The crown here is roomy enough to hold a pineapple, a loose bun, twists or flexi rods without crushing them flat.\n\nBraids, weaves and locs work too. So does long straight hair, as long as you gather it up first rather than letting the ends hang out of the opening.\n\nThere is one honest limit worth flagging. The supplier notes the fit is best for medium to thick curly hair, and that hair which is both very long and very thick at the same time may be a squeeze. If you have a lot of length and a lot of density together, think about whether a larger style of cap would serve you better. We would rather tell you that upfront than have you post it back.\n\nPicking the right silk cap\n\nIf you are comparing a few options, there are only a handful of things that genuinely matter.\n\nMomme weight comes first. Below about 19 momme the fabric starts to feel thin and it wears out faster. Twenty two is a sensible place to land for something you use every night.\n\nThen check what the lining is. A bonnet described as silk is not always silk all the way through. Look for wording that confirms both faces. Double layer silk costs more to make, and that shows in the price, but it is the difference between a silk bonnet and a bonnet with silk on it.\n\nClosure style is next. Elastic alone is easy, but it either sits too loose and slides off or too tight and leaves a mark. A drawstring hands the decision to you. Set it once, learn where your comfortable spot is, and that is it.\n\nFinally, think about size against your hair. A one size cap with a good adjustment range covers most people. A very large volume of hair is the exception, not the rule.\n\nGetting the fit right on night one\n\nPut your hair up before the bonnet goes on. A loose high bun or a pineapple at the crown keeps length off your neck and stops the ends poking out from the band. Tuck everything in, then settle the band along your hairline.\n\nPull the drawstring until the cap feels secure but not gripping. If you can slide a finger under the band comfortably, that is about right. Tie the ends in a bow. If you wake with a line across your forehead, you tied it too tight, so go a notch looser the next night and sit the band a few millimetres higher.\n\nThe first couple of nights can feel odd if you have never slept in a cap. Most people stop noticing it inside a week.\n\nLooking after the silk\n\nSilk is tougher than its reputation suggests, but it does not like hot water, bleach or being wrung out. Care here is hand wash only.\n\nFill a basin with cool water and a small amount of detergent made for delicates. Swish the bonnet through, give it a gentle squeeze, and leave it no more than a few minutes. Rinse in clean cool water until there are no suds left.\n\nTo dry, lay it flat in a towel and press. Do not twist. Reshape the band with your fingers, then dry it flat somewhere out of direct sun and away from any heater. Hanging a wet bonnet by its band is the quickest way to stretch the opening.\n\nHow often? Every week or two is fine for most people. If you use rich oils, leave in creams or heavy butters, wash it more often. Product build up is what dulls silk faster than anything else.\n\nStore it folded in a drawer rather than crumpled in a bag. It takes up almost no room.\n\nMore than a sleep accessory\n\nThe reason these end up getting worn all day is simple. Hair in your face is annoying, and a bonnet solves it in two seconds. Washing your face without soaking your hairline. Doing makeup without a fringe in the way. A skincare routine, a bit of cleaning, a lazy Sunday. The wide band and the bow make it look deliberate rather than like you gave up on your hair.\n\nIt also travels well. It folds down to almost nothing and weighs next to nothing, which makes it an easy thing to keep in a carry on. Hotel pillowcases are a lottery. A silk hair cap for travel takes that gamble off the table.\n\nThe short version\n\nA sky blue 22 momme silk bonnet with mulberry silk on both faces and an adjustable drawstring band. It is one size, it suits curls, braids, weaves, rollers and long hair tied up, and it is best matched to medium to thick curly hair rather than hair that is both very long and very dense.\n\nHand wash it in cool water, dry it flat, and keep it out of the sun. Do that and it will quietly do its job for a long time. If the fit turns out wrong for your hair, you have 14 days from delivery to send it back unused and unwashed, so there is not much to lose in trying it.", "llm_summary": "A sky blue double layer silk bonnet made from 22 momme mulberry silk, model number AN008, made in China. It uses silk on both the inner and outer face and closes with a drawstring inside a soft wide band that can be tied at the front or side. The fit is one size and the pattern is solid. It suits curly and coily hair, braids, weaves, rollers and long hair tied up, and is noted as better matched to medium to thick curly hair rather than hair that is both very long and very thick. Care is hand wash only. Exact dimensions, weight and packaged colour code are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/sky-blue-22-momme-double-layer-silk-bonnet.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip", "sku": "black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip", "title": "Black 22 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcase, Standard, Zip Closure", "slug": "black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip", "price": 129.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip/main-black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip-7.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk in a 600 thread count weave with a concealed zip, it feels cool and smooth against your face and holds its deep black colour wash after wash.", "description": "The problem with the pillowcase you already own\n\nMost of us never think about pillowcases. They come in a set with the sheets, they go on the bed, and they stay there until wash day. That works fine until you notice something. You wake up with creases pressed into one cheek. Your hair, which looked fine when you went to bed, has decided to go in four directions. Or the fabric feels warm and slightly damp by two in the morning, and you flip the pillow for the hundredth time.\n\nCotton is a good fibre. It is also a slightly grabby one. Run your palm across a cotton pillowcase and you can feel it catch. Multiply that small catch by the dozens of times you turn your head overnight, every night, and you start to see where the creases and the tangles come from.\n\nA silk pillowcase changes that one variable. The surface is smoother, so your face and hair move across it rather than dragging against it. That is the whole idea. It is not complicated, and it does not require you to change anything else about your bed.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nIf you shop for silk bedding for more than ten minutes, you will run into the word momme. It is pronounced \"moh-mee\" and it is a weight measurement, a traditional Japanese unit used for silk the same way GSM is used for other fabrics.\n\nHere is the short version. Silk bedding generally runs from about 16 momme up to around 30. Below 19 the fabric starts to feel thin, more like a lining than a pillowcase, and it wears out faster because there is simply less fibre there. Above 25 it gets heavier, stiffer and noticeably more expensive, which is lovely if that is what you want but is more than most people need.\n\nTwenty-two momme is the number that keeps coming up because it sits in the comfortable middle. The fabric has enough weight to feel like a real textile in your hands. It drapes over a pillow properly rather than clinging to it. And it stands up to regular washing without going limp. This particular case is 22 momme with a 600 thread count weave, which together describe a dense, substantial silk.\n\nThread count on silk is less useful than it is on cotton, honestly. Silk filaments are extremely fine, so you can hit a high number without the fabric being especially heavy. That is why momme is the figure to compare between products. If a listing gives you a thread count but no momme at all, that is worth noticing.\n\nMulberry silk and why it is specified\n\nMulberry silk comes from silkworms raised on a mulberry leaf diet in controlled conditions. The result is a long, continuous filament rather than short broken fibres. Long filaments make a smoother, more even fabric with that distinctive soft shine.\n\nOther silks exist. Wild or tussah silk comes from moths feeding on various leaves and produces shorter, coarser fibres with a more textured surface. It has its uses, but not usually for something you press your face into for eight hours.\n\nBe a bit careful with the word satin. Satin is a weave structure, not a material. Polyester satin can look glossy and slippery on a screen, and it is far cheaper. It also does not breathe the way a natural fibre does, so it can feel warm and clammy by the small hours. If you want silk, check the listing says silk in the material field, not just satin in the title.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nThis is where more returns come from than anything else. Pillow sizing is not standardised as neatly as you would hope, and names vary between countries.\n\nThis case is a standard size, 20\" x 26\", or 66 cm by 50.8 cm. That matches the standard bed pillows most New Zealand retailers sell. But some brands make a slightly plumper standard pillow, and a few European-influenced ranges use quite different proportions.\n\nTake two minutes before you order. Lay your pillow flat, measure the long side and the short side, and compare. You want the case to be roughly the same size or a touch larger, never smaller. A case that is too tight stretches the silk at the seams, and silk seams do not love being stretched. A case that is a little loose is fine and actually drapes nicely.\n\nZip, envelope or neither\n\nPillowcases close in a few different ways and people have strong opinions.\n\nAn envelope closure is a flap of fabric that folds over the open end. Simple, no hardware, nothing to break. The downside is that pillows work their way out. You put it on neatly, and by morning the pillow has shifted and you are sleeping partly on bare pillow.\n\nA zip, which is what this case uses, solves that. The pillow goes in, the zip closes, and nothing moves. It is also considerably quicker to strip at wash time, which matters more than you would think when you are changing a bed in a hurry. The zip here is concealed, meaning it sits under a fold of fabric rather than exposed on the surface. You are unlikely to feel it unless you sleep right on the edge.\n\nThe one thing to watch with any zip is keeping it away from other laundry. A mesh wash bag handles that completely.\n\nWhy black is a smart choice\n\nColour on bedding is personal, but black deserves more credit than it usually gets.\n\nNight cream, serum, a bit of hair oil, the ordinary residue of a face on a pillow. All of it shows on white and ivory within a couple of weeks, and once it does you find yourself washing out of embarrassment rather than need. Black simply does not display those marks. The case looks the same on day one and day twelve.\n\nIt is also easy to live with. Black works with white sheets, grey sheets, navy, linen in any natural shade. You are not committing to a colour scheme. And it reads as deliberate rather than accidental, which is a nice thing for something sitting at the top of your bed.\n\nThe practical note is that dark dyes reward careful washing. Cool water, gentle detergent, no bleach, and dry out of direct sun. Follow that and the colour holds.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk has a reputation for being fussy. It is not, really, it just does not like heat or harsh chemicals.\n\nWash it in cool water. A machine is fine on a gentle or delicates cycle, with the case tucked inside a mesh bag so it does not get caught on anything. Hand washing is gentler still if you have the five minutes, and it is genuinely easy since a pillowcase is small.\n\nUse a mild detergent intended for wool or delicates. Skip bleach entirely, skip anything with optical brighteners, and leave the fabric softener out. Silk does not need softening and the residue dulls the surface over time.\n\nNever tumble dry. Lay the case flat on a towel or hang it somewhere shaded and airy. Silk dries fast, often within a couple of hours. If it comes out creased, a cool iron on the reverse side while the fabric is slightly damp sorts it out, though most creases drop as soon as the case is back on the pillow.\n\nBuying two is the single best thing you can do for longevity. One on the bed, one in the wash, and neither gets the hard wear that comes from constant use.\n\nThe short version\n\nA silk pillowcase is a small change with a noticeable feel. This one is 100% mulberry silk at 22 momme, a weight that gives you real substance without the price jump of heavier grades. The standard size of 66 cm by 50.8 cm fits most standard pillows, but measure yours first. The concealed zip keeps the pillow where it belongs and makes washing painless. And black is the colour that still looks good a month in.\n\nWash it cool, dry it flat, keep it out of the sun. Do that and it will be part of your bed for a long time.", "llm_summary": "This is a black silk pillowcase in standard size, made from 100% mulberry silk at 22 momme weight with a 600 thread count weave. It measures 66 cm by 50.8 cm (20\" x 26\") and fits a standard bed pillow. The closure is a concealed zipper, which holds the pillow in place and makes removal for washing straightforward. The colour is solid black with no pattern, and the style is described as modern. Care is machine wash on a gentle cycle, with hand washing in cool water also suitable. The model number is W01W16522a. Brand, country of origin, product weight and packaged dimensions are not specified in this record. Orders ship by tracked courier from Australian warehouses.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "black-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack", "sku": "black-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack", "title": "Black 22 Momme Silk Pillowcases, Standard Size, 2 Pack", "slug": "black-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack", "price": 185.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/main-black-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Double-sided 22 momme mulberry silk with a 600 thread count, a hidden zipper closure and a standard 66 x 50.8 cm fit, sold as a matching pair.", "description": "The problem with ordinary pillowcases\n\nNobody buys a pillowcase because they are excited about pillowcases. You buy one because something is bugging you. Hair that looks slept-on no matter what you did to it the night before. A cheek that wakes up with creases pressed into it. A case that bunches up and slides off the pillow by 3am, so you spend half the night pushing it back on.\n\nCotton is a fine fabric in a lot of ways, but it has a textured surface. Under a microscope it looks like a rough field. Your hair and the side of your face spend seven or eight hours being dragged across that field every single night. Most of the time you do not notice. The result shows up in the mirror instead.\n\nSilk is a different kind of surface. The fibre is long and smooth and it does not grip. That is the whole mechanism, and it is why silk pillowcases have gone from a luxury-shop curiosity to something you find in ordinary linen cupboards.\n\nWhat 22 momme actually tells you\n\nIf you have shopped for silk at all you will have hit the word momme and quietly skipped past it. It is worth two minutes.\n\nMomme is a weight measure, specific to silk, roughly the same job that GSM does for cotton or thread count does for sheets. The higher the number, the denser and heavier the cloth. Thin silk used for scarf linings might be 12 or 16 momme. Bedding silk generally starts around 19 and climbs to 25 or so. Past that it gets heavy and stiff and the price climbs faster than the benefit.\n\n22 momme sits in the comfortable middle. Dense enough to feel substantial in your hand and to hold up to regular use, not so heavy that it loses the drape people buy silk for. If you are comparing cases and one quotes momme and the other does not, that absence usually tells you something.\n\nThe 600 thread count here describes how tightly the threads are packed in the weave. Thread count on its own can be gamed, which is why momme is the figure to lead with for silk. Seeing both quoted is a good sign.\n\nDouble-sided, and why it matters more than it sounds\n\nHere is a trick that turns up a lot in cheaper silk bedding. The front of the case is silk. The back is something else, often polyester, sometimes a cotton blend. From the outside of the packet, and in the photographs, you cannot tell.\n\nYou find out the first night you flip your pillow over.\n\nThis pack is double-sided mulberry silk, meaning both faces are the same fabric. It sounds like a small detail until you think about how many times you turn a pillow in a night. Anyone shopping for the best mulberry silk pillowcase should check for that word specifically, because it is the single easiest corner to cut.\n\nMulberry silk, for the record, just means the silk came from silkworms fed on mulberry leaves. Their diet produces long, even filaments, which is what gives the finished cloth its uniform smoothness. Other silks exist and have their uses, but mulberry is the standard for bedding.\n\nThe zipper question\n\nSilk pillowcases come with one of three closures. An open envelope end, a flap, or a zip.\n\nOpen ends are the cheapest and the most annoying. The pillow creeps out. Flaps are a middle ground and work reasonably well, though the extra layer can sit under your ear. A hidden zipper, like the one on these, holds the pillow fully enclosed and vanishes into the seam when the bed is made.\n\nThe only thing to remember with a zip is to close it before the case goes anywhere near cleaning. An open slider catching on silk is the most common way these get damaged, and it is entirely avoidable.\n\nWhy two, and why black\n\nBuying a single silk pillowcase is a classic first mistake. You put it on, it is lovely, and then you have one lovely pillow and one ordinary one on the same bed. If you share the bed, that goes down badly. If you sleep alone, you still have nothing to swap in on cleaning day.\n\nTwo cases in a pack solves both. One set dresses a double bed properly, or gives a solo sleeper a working rotation. That is a big part of why the best silk pillowcase pair beats the single as a purchase, and why it makes a better gift too.\n\nBlack is the practical colour choice. Pale bedding shows everything: makeup you thought you had removed, hair products, the faint shadow where your face sits. Black does not. It also sits well against almost any sheet set you already own, white, grey, charcoal, navy or a deep green. It is a plain solid with no pattern, so it will not look dated in three years. If you want a bedroom that feels calm rather than busy, the best dark silk pillowcase does a lot of quiet work.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nThese are standard size, 66 cm long by 50.8 cm wide, listed in inches as 20 by 26. That is the most common bed pillow size sold in New Zealand, but it is not the only one.\n\nTake two minutes before ordering. Lay your pillow flat, press it down gently, and measure the long edge. If it comes in at or under 66 cm you are fine. If it measures closer to 75 cm you have a queen pillow and this case will not fit. King pillows are longer again.\n\nDepth matters too. A very deep, overstuffed pillow can fill a standard case so tightly that the silk is under constant tension, which is not good for any fabric. A normal-profile pillow of any fill, latex, memory foam, feather or polyester, will be fine.\n\nLooking after them\n\nThe care instruction for this product is dry clean only. That is what the manufacturer specifies and we are passing it on as stated.\n\nA few practical notes. Close the zip before the case goes to the cleaner, and tell them it is silk so it goes into the right process. Avoid bleach entirely. When you store the spare case, fold it into a drawer or a breathable cotton bag rather than a sealed plastic tub, and keep it out of direct sunlight. Sun is hard on dark dyes and hard on silk generally.\n\nIf you want something you can throw in the machine every Sunday, look for a case specifically labelled washable instead. Dry clean only is a real commitment and it is better to know that going in than to find out after the first wash.\n\nWho these suit\n\nPeople with long hair, who are tired of waking up to a nest. Anyone who gets sleep creases and would rather not. Side sleepers, who press one cheek into the pillow for hours at a stretch. Anyone kitting out a guest room and wanting it to look considered without much effort.\n\nThey also make a straightforward gift. The size is the common one, the colour goes with everything, and two cases read as a proper present rather than an afterthought.\n\nThe short version\n\nTwo black pillowcases, standard size at 66 by 50.8 cm, made from double-sided 22 momme mulberry silk with a 600 thread count and a hidden zip. The silk is smooth, both sides are the same fabric, the zip holds the pillow in, and black hides the daily marks that pale bedding does not.\n\nMeasure your pillow first, keep to the dry clean instruction, and store the spare out of the sun. That is genuinely all there is to it.", "llm_summary": "This product is a two-pack of black silk pillowcases in the standard size, listed under model number SJ-LLZT. Each case measures 66 cm long by 50.8 cm wide (20 in x 26 in) and is made from double-sided mulberry silk at 22 momme with a 600 thread count. The weave is a solid black with no pattern, described as breathable, in a modern plain style. Closure is a hidden zipper. The pack includes two pillowcases, one set, and the recommended use listed is hair protection. Manufacturer care instruction is dry clean only. Brand, product weight, packaged dimensions and country of origin are not specified in this record. No rating or review data is held for this item.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/black-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "green-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard", "sku": "green-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard", "title": "Green 22 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcase, Standard Size", "slug": "green-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard", "price": 104.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard/main-green-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-7.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk on both sides with a 600 thread count, a smooth solid green finish and a hidden zipper that keeps your pillow neatly in place.", "description": "The small annoyance nobody talks about\n\nMost people do not go looking for a silk pillowcase. They end up looking because of something small and repetitive. Hair that is knotted at the back every morning. A pillowcase that feels warm and slightly rough by two in the morning. Creases pressed into one side of your face that take an hour to settle. None of these are serious problems. They are just there, every single day, and after a while you start wondering whether the surface you spend eight hours pressed against might be part of it.\n\nCotton is a woven fabric made of short fibres twisted together. Under a microscope it looks like rope. Silk is a long, continuous filament, and woven tightly it produces a surface with almost nothing for hair to catch on. That is the whole mechanical difference, and it is the reason silk pillowcases exist as a category at all.\n\nThis guide walks through what the numbers on a silk pillowcase listing mean, how to pick the right one, and how to look after it so it lasts.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nIf you have shopped for silk at all, you have seen the word momme. It is a weight measurement, pronounced roughly like \"mummy\", and it comes from the Japanese silk trade. It tells you how heavy a given area of the fabric is.\n\nThin silk for scarves sits around 12 to 16 momme. Heavy silk used for upholstery can climb past 30. Bedding almost always lands somewhere between 19 and 25, and 22 momme has become the figure most buyers settle on. It is dense enough to feel like a proper piece of fabric in your hands, dense enough to survive a weekly wash cycle for years, and light enough that it still drapes rather than sitting flat and board-like.\n\nThis pillowcase is 22 momme. If you are comparing the best 22 momme silk pillowcase options against cheaper listings, the momme figure is the first number to check, and anything much below 19 is worth a second look before you commit.\n\nThread count, and why it is secondary\n\nThread count gets more attention than it deserves on silk, mostly because shoppers are used to it from cotton sheets. It counts how many threads are packed into a square inch of fabric. This one is woven at 600.\n\nA higher count on silk generally means a finer, smoother face. But a thin silk can still have a high thread count, which is why momme matters more for durability. Read the two together. A 22 momme fabric at 600 threads is a dense, fine weave, and that combination is what gives the surface its even, almost liquid feel when you run a hand over it.\n\nBoth sides, or just one\n\nHere is where a lot of cheap pillowcases cut corners. They use silk on the face you sleep on and a synthetic blend on the reverse, then describe the product as a silk pillowcase without lying outright. It works, until you flip the pillow at 3am and land on polyester.\n\nThis one is 100% mulberry silk on both sides. That is worth paying attention to when you compare listings, because the price difference between a single sided and a double sided pillowcase can be smaller than you expect, and the experience is noticeably different.\n\nMulberry silk, for what it is worth, simply refers to silk produced by silkworms fed on mulberry leaves. It is the standard for bedding because the filaments are long, uniform and pale, which makes for an even weave and clean dyeing.\n\nClosure, the detail that decides whether you keep using it\n\nPillowcases close in one of three ways. An open end, an envelope flap, or a zipper.\n\nOpen ends are the cheapest and the worst. The pillow works its way out overnight and you spend a minute every morning stuffing it back in. Envelope flaps are better, but the overlapping fabric bunches up under the surface and you can feel the ridge.\n\nA zipper solves both. This pillowcase uses one invisible zipper, set into the seam so it does not sit under your head. The pillow stays enclosed all night, and on a made bed the case lies flat with no visible opening. If you are weighing up the best silk pillowcase with zipper against a cheaper flap design, this is the difference you will notice from night one.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nThe size here is standard, listed as 20 by 26 inches, which is 66 cm by 51 cm.\n\nStandard is the most common pillow size in New Zealand bedrooms, so for most people this is simply the right one. Problems come up when households have a mix of sizes, or when someone has bought king pillows for a king bed and forgotten. Pull the current case off your pillow and measure the pillow itself, flat, across its longest edge. If it comes in close to 66 cm you are fine.\n\nA pillowcase should be a little generous rather than tight. Silk stretched hard over an overfull pillow puts strain on the seams and the zipper, and it is the fastest way to wear out an otherwise good piece of fabric.\n\nRemember too that this listing is one pillowcase. For a double, queen or king bed you will want two.\n\nColour and how it sits in a room\n\nThe colour here is a plain solid green with no pattern. Solid colours are easier to live with than prints, because they do not compete with whatever else is on the bed. Green in particular sits well against white linen, natural timber and most neutral walls.\n\nSilk takes dye differently from cotton. It holds colour with a slight sheen, so the same shade reads a little richer and changes as light moves across the bed during the day. If you are matching to existing bedding, expect it to look marginally deeper than a cotton equivalent in the same colour family.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is a protein fibre. It is structurally much closer to your own hair than to a cotton plant, and it wants roughly the same treatment.\n\nThe care instruction for this pillowcase is hand wash only, at a maximum of 30 degrees. The method is simple. Soak the pillowcase fully in clean water first. Dissolve a small amount of mild detergent into the water separately, never pouring it straight onto the fabric. Swirl it gently for a few minutes, rinse until the water runs clear, then press the water out without wringing or twisting.\n\nDry it flat or over a line, away from direct sun. Strong sunlight fades dyed fabric over time, and heat is hard on silk fibres. Skip the tumble dryer.\n\nTwo other rules. Wash it alone or with similar colours, and never use bleach. And if something gets spilled on it, wash it that day rather than leaving the mark to set.\n\nThis sounds like more work than it is. Once you have done it twice it takes about five minutes, and having a second pillowcase in rotation means you are never caught without one.\n\nWho this suits\n\nPeople with long hair, people who find cotton too warm, and people who have simply decided they would like their bed to feel a bit nicer. It also makes a reliable gift, because standard sizing removes most of the guesswork and plain green suits nearly any bedroom.\n\nIt is less suited to anyone who wants to throw bedding in a hot machine wash and forget about it. That is a fair preference, and if that is you, a cotton sateen case will serve you better.\n\nThe short version\n\nLook for silk on both faces, a momme weight around 22, a zipper rather than a flap, and a size that actually matches your pillow. This pillowcase is 100% mulberry silk front and back, 22 momme, woven at 600 threads, closed with an invisible zipper, and cut to 66 cm by 51 cm in a solid green.\n\nHand wash it cool, dry it out of the sun, and it will stay smooth for years. Order two if you want a matched pair, and measure your pillow first if you have any doubt about the size.", "llm_summary": "This is a single standard size pillowcase made from 100% mulberry silk on both sides, at 22 momme weight with a 600 thread count. The colour is a solid green with a modern, plain finish and no pattern. It closes with one invisible zipper and measures 66 cm by 51 cm, listed as 20 by 26 inches. Care is hand wash only at a maximum of 30 degrees Celsius, using a mild detergent fully dissolved in water, washed alone or with similar colours, and never bleached. Marks should be dealt with the same day. Brand, country of origin and shipping weight are not specified in this record. The model number is SJ-LLZT and the pack contains one pillowcase.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-king-2-pack", "sku": "green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-king-2-pack", "title": "Green 22 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcases, King Size, 2 Pack", "slug": "green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-king-2-pack", "price": 234.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-king-2-pack/main-green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-king-2-pack.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-king-2-pack/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-king-2-pack-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-king-2-pack/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-king-2-pack-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-king-2-pack/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-king-2-pack-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-king-2-pack/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-king-2-pack-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-king-2-pack/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-king-2-pack-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-king-2-pack/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-king-2-pack-7.jpg" ], "description_short": "Double-sided 100% mulberry silk with a 600 thread count, a hidden zip closure and a calm green colourway, sized 91.4 x 50.8 cm to fit standard king pillows.", "description": "The problem with waking up rumpled\n\nMost of us do not think much about what our face spends eight hours pressed against. Cotton is the default, it washes easily, and nobody questions it. But cotton has a texture, and texture means friction. Turn over forty times in a night and your hair gets dragged in forty different directions. Your cheek gets creased against the weave. By morning you have bedhead and a pillow crease that takes an hour to settle.\n\nSilk changes the surface. The fibre is long, smooth and even, so hair and skin slide over it rather than catching. That is the whole mechanism, and it is a physical property of the fabric, not a treatment or a finish that wears off. You notice it the first night, mostly as an absence: less tangling, less tugging, a pillow that feels cool when you first lie down.\n\nThis particular set is a pair of king size cases in 22 momme mulberry silk, in a solid green. Below is how to work out whether that is the right combination for your bed.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nIf you read one number on a silk pillowcase listing, make it the momme. Momme (pronounced \"mom-ee\") measures the weight of the silk, and it is a far better guide to quality than thread count alone.\n\nHere is roughly how it breaks down. Around 16 momme is light. It feels soft but thin, and over a dark pillow you can sometimes see the pillow through it. Around 19 momme is the common mid-range, perfectly usable and often cheaper. At 22 momme, which is what you have here, the fabric has genuine body. It drapes over the pillow and stays put. It does not feel papery, and it holds up better through repeated washing because there is simply more silk in it.\n\nGo much above 22 and you start trading softness for durability, which suits upholstery more than a pillowcase. That is why 22 momme is so often held up as the best 22 momme silk pillowcase benchmark for bedding. It sits at the point where weight and softness meet.\n\nThe thread count on this set is 600, which describes how tightly the threads are woven. Combined with a 22 momme weight, that points to a fine, closely woven fabric with the soft sheen silk is known for. Treat thread count as supporting information. Momme is the headline.\n\nDouble sided, and why that matters\n\nA detail worth checking on any silk pillowcase is whether both sides are silk. Plenty of cheaper cases use silk on the face and something else on the back, usually a polyester or cotton blend. That halves the benefit. Pillows get flipped, especially by restless sleepers, and if the underside is not silk you end up on the cheap face without realising.\n\nThis set is 100% mulberry silk on both faces. Flip it as many times as you like, the surface is the same.\n\nThe zip question\n\nSilk pillowcases usually close one of two ways. An envelope closure folds a flap of fabric over the open end. A zip closes it properly.\n\nThe envelope style is simpler to make and slightly easier to wash, but it has a habit of letting the pillow creep out over the course of a night. You wake up with half a pillow exposed and a bunched case. A hidden zipper, which is what this set uses, keeps everything enclosed. It also looks neater on a made bed, because there is no flap breaking the line of the pillow.\n\nThe zip runs along one edge, well away from where your face sits. If you happen to sleep right at the edge of the pillow, just turn the case so the zip is on the far side.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nThis is where most returns come from, so it is worth two minutes.\n\nThese cases are 91.4 cm long by 50.8 cm wide, listed in inches as 20 by 36. That is the standard king pillow size. Before you order, lay your pillow flat and measure it edge to edge at its longest and widest. If you land near 90 by 50 cm, you are in the right territory.\n\nA few things to watch for. Queen and standard pillows are shorter, so a king case will be baggy on them, which looks untidy and lets the pillow slide around inside. European pillows are square, usually around 65 by 65 cm, and will not fit at all. Very thick memory foam or contoured pillows can be a tight squeeze even at the right length, so measure the thickness too.\n\nIf you are shopping for a silk pillowcase NZ-wide and your pillows are a mix of sizes, measure each one. It is common for a bed to have two different pillow sizes on it without anyone noticing.\n\nThe colour and how it sits in a room\n\nThis is a plain green in a modern, solid finish. No pattern, no print. Green reads as a calm, grounded colour in a bedroom, and a muted tone works well against white, cream, warm grey and natural linen. It also handles being the single point of colour in an otherwise neutral room, which is useful if you do not want to redo the whole bed.\n\nBecause it is a two pack, you can run a matched pair across a king bed and have the colour read as deliberate rather than accidental.\n\nWashing it without ruining it\n\nSilk is not difficult. It is just different from cotton, and a lot of people assume difficult when they mean unfamiliar.\n\nThe care instructions for this product call for hand washing at a maximum of 30 degrees Celsius. The method is simple. Soak the pillowcase in clean water first. Dissolve a small amount of mild detergent fully in the water before the silk goes in, because undissolved powder can leave marks. Wash it on its own or with similar colours. Do not bleach it.\n\nTo dry, press the water out gently. Do not wring or twist. Reshape the case and dry it flat on a towel, or hang it in the shade. Direct sun and tumble dryers are the two things most likely to damage silk over time, more so than washing.\n\nIf you spill something, deal with it the same day. Marks that sit for a week are much harder to lift.\n\nIf you want it crisp, iron on the lowest setting on the reverse side while slightly damp. Most people skip this step entirely.\n\nWho this suits, and who it does not\n\nA 22 momme mulberry silk pillowcase pair suits someone with king pillows who wants a smoother surface and is happy to hand wash. It suits people with long hair that tangles overnight. It works as a gift, because it is a nicer thing than most people buy themselves and the plain green suits a wide range of bedrooms.\n\nIt does not suit someone who wants everything in the hot wash with the towels. It does not suit standard or queen pillows. And if you want a machine washable option above all else, this is not the one, because the care instructions here are hand wash only.\n\nThe short version\n\nTwenty two momme is a good, substantial weight of silk, heavier than the common 19 momme and better for drape and durability. Both sides are 100% mulberry silk, so flipping the pillow does not cost you anything. The hidden zip keeps the pillow in place all night. The size is king, 91.4 by 50.8 cm, so measure your pillow first. The colour is a plain, calm green. Care is hand wash cool, mild detergent, no bleach, dry in the shade.\n\nTwo cases per pack means one on the bed and one in the cupboard, or a matched pair across a shared king. If that lines up with your bed and your laundry habits, this is a straightforward choice.", "llm_summary": "A two pack of king size pillowcases made from 100% mulberry silk, double sided, in a solid green colourway. The silk is 22 momme with a 600 thread count weave and a modern, plain finish. Each pillowcase measures 91.4 cm long by 50.8 cm wide (20 by 36 inches) and closes with a concealed zipper. The listing notes the fabric is breathable and intended for bed pillows. Care is hand wash only at a maximum of 30 degrees Celsius, washed alone or with like colours, no bleach, with the item soaked in clean water first and mild detergent fully dissolved. Brand, product weight, country of origin and any certification are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-king-2-pack/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-king-2-pack/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-king-2-pack.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack", "sku": "green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack", "title": "Green 22 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcases, Standard, 2 Pack", "slug": "green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack", "price": 185.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/main-green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Double-sided 22 momme mulberry silk in a 600 thread count weave, finished with a hidden zipper and sized 66 x 50.8 cm to fit standard pillows.", "description": "The small annoyance that silk fixes\n\nMost people do not think much about what their face spends eight hours pressed against. Then they notice the crease lines that take an hour to fade in the morning, or the tangle at the back of the head that was not there the night before, or the way a cotton case feels slightly warm and dry after a few hours. None of this is dramatic. It is just a low-level friction that you put up with because you assume that is how beds work.\n\nSilk changes the surface. Cotton fibres are short and have a faint texture to them, so skin and hair catch as you move. A silk filament is long, round and smooth, and a tightly woven silk fabric gives you a surface that things slide across instead of dragging on. That is the mechanical difference. It is not magic and it is not a treatment, it is just what the fibre does.\n\nThe green silk pillowcases in this two pack are 22 momme mulberry silk on both faces, woven at 600 thread count, sized 66 cm by 50.8 cm for standard pillows, and closed with a concealed zipper. Below is how to read those numbers and work out whether this set is the right one for you.\n\nMomme is the number that matters most\n\nIf you only learn one piece of silk vocabulary, make it momme. Thread count gets more attention because people know it from cotton sheets, but momme tells you more about how a silk pillowcase will actually feel and last.\n\nMomme measures weight. Specifically, it is the weight in pounds of a piece of silk 45 inches wide and 100 yards long. You do not need to do that arithmetic. You just need to know that higher momme means a denser, heavier fabric.\n\nSilk bedding usually lands somewhere between 16 and 25 momme. At 16 momme the fabric is light and can feel slightly flimsy, and it shows wear faster. At 19 momme you are into usable territory and a lot of mid-priced cases sit there. At 22 momme, which is what this set uses, the fabric has clear weight in the hand and drapes properly over a pillow instead of clinging to it. Go above 25 and you are paying a lot more for a difference most people cannot feel. That is why anyone shopping for the best mulberry silk pillowcase tends to end up looking at 22 momme first.\n\nThread count, and why 600 is plenty\n\nThread count is the number of threads woven into a square inch. In silk it works a bit differently from cotton, because silk filaments are finer, so the numbers run higher for the same perceived density.\n\nSix hundred is a dense, even weave. What you feel is a surface with no obvious texture, just smoothness. Combined with the 22 momme weight, you get a fabric that is both smooth and substantial. One without the other is less satisfying. A high thread count on very light silk still feels thin, and a heavy silk in a loose weave loses some of the glide.\n\nMulberry silk, and why the source matters\n\nNot all silk comes from the same place. Mulberry silk is produced by silkworms fed only on mulberry leaves in a controlled setting. The diet and the conditions produce long, uniform filaments with very few breaks and an even colour.\n\nWild or tussah silk, by contrast, comes from moths that eat a mixed diet in the open. The fibre is shorter, less even, and often has a slightly coarser hand and a natural tan tint. It has its own appeal in clothing, but for something your face is on all night, the consistency of mulberry silk is the point.\n\nThis set is 100% mulberry silk on both faces. Checking for double-sided construction is worth doing whenever you compare the best silk pillowcase options, because a cotton or polyester reverse is a common way to cut the price without cutting the advertised silk content on the front.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nStandard is the most common pillow size in New Zealand homes, and this case is cut for it at 66 cm by 50.8 cm, or 20 by 26 inches.\n\nBefore ordering, lay your pillow flat and measure it. If it comes in near 66 by 50 cm, you are sorted. King pillows run considerably longer, usually around 90 cm, and will not go into a standard case. European pillows are square, typically 65 by 65 cm, and also need their own size.\n\nOne other thing to consider is loft. A very thick or overstuffed pillow will fill a standard case tightly, which stretches the fabric and puts strain on the seams. If your pillow is unusually deep, the case will still fit, but it will sit snugly rather than loosely. Silk handles this fine when you treat it gently, but it is worth knowing before you order.\n\nZipper or envelope\n\nSilk pillowcases usually close one of two ways. An envelope closure is a fabric flap that folds over the open end. A zipper runs along one edge and seals the case shut.\n\nThis set uses a concealed zipper. The advantage is simple. The pillow stays where it belongs, even if you are a restless sleeper or you like to flip and bunch your pillow. An envelope flap can gradually work loose, and on a firm pillow it sometimes refuses to stay tucked at all.\n\nThe word concealed matters too. The zipper sits hidden inside the seam, so you do not see hardware when the bed is made and you do not feel it against your face. If you have ever used a cushion cover with an exposed zip, you will know why that distinction is worth something.\n\nWho this set suits\n\nPeople with long hair tend to notice the difference first, because hair moving over silk rather than cotton catches less overnight. People who sleep on their side and wake up with pillow creases often try silk next. Anyone who finds cotton cases warm on summer nights may like silk, since it is breathable and feels cool when you first lie down.\n\nThe two pack suits a shared bed, obviously, with one case on each side. It also suits one person who wants to run a proper rotation, keeping one on the pillow while the other dries. Since silk is hand wash only, having a spare is the difference between a routine you keep and one you skip.\n\nGreen is a solid colour here, no pattern. It sits comfortably with white, cream, grey or natural linen, and it does not compete with a patterned duvet. If your bedroom is already decorated, a solid tone is the safer pick.\n\nLooking after silk\n\nSilk is less delicate than its reputation suggests, but it does ask for a different routine than cotton.\n\nHand wash in cool water, a maximum of 30 degrees Celsius. Soak the case fully in clean water before you add anything. Dissolve a small amount of mild detergent completely in the water first, because undiluted detergent sitting directly on silk can mark it. Wash the case on its own or with similar colours, and keep bleach well away.\n\nWhen you rinse, press the water out instead of wringing or twisting. Twisting stresses the fibres and leaves creases that are hard to shift. Dry flat or hang in the shade. Direct sun and tumble dryer heat are the two fastest ways to age silk, so avoid both.\n\nIf you need to press it, use a cool iron on the reverse side while the fabric is still slightly damp. And wash the case reasonably soon after it picks up a mark, since stains that sit are harder to lift from silk than from cotton.\n\nThe short version\n\nMomme tells you how heavy and durable the silk is, and 22 is the weight most people settle on. A 600 thread count weave gives you a smooth, even surface. Mulberry silk on both sides means no cotton reverse to spoil the effect. Measure your pillow against 66 by 50.8 cm before you order. The concealed zipper keeps everything in place. And wash by hand in cool water, with the detergent dissolved first and no sun or dryer heat afterwards.\n\nGet those few things right and a pair of silk pillowcases will stay good for a long time.", "llm_summary": "A two pack of green silk pillowcases in standard size, made from 100% mulberry silk on both faces. The fabric is 22 momme with a 600 thread count weave and a solid green colour with no pattern. Each pillowcase measures 66 cm long by 50.8 cm wide (20 by 26 inches) and closes with a concealed zipper. The supplier model number is SJ-LLZT. The silk surface is smooth, so hair and skin move across it with less friction than cotton. Care is hand wash only at a maximum of 30 degrees Celsius, with mild detergent dissolved in the water first, no bleach, and wash alone or with similar colours. Brand, country of origin and packed weight are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/green-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip", "sku": "grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip", "title": "Grey 22 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcase Queen with Hidden Zip", "slug": "grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip", "price": 145.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip/main-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip/grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip/grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip/grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip/grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip/grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Woven from 100% mulberry silk with a 600 thread count, finished with a concealed zip that holds the pillow still and makes washing simple.", "description": "The problem with waking up rumpled\n\nYou go to bed with your hair reasonably tidy. You wake up with it pressed flat on one side and knotted on the other, and a crease running down your cheek that takes half the morning to fade. Nothing dramatic, just a mildly annoying start to the day.\n\nMost of that comes down to friction. A cotton pillowcase, even an expensive one, is made from short fibres that sit slightly rough against each other. Every time you turn over in the night, your hair and face drag across that surface. Multiply that by seven or eight hours and a few hundred small movements, and the result is the tangle and the crease.\n\nSilk is a different kind of fibre entirely. It comes off the cocoon as one continuous filament, sometimes hundreds of metres long, so the woven surface is far smoother than anything made from staple fibres. Hair slides. Skin slides. That is the whole mechanism, and it is why a pure silk pillowcase has stayed popular long after most bedroom trends have come and gone.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nIf you have shopped for silk before you will have run into the word momme, usually written as a number followed by \"mm\". It is a weight measure, and it is the single most useful figure on a silk product listing.\n\nMomme describes how much a set area of the fabric weighs. A higher number means more silk packed into the same space, which means a denser, heavier, longer-lasting cloth. Silk sold for bedding typically runs from about 16 momme at the light end through to 25 momme at the heavy end.\n\nThis pillowcase is 22 momme. That puts it comfortably in the upper half of the range. In practical terms, 22 momme silk has enough weight to drape properly over a pillow instead of clinging to it, and it holds up to regular washing better than the thinner grades. A 16 momme pillowcase is still silk, but it can feel papery and it tends to show wear sooner at the seams and corners.\n\nThread count gets quoted too, and this one lists 600. Thread count is a familiar number because of cotton sheets, but for silk it is secondary. Two pillowcases can share a thread count and feel completely different if their momme weights are far apart. Check momme first, treat thread count as supporting information.\n\nWhy the closure matters more than you think\n\nIt is easy to skim past the closure type when you are comparing silk pillowcases. Then you sleep on an envelope-back one for a week and you understand.\n\nAn envelope closure is a flap of fabric that folds over the open end. It is cheap to make and it works fine if your pillow is a snug fit. If it is not, the pillow gradually shuffles its way towards the opening, and at some point in the night your face lands on the bare pillow itself rather than the silk.\n\nThis pillowcase uses a concealed zip. The pillow goes in, the zip closes, and that is the end of it. The zip is hidden inside the seam so the edge stays flat, and there is no visible hardware to spoil the plain finish. It also makes laundry day faster, since you can strip the cover off in a couple of seconds rather than wrestling with a flap.\n\nIf you are weighing up a silk pillowcase with zip against an envelope design and the price is similar, the zip is the better buy almost every time.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nThis is a queen pillowcase, measuring 76.2 cm by 50.8 cm. In inches that is 20 by 30.\n\nPillow sizing is not as standardised as you might hope, and the same name can mean slightly different dimensions depending on where the pillow was made. Before ordering, take a tape measure to the pillow you actually plan to use. Measure the long edge and the short edge while the pillow is lying flat and not compressed.\n\nIf your pillow is a little smaller than the case, that is fine. You will have a small amount of slack, which some people actually prefer because the fabric drapes more loosely. If your pillow is larger, especially if it is a king at 36 or 40 inches long, this case will not fit and you should look for the matching size instead.\n\nOne more thing worth knowing: a very thick or heavily stuffed pillow can stretch a case that is nominally the right length. If your pillow is unusually deep, allow for that when you measure.\n\nWho it suits\n\nPeople with long hair notice the difference quickly, because long hair has more surface area dragging across the pillow and more opportunity to tangle. Anyone who sleeps warm tends to appreciate silk too, since it breathes rather than trapping heat against your face.\n\nIt also suits people who want their bedroom to look tidy without much effort. Grey is an easy neutral. It sits happily with white sheets, charcoal sheets, navy, or natural linen tones, and it does not show the faint shadows that pure white fabric sometimes picks up.\n\nIf you are buying for someone else, it is a reliable gift. A mulberry silk pillowcase queen size is the kind of thing most people enjoy but rarely purchase themselves, and the included packing bag means it looks presentable straight out of the parcel.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk has a reputation for being fussy. It is not really, it just dislikes three specific things: heat, bleach and harsh enzymes.\n\nHand washing in cool water is the gentlest option. Fill a basin, add a small amount of detergent made for silk or wool, swirl the pillowcase through for a few minutes, then rinse until the water runs clear. Press the water out between your palms rather than wringing it, because twisting stresses the fibres.\n\nA machine will do the job too. Set it to delicates or a gentle cycle, use cool water, and put the pillowcase inside a mesh laundry bag so it cannot get tangled with zips or buttons on other items. A machine washable silk pillowcase is not a contradiction, you just need to give it the gentle setting.\n\nSkip the dryer. Lay the pillowcase flat on a towel or hang it in the shade, and it will be dry in a few hours. Direct sun is the main cause of colour fading in any dyed fabric, so keep it out of strong light while drying and while storing.\n\nIf it needs pressing, use the lowest heat setting, work on the reverse side, and do it while the fabric still holds a little moisture. Most of the time you will not need to iron at all.\n\nWash it about once a week, in line with the rest of your bedding. If you use rich night creams or leave-in hair products, more often is sensible. Owning two and rotating them makes the whole routine easier and spreads wear across both.\n\nComparing silk against the alternatives\n\nPolyester satin is the most common substitute. It looks glossy and it costs far less, but it is plastic, and plastic does not breathe. On a warm night you will feel the difference. Satin also tends to lose its sheen faster with washing.\n\nBamboo viscose sits somewhere in between. It is softer than cotton and reasonably breathable, though it does not have the same slickness as silk and it wrinkles more.\n\nHigh thread count cotton is lovely to sleep on but it is still a short-staple fibre at heart, with all the friction that implies. If your main reason for shopping is the smoothness, cotton will not get you there no matter how high the number on the packet.\n\nThe short version\n\nLook at momme before anything else. This one is 22 momme, which is a solid, practical weight that will survive regular washing and still feel substantial after a year.\n\nCheck that it is 100% mulberry silk rather than a satin blend. Check the closure, because a zip keeps the pillow where it belongs. Measure your pillow against the 76.2 cm by 50.8 cm queen dimensions. Then wash it cool, dry it flat, and keep it out of the bleach.\n\nDo those few things and you have a pillowcase that quietly makes every night a bit more comfortable, for a long time.", "llm_summary": "A grey queen-size pillowcase made from 100% mulberry silk at 22 momme weight, with a stated thread count of 600 and a solid, plain classic styling. It measures 76.2 cm long by 50.8 cm wide (20 inches by 30 inches) and closes with a concealed zipper, which holds the pillow in place and simplifies removal for washing. Each order includes one pillowcase plus a packing bag. Care is machine wash on a gentle cycle in a mesh bag, or hand wash in cool water, then lay flat to dry. Silk is smooth, so hair and skin slide across it with less friction than cotton. Brand, weight, country of origin and warranty are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "grey-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme", "sku": "grey-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme", "title": "Grey Mulberry Silk Pillowcase Queen 19 Momme", "slug": "grey-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme", "price": 108.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "0.1 kg", "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/grey-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/main-grey-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/grey-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/grey-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/grey-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/grey-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme-3.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 19 momme Grade 6A mulberry silk on both sides with a 600 thread count weave and a hidden zipper, it slips over a standard queen pillow and stays put until morning.", "description": "The small annoyance that sends people looking for silk\n\nMost people do not go shopping for a pillowcase out of nowhere. Something prompts it. You wake up with hair that looks like it lost a fight. You notice creases pressed into one cheek that take half the morning to settle. Or you simply find yourself flipping the pillow over all night chasing a cool patch.\n\nCotton is the usual culprit. It is a good fabric for lots of things, but under a microscope the weave is full of tiny ridges and loops. Every time your head shifts, those ridges grab at hair and skin. Over a night of rolling around, that adds up to a surprising amount of friction. Cotton also soaks up moisture readily, which is why a cotton case can feel warm and slightly damp by 3am.\n\nSilk behaves differently. The fibre is a long, continuous filament rather than short staples spun together, so the surface is far smoother. Hair slides instead of catching. Skin moves instead of dragging. That is the honest, non-dramatic reason silk pillowcases caught on, and it is enough of a reason on its own.\n\nWhat the numbers on a silk pillowcase mean\n\nSilk listings throw a lot of specs at you. Two of them actually matter.\n\nThe first is momme. This is the traditional weight measure for silk fabric, written as a number followed by \"mm\" or just \"momme\". Think of it as the silk equivalent of GSM. Bedding silk generally runs from about 16 up to 25 momme. Below 16 you get fabric that feels thin, shows wear quickly and can tear at the seams. Above 22 the silk starts to feel heavier and the price climbs steeply. A 19 momme silk pillowcase, which is what this one is, sits right in the useful middle. It has enough weight to feel like a proper piece of fabric and enough give to drape over the pillow without looking boxy.\n\nThe second is the grade. Mulberry silk is graded by the length and evenness of the filament, running up to 6A at the top. A Grade 6A silk pillowcase is made from long, consistent fibres, which is what gives the fabric its even sheen and its smoothness. This pillowcase is listed as Grade 6A.\n\nThread count comes up too, and here it is 600. For silk, thread count is less meaningful than momme, because very fine threads can push the count up without adding any substance. Look at momme first, then treat thread count as supporting information. A 600 thread count silk pillowcase at 19 momme is a sensible combination.\n\nDouble sided matters more than you would think\n\nHere is something worth checking on any listing. Plenty of pillowcases sold as silk are only silk on one face. The other side is cotton, polyester or a satin blend, and the maker assumes you will keep the silk side up.\n\nIn practice that falls apart quickly. You flip the pillow at midnight. Someone makes the bed and puts it on upside down. You end up sleeping on the cheap side half the time without realising.\n\nThis one is double sided silk. Both faces are mulberry silk, so it does not matter which way it goes on the pillow. It is a small design decision with a real effect on how often you actually get the benefit you paid for.\n\nThe closure question\n\nSilk pillowcases come with three common closures. Open ended cases are the simplest and the cheapest, but the pillow works its way out. Envelope closures tuck a flap of fabric over the open end, which holds reasonably well on a firm pillow and poorly on a soft one. Zippers hold best.\n\nThis pillowcase uses a hidden zipper. It runs along one edge and sits concealed, so there is no hardware near your face and nothing to catch your hair. Once the pillow is in, it stays in. If you share a bed with someone who redistributes the bedding every night, a silk pillowcase with zipper closure saves you from fishing a bare pillow out of the duvet at breakfast.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nThis case is cut for a queen bed pillow and measures 75cm by 50cm, which the supplier also lists as 20 inches by 30 inches. That is the most common pillow size on New Zealand beds.\n\nBefore ordering, do this. Take the pillowcase off your current pillow, lay the pillow flat and measure it across the longest edge and then the shorter one. Pillow sizing is not perfectly standardised, and a plump pillow needs a little more room than a flat one. If your pillow measures close to 75cm by 50cm, this will fit well. A standard pillow will sit inside with some slack, which looks a bit loose but works fine. A king pillow will not fit.\n\nOne note on fill. A very thick, high loft pillow will stretch any case tight, and silk under constant tension will wear at the seams faster. If your pillow is unusually deep, check the measurements carefully.\n\nColour and how it sits with your bedding\n\nThe colour here is a plain grey with a solid, unpatterned finish and a classic cut. Grey is probably the easiest colour to work into an existing bed. It sits comfortably with white, cream, charcoal, navy, dusty pink and most natural linen tones. It also hides the faint marks that any pillowcase picks up better than pure white does.\n\nSilk has a natural sheen, so the grey will look lighter in bright daylight and deeper under a warm bedside lamp. That is the fabric doing what silk does, not an inconsistency.\n\nLooking after it\n\nCare here is hand wash only, and it is worth doing properly because good silk lasts for years when treated well.\n\nFill a basin with cool water and add a small amount of detergent made for delicates. Swish the pillowcase gently for a couple of minutes. Do not scrub, twist or wring it. Rinse in clean cool water until the water runs clear, then lay the case flat on a dry towel, roll the towel up and press to squeeze out the water. Unroll, then dry flat or hang it in a shaded, airy spot.\n\nThree things damage silk fastest. Hot water, direct sunlight and bleach. Avoid all three and the fabric and the grey dye will both hold up. If you want to iron, use the lowest silk setting on the reverse side while the fabric is slightly damp. Most people skip this because the creases relax once the case is back on the pillow.\n\nWash it about once a week, or more often if you use heavy night creams or hair oils. Between washes, keep it folded in a drawer rather than tossed on a shelf with rough fabrics or anything with a hook or clasp that could pull a thread.\n\nWho this suits\n\nIf you have long hair, curls, or hair you spend time styling, the reduced friction is the clearest benefit and you will notice it within a week. If you sleep hot, the breathable, temperature-controlling nature of silk makes a real difference to how the pillow feels at 2am. If you are buying a gift and do not know the person's taste well, a neutral grey silk case is a safe and genuinely useful choice.\n\nIt suits you less if you want something you can throw in the machine with the sheets every Sunday. Hand washing is not hard, but it is a step, and it is honest to say so upfront.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is one grey mulberry silk pillowcase in queen size, 75cm by 50cm, made from 19 momme Grade 6A mulberry silk at a 600 thread count. Both sides are silk. It closes with a hidden zipper. The colour is solid grey with no pattern, and care is hand wash in cool water, dried flat away from the sun.\n\nThe numbers that matter are the momme weight and the double sided construction. Nineteen momme gives you fabric with real substance that still drapes well, and silk on both faces means you get the benefit regardless of which way it lands on the pillow. Measure your pillow, order a pair if you want the bed to match, and wash it gently.", "llm_summary": "This is a single grey mulberry silk pillowcase in queen size, measuring 75cm by 50cm (listed as 20\" x 30\"). The fabric is 19 momme Grade 6A mulberry silk with a 600 thread count, and the pillowcase is double-sided silk rather than silk-backed. It closes with a hidden zipper and is described as breathable with temperature-control properties. The colour is grey, the pattern is solid and the style is classic. Item weight is 0.1kg and the model number is COMINHKPR151459. Care is hand wash only. It ships as one pillowcase per pack. Brand, country of origin and fill are not specified in this record. No rating or review data is available here.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/grey-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/grey-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/grey-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "iron-grey-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme", "sku": "iron-grey-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme", "title": "Iron Grey Mulberry Silk Pillowcase Queen 19 Momme", "slug": "iron-grey-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme", "price": 105.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "0.1 kg", "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/iron-grey-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/main-iron-grey-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/iron-grey-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/iron-grey-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/iron-grey-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/iron-grey-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme-3.jpg" ], "description_short": "Double-sided 19 momme Grade 6A mulberry silk in a 600 thread count weave, finished with a hidden zipper and sized 75 x 50 cm to fit a standard New Zealand queen pillow.", "description": "The small annoyance that sends people shopping for silk\n\nNobody buys a silk pillowcase for the first time out of nowhere. Usually there is a trigger. You catch your reflection at breakfast and there is a crease running down one cheek that takes an hour to settle. Or you have grown your hair out and every morning starts with ten minutes of untangling. Or you have just bought good sheets and the old cotton pillowcase suddenly looks tired next to them.\n\nCotton is a fine fabric, but it grips. The surface has tiny fibres that catch on hair and drag against skin as you turn through the night. Silk is the opposite. It is smooth, it is light, and things slide across it. That is the whole pitch, and it is an honest one. We are not going to tell you a pillowcase will change your skin or your hair, because that is not a claim anyone can make from a fabric spec. What we can tell you is what the fabric is and how it behaves.\n\nThis particular case is iron grey, 19 momme mulberry silk on both sides, woven at 600 thread count, cut to 75 by 50 centimetres with a hidden zip. The rest of this guide explains what each of those numbers actually means when the thing is on your bed.\n\nMomme, and why 19 is the number you keep seeing\n\nMomme is the old Japanese weight measure that the silk trade still uses. Think of it as the silk version of GSM. A higher momme means more silk per square metre, which means a denser, heavier, longer-lasting fabric.\n\nSilk bedding generally runs from about 16 momme at the light end up to 25 or so at the heavy end. Sixteen is thin. It feels lovely in the shop but it wears faster and it can go slightly transparent. Twenty-five is lush but costs considerably more and some people find it too dense to drape well over a soft pillow.\n\nNineteen sits right in the middle, which is exactly why the best 19 momme silk pillowcase options dominate the market. There is enough weight to hold shape, enough body to survive regular washing, and enough give that the fabric still falls softly around the pillow instead of standing up stiffly. If you are buying your first silk pillowcase and you do not want to overthink it, 19 momme is the sensible default.\n\nGrade 6A and thread count\n\nYou will see Grade 6A on most quality silk listings, including this one. The grading system scores raw silk on filament length, evenness and cleanliness, and 6A sits at the top of the scale. Long, uniform filaments produce a smoother surface with fewer slubs or weak spots. It is a raw material grade, not a finished-product guarantee, but it tells you the maker started with good thread.\n\nThread count is listed here at 600. With silk, thread count works a little differently than it does with cotton, because silk filaments are finer. A 600 count silk weave is close and tight, which contributes to the smooth hand feel. Read momme and thread count together rather than chasing one in isolation. A high thread count on a very light silk still gives you a thin fabric.\n\nDouble-sided silk versus the cheap shortcut\n\nHere is the thing to actually check before you buy any silk pillowcase. Is the silk on both sides?\n\nA surprising number of budget cases use silk on the front and a cheaper cotton or polyester blend on the back. It cuts the cost significantly and the listing photo looks identical. The problem shows up at two in the morning when you flip your pillow and land on a completely different fabric.\n\nThis case is double-sided mulberry silk. Both faces are the same material, so it does not matter which way the pillow lands. It also means the case wears evenly instead of one face ageing faster than the other. If you are comparing a 100 percent mulberry silk pillowcase against something cheaper, this is usually where the price difference lives.\n\nClosure, and why the zip matters\n\nSilk pillowcases come with one of three closures. Open-ended cases are the cheapest and the pillow drifts out. Envelope flaps are tidy but the pillow still works loose if you move a lot. A zip holds everything in place.\n\nThis one has a hidden zipper, which means the zip tape sits tucked inside a seam rather than running visibly down the edge. Two practical benefits. First, nothing scratchy sits near your face. Second, the made bed looks clean. A hidden zipper silk pillowcase is slightly more work to manufacture, which is why you do not see it on every listing.\n\nWhen you put the case on, feed the pillow in corner first and ease the fabric along rather than forcing it. Silk is strong along its length but seams do not love being yanked.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nThe size here is given two ways, Queen 20 by 30 inches and 75 by 50 centimetres. Those are the same measurement in different units, and 75 x 50 cm is the standard queen pillow dimension used across New Zealand.\n\nBefore ordering, lay your pillow flat and measure it edge to edge in both directions. If it comes out close to 75 by 50, you are set. If your pillow is a deep-profile or memory foam type that is noticeably thicker, the case will fit but snugly, and you will have less of the loose drape that makes silk look good on a bed.\n\nStandard pillows, which are shorter, will swim inside a queen case. That is not a disaster, plenty of people prefer a slightly loose fit, but the extra fabric will bunch at one end.\n\nThe colour question\n\nIron grey is a deliberate middle ground. It is darker than the pale greys that show every mark and lighter than charcoal, which can look heavy in a small bedroom. On a bed it reads as a calm neutral.\n\nPractically, grey is forgiving. It does not telegraph the faint marks that white silk picks up from moisturiser or hair oil, and it does not clash with anything. White sheets, oatmeal linen, navy duvets, a plain timber bedhead, grey sits comfortably against all of them. If you are buying a luxury pillowcase NZ-side and want it to last through a redecorate or two, a neutral is the smart bet.\n\nLooking after it\n\nThis is the part people underestimate, so be honest with yourself about it. The care instruction is hand wash only. No machine cycle, no dryer.\n\nIn practice that means a basin of cool water, a capful of gentle detergent made for delicates or wool, a few minutes of light swishing, and a thorough rinse. Do not wring it out. Lay it on a towel, roll the towel up, and press. Then dry flat or hang it in the shade. Direct sun fades silk and heat weakens the fibres.\n\nWash every week or two under normal use. If you use rich night creams or leave-in hair products, wash more often, because those residues are what dull the surface over time. Skip bleach and skip fabric softener entirely.\n\nA tip worth taking. Buy two. Hand washing means a drying day, and having a second case means you are never stuck putting the old cotton one back on.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a queen-size pillowcase in 19 momme Grade 6A mulberry silk, silk on both faces, woven at 600 thread count, measuring 75 by 50 centimetres, in a solid iron grey with a hidden zip. One case per pack, 0.1 kg, hand wash only.\n\nIf you want something that feels noticeably smoother than cotton, sits quietly in almost any bedroom, and holds up to regular use, the numbers here are the ones most people end up choosing. Measure your pillow, decide whether you can live with hand washing, and if both answers work, this is an easy yes.", "llm_summary": "This is a queen-size pillowcase made from 19 momme Grade 6A mulberry silk, with silk on both sides rather than a cotton backing. The weave is listed at 600 thread count. It measures 75 cm long by 50 cm wide, which corresponds to the stated Queen 20 by 30 inch size, and the colour is iron grey in a solid pattern. Closure is a hidden zipper. The listing notes breathable and temperature-control properties. Item weight is 0.1 kg and the pack contains one pillowcase. Care is hand wash only. Brand, GTIN, MPN and country of origin are not specified in this record, and no customer rating data is included. Orders ship by tracked courier.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/iron-grey-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/iron-grey-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/iron-grey-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "kids-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-fish-tail-print", "sku": "kids-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-fish-tail-print", "title": "Kids Mulberry Silk Pillowcase, Fish Tail Print", "slug": "kids-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-fish-tail-print", "price": 58.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "100 g", "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/kids-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-fish-tail-print/main-kids-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-fish-tail-print.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/kids-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-fish-tail-print/kids-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-fish-tail-print-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/kids-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-fish-tail-print/kids-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-fish-tail-print-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/kids-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-fish-tail-print/kids-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-fish-tail-print-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/kids-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-fish-tail-print/kids-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-fish-tail-print-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 19 momme mulberry silk with a hidden side zip, it fits most queen pillows and stays smooth and cool against hair and skin all night.", "description": "The problem with most kids bedding\n\nChildren's pillowcases tend to fall into two camps. There are the fun ones, printed with cartoons and covered in characters, usually made from thin polyester that goes shiny after a few washes and feels warm against the face. Then there are the good quality ones, plain cotton or linen in sensible colours, which children treat with complete indifference.\n\nParents end up buying both. The fun one goes on the bed because the child insists, and the good one sits in the cupboard.\n\nThis pillowcase tries to sit in the middle. The print is genuinely a kids print, a cartoon fish tail design that looks like something from a story rather than a hotel. The fabric underneath is mulberry silk at 19 momme, which is the same weight class used in adult silk bedding. So the thing on the bed is both the one the child chose and the one you would have chosen.\n\nWhat silk actually does on a pillow\n\nSilk is worth understanding properly, because there is a lot of loose talk about it.\n\nThe useful fact is friction. Cotton, even nice cotton, is a woven fabric with a textured surface. Hair catches on it. When a child rolls over forty times a night, hair drags across that surface each time. Silk has a far smoother face, so hair and skin slide across it rather than catch. That is a measurable property of the fibre, not a promise about results.\n\nThe second useful fact is temperature. Silk feels cool when you first put your cheek on it and does not hold heat the way a thick brushed cotton does. For children who run warm at night, or who kick covers off in January, that cool first contact is often the thing they notice and like.\n\nBeyond that, we will not claim anything. Silk is a smooth, cool, strong natural fibre. That is enough to recommend it without going further.\n\nReading the momme number\n\nIf you shop for silk bedding you will keep seeing momme, written as a number followed by the word. It is the traditional weight measure for silk fabric, and it is the single most useful number on any silk listing.\n\nBedding silk generally runs from about 16 momme at the light end to 25 at the heavy end. Low momme silk is thinner and cheaper, drapes very fluidly, and does not last as long under regular washing. High momme silk is dense and substantial, costs considerably more, and can feel almost heavy on a pillow.\n\nThis case is 19 momme, which sits comfortably in the middle. It has enough weight to sit properly over a pillow without wrinkling into a mess, and enough substance to handle regular use. For a child's bed, where the case will be washed often and treated without much ceremony, mid-weight is the sensible pick. People looking for the best 19 momme silk pillowcase are usually looking for exactly this balance of durability and feel.\n\nSize, and why it matters more than you think\n\nThe pillowcase is queen size, 76.2 cm long by 50.8 cm wide. That is the standard queen pillow measurement and the size most New Zealand households already have on the bed.\n\nBefore you order anything, pull the pillow out of its current case, lay it flat, and measure it. Pillow sizing is not as consistent as it should be, and a case that is too small will strain at the seams while one that is far too large will bunch in folds under the head. Neither is comfortable.\n\nIf your child is still in a cot or a toddler bed with a small pillow, a queen case is not the right fit. Wait until they move up to a standard or queen pillow.\n\nThe zip, a small detail that matters\n\nPillowcases close in one of three ways. Open ended cases are cheapest and let the pillow wander out. Envelope flap cases tuck the pillow behind a fold, which works until someone kicks the pillow hard enough to pop the corner out. Zipped cases enclose the pillow completely.\n\nThis one uses a hidden side zipper, set into the seam so it does not show from the front and does not sit near the sleeping surface. For a child's bed, this is the right choice. Children move constantly, and an enclosed pillow stays dressed all night. It also makes the case suitable as a cover over a feather pillow, since nothing can work its way out through an open end.\n\nWhen you put the case on, feed the pillow in corner first, work it into the far corners, then close the zip slowly. Forcing a zip over bunched fabric is how zips break.\n\nLooking after silk without any fuss\n\nHere is where people get nervous, and they should not. Silk care is simple, it is just different from cotton care.\n\nThe rule for this case is hand wash only. Fill a basin with cold water, add a small amount of detergent made for silk or delicates, and swish the case through for a couple of minutes. Do not scrub, do not wring, do not leave it soaking for an hour. Rinse in clean cold water until the water runs clear.\n\nTo dry, lay the case flat on a dry towel, roll the towel up like a sausage and press. That pulls most of the water out without stressing the fibres. Then dry flat or hang in the shade. Direct sun is the enemy of both silk and printed colour.\n\nNever use bleach. Never use hot water. Never put it in the dryer. If it needs pressing, use the lowest silk setting on the iron, work on the reverse side, and go while the fabric is still faintly damp.\n\nTwo things to keep away from it are rough velcro and sharp fingernails. Silk is strong along its length but it will snag. If a thread does pull, resist the urge to snip it. Push it back through from the inside with a blunt needle and the weave closes up again.\n\nMany parents find owning two cases makes life easier, since hand washed silk takes longer to dry than a cotton case out of the machine. One on the bed, one in the cupboard.\n\nWho this suits\n\nThis works well for school age children and teenagers who sleep on a queen pillow and who have an opinion about what their bedroom looks like. The cartoon print appeals to that age group without being babyish, and because it is printed on both sides, flipping the pillow is never a problem.\n\nIt also works as a gift. It arrives bagged and flat, weighs 100 g, and the packaged size is small enough to post or tuck into a larger present. For birthdays and Christmas, a good silk pillowcase is one of the few gifts that gets used every single night.\n\nIt is less suitable if you want something you can throw in the machine with the sheets every week. Hand wash only is a real instruction, not a suggestion, and if nobody in the house will follow it, a cotton case will serve you better.\n\nHow to compare your options\n\nWhen you look at silk pillowcases side by side, there are only a handful of things worth checking.\n\nCheck the momme weight and make sure it is stated. If a listing will not tell you, that usually means it is low. Check the stated size in centimetres and match it to your own pillow. Check the closure, since a zip holds better than a flap. Check the care instruction so you know what you are committing to. And look at whether the print runs on both faces, which matters more on a child's pillow than an adult's.\n\nPrice alone is a poor guide. Very cheap silk is usually low momme or a blend, and very expensive silk often reflects a brand rather than the fabric.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a single queen size mulberry silk pillowcase, 76.2 by 50.8 cm, made at 19 momme with a cartoon fish tail print on both sides and a hidden side zip. It weighs 100 g and arrives bagged. Care is hand wash only, cold water, dried flat out of the sun.\n\nIf you want a kids silk pillowcase that a child will actually keep on the bed, and you are happy to hand wash it, this covers both sides of the deal. Measure the pillow, order it, and expect it in 5 to 10 working days by tracked courier.", "llm_summary": "This is a single kids mulberry silk pillowcase in a cartoon fish tail print, sold one per pack. It is made from 19 momme silk, with the fabric type listed as silk and the pattern printed on both sides of the case. The size is queen, measuring 76.2 cm long by 50.8 cm wide, and the packaged item measures 24 x 13.5 x 1.7 cm with an item weight of 100 g. The closure is a hidden side zipper and the product arrives bagged. Care is hand wash only, separately, in cold water. Brand, colour, exact material composition percentage and country of origin are not specified in this record. No certifications, ratings or warranty are listed.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/kids-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-fish-tail-print/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/kids-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-fish-tail-print/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/kids-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-fish-tail-print.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen", "sku": "light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen", "title": "Light Grey 22 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcase (Queen)", "slug": "light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen", "price": 147.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "163 g", "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/main-light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk on both sides with an 800 thread count weave and a hidden zipper, so the surface stays smooth from edge to edge.", "description": "The small annoyance nobody talks about\n\nYou make the bed, you buy decent sheets, you get the room dark and cool. Then you wake up with a line pressed across your cheek and hair that has somehow tangled itself while you were doing nothing but lying still. That is friction. Cotton, even good cotton, has a slightly grabby surface. Every time you roll over, your face and hair drag across it.\n\nSilk behaves differently. The filaments are long and smooth, so the woven surface has very little grip. Your head moves and the fabric lets it go. That is the whole idea, and it is the reason silk pillowcases have gone from a luxury nobody could justify to something plenty of ordinary households now keep on the bed year round.\n\nThis page is about one specific case, a light grey 22 momme mulberry silk pillowcase in queen size. But the thinking below applies to any silk case you are considering.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nIf you have shopped for silk bedding, you will have run into momme. It is a weight measure, used the way GSM is used for cotton and towels. One momme is roughly 4.3 grams per square metre. Bedding silk usually sits somewhere between 16 and 25 momme.\n\nHere is the practical version. Sixteen momme is thin. It feels slippery and light, it is cheaper, and the edges tend to give out first. Nineteen momme is the common middle ground. Twenty-two momme, which is what this case uses, has noticeable weight in the hand and a fluid drape rather than a flutter. Past 25 momme the fabric starts behaving more like a furnishing textile than something you want under your ear.\n\nTwenty-two is where most people land once they have handled a few. It is substantial enough to last and smooth enough to be worth buying in the first place. When people ask what makes the best mulberry silk pillowcase, momme weight is usually the honest answer, ahead of thread count or branding.\n\nThread count, and why it matters less here\n\nThis case lists an 800 thread count. That is a high number, and it does tell you the weave is fine and tightly packed. But with silk, thread count is a secondary detail. The filament quality and the momme weight do most of the work. A high thread count on a low momme silk can still feel thin.\n\nTake thread count as supporting evidence rather than the headline. If a listing leads with thread count and never mentions momme, that is worth noticing.\n\nGrade 6A and what the grading means\n\nMulberry silk gets graded by the length and consistency of the filaments drawn from the cocoon. Grade 6A is the top of the common grading scale, meaning long, even, uniform threads. Shorter or more irregular filaments produce fabric with a slightly rougher hand and more tendency to pill.\n\nThis case is 6A mulberry silk on both sides. That last part matters. A fair number of cases on the market use silk on the sleeping face and a cheaper cotton or synthetic on the underside. It cuts the cost, but it also means half the case does not do what you bought it for. If you turn your pillow over in the night, you will feel the difference immediately.\n\nClosures, and why the zip placement matters\n\nThere are three usual ways to close a pillowcase. An envelope flap, an exposed zip, or a hidden zip.\n\nEnvelope closures look neat and cost less to make. The problem shows up after a few weeks, when the pillow starts working its way out of the opening and you find a bare corner poking out at breakfast. Exposed zips hold the pillow fine but put metal or moulded teeth somewhere near your face.\n\nThis case uses a hidden zipper sewn into the seam. The pillow stays in, the top surface stays as uninterrupted silk, and nothing hard sits against your skin. It also makes removal easier on wash day, which counts for something with a hand wash item. People searching for the best silk pillowcase with zipper are almost always looking for this exact construction.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nThe case measures 75 cm long by 50 cm wide, sized for a standard queen pillow. Pillow sizing is not perfectly standardised, so the safest move is to measure your own pillow flat, edge to edge, before ordering.\n\nIf your pillow is shorter, the case will bag at one end. Not a disaster, but the surface will wrinkle more and you lose some of the smoothness you paid for. If your pillow is a deep or extra-firm type, check the width as well as the length, since a thick pillow effectively shortens the case once it is stuffed in.\n\nOne case covers one pillow. If you sleep with two, or you share the bed, order a pair.\n\nLiving with light grey\n\nColour on silk reads differently to colour on cotton, because silk reflects light rather than absorbing it. A plain light grey will look cooler and paler in daylight and warmer under a lamp. That shifting quality is part of why grey works so well on a bed. It does not fight with white sheets, it sits nicely against charcoal or navy, and it is calm next to linen in natural tones.\n\nIt is also a sensible choice if you are buying as a gift. Guessing someone's colour scheme is risky. Grey rarely goes wrong, which is why the best grey silk pillowcase tends to be the one people reach for when they are shopping for someone else.\n\nHow to care for it without stress\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it is particular. The care instruction here is hand wash only, and it is worth following.\n\nUse cool water and a detergent made for delicates or wool. Swirl the case gently, do not scrub it, and do not leave it soaking. Rinse in cool water until the water runs clear. Then lay the case on a towel, roll the towel up and press to push the water out. Do not wring it. Wringing distorts the weave and that distortion does not come back out.\n\nDry it flat on a fresh towel, or hang it somewhere shaded and airy. Direct sun is the main cause of fading and it also weakens the fibres over time. No tumble dryer. No hot water. No bleach, ever.\n\nIf you want it crisp, iron on the lowest silk setting, on the reverse, while it is still a bit damp. Store it folded in a drawer rather than hanging, since hangers leave marks in silk.\n\nWash every week or two. If you use rich night creams or leave-in hair products, wash more often. Oils sitting in the fabric dull the surface faster than washing does.\n\nWho this suits\n\nPeople with long hair, people who move around a lot in their sleep, and people who have simply had enough of waking up with their face printed with pillow seams. It also suits anyone who wants one small, genuinely noticeable upgrade to their bed without replacing the whole set.\n\nIt is less suited to households that want everything through a hot machine wash. If hand washing a pillowcase sounds like too much effort, be honest with yourself about that before ordering, because a silk case put through a hot cycle will not be the same case afterwards.\n\nDelivery and returns\n\nOrders go out by tracked courier from Australian warehouses, and most reach New Zealand addresses in 5 to 10 working days. Delivery is free NZ-wide on orders over NZ$175. Returns are accepted within 14 days of delivery as long as the case is unused and unwashed, so check the fit against your pillow before you take it out of the box.\n\nThe short version\n\nTwenty-two momme is a sensible weight for a silk pillowcase, heavy enough to last and smooth enough to be worth it. Silk on both sides beats a cotton backing. A hidden zip beats an envelope flap. Measure your pillow, match the size, and wash it by hand in cool water.\n\nGet those four things right and a silk case stops being a fussy luxury and starts being the part of the bed you look forward to at the end of the day.", "llm_summary": "A light grey queen silk pillowcase made from 100% Grade 6A mulberry silk at 22 momme on both sides, with an 800 thread count weave. It measures 75 cm long by 50 cm wide to fit a standard queen pillow and weighs 163 g. The closure is a hidden zipper set into the seam, which holds the pillow in place and keeps the zip away from the sleeper's face. The pattern is a plain solid in a classic style, supplied as one piece in a gift box. Care is hand wash only. Model number p-22-e-q-light grey. Brand, country of origin and fabric certification details are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack", "sku": "light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack", "title": "Light Grey 22 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcases, Queen 2 Pack", "slug": "light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack", "price": 197.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack/main-light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack-7.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack-8.jpg" ], "description_short": "Double-sided 100% mulberry silk at 600 thread count, a 75 x 50 cm queen fit and a concealed zipper closure, supplied as a matching pair so one can be on the bed while the other is in the wash.", "description": "The small annoyance that makes people switch\n\nMost people do not go looking for a silk pillowcase. They go looking for a fix to something small and persistent. Hair that is knotted on one side every morning. Sleep creases on a cheek that take an hour to settle. A pillow that feels warm within minutes of lying down. None of these are serious problems, which is exactly why they go unsolved for years.\n\nThe common thread is friction. Your head does not stay still at night. You turn, you shift, you bury your face in the pillow and then roll away from it. Every one of those movements drags your hair and your skin across whatever fabric is on the pillow. With woven cotton, that fabric has texture. The fibres are short, the surface is slightly rough, and things catch on it.\n\nSilk works differently. The fibre is a single long filament rather than a bundle of short ones spun together, so the surface it creates is far smoother. The same head movement that tugs on cotton slides on silk. That is the entire mechanism, and it is worth being clear about because silk gets talked about as if it were a treatment. It is not. It is a smoother surface, and a smoother surface causes less drag.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nMomme is the number you will see on every decent silk pillowcase listing, and most shoppers skip past it because it looks like jargon. It is worth understanding, because it is the single most useful figure for comparing one silk pillowcase to another.\n\nMomme measures the weight of the silk fabric. Higher momme means more silk per unit of fabric, which means a heavier, denser, more durable cloth. Bedding silk usually runs between about 16 and 25 momme. Below that range the fabric starts feeling thin and the seams take a beating in the wash. Above it, the silk gets heavy and loses some of the fluid drape that makes it pleasant in the first place.\n\nThis pillowcase is 22 momme. That sits toward the upper half of the bedding range. In practice it means the fabric has noticeable weight when you pick it up, it falls over a pillow rather than clinging to it, and it stands up to regular hand washing better than a lighter silk would. If you are comparing a 22 momme silk pillowcase against a 19, the heavier one will generally feel more substantial and last longer with the same care.\n\nThread count sits alongside momme. Here it is 600, which describes how densely the threads are packed into the weave. A high thread count in silk gives you a close, even surface with no coarseness. Momme tells you about weight, thread count tells you about the weave, and you want both to be reasonable rather than one to be spectacular.\n\nWhy double-sided silk is not a detail\n\nA lot of silk pillowcases are silk on the face and something else on the back. Polyester, cotton blend, whatever keeps the cost down. On paper it sounds defensible, since you only sleep on one side.\n\nExcept you do not. People flip pillows constantly without thinking about it, usually chasing the cooler side. If the back of your pillowcase is a different fabric, half your night is spent on it. This one is 100% mulberry silk on both faces, so it does not matter which way the pillow lands. That is a real difference in daily use, even though it reads like a specification footnote.\n\nThe zip, and why it is better than an envelope\n\nPillowcases close in one of two ways. An envelope flap tucks the open end back inside itself. A zip seals it. Envelope closures are cheaper to make and they work fine on cotton, but on silk the slippery surface means the pillow gradually works its way out as you move. You wake up with a corner of bare pillow poking out.\n\nThis pillowcase uses a concealed zipper. The pillow goes in, the zip closes, and the pillow stays put. The zip is hidden in the seam so you do not see it on a made bed and you do not feel it in normal sleeping positions. If you are sensitive to that sort of thing, just turn the zip edge toward the foot of the bed when you make it up.\n\nWho this suits\n\nAnyone with long hair, curly hair or hair that tangles easily tends to notice the difference within a few nights. So do people who wake with pillow marks on their face. People who run warm often like silk for the cool initial feel, though your duvet and room temperature matter far more than your pillowcase on that front.\n\nIt also suits anyone buying a gift and unsure what to choose. A silk pillowcase gift set in a neutral light grey works in almost any bedroom, costs about what people expect a nice gift to cost, and is something most people would not buy for themselves.\n\nWho it suits less well: anyone who wants to throw bedding in the machine on a hot cycle and forget about it. Silk needs hand washing. That is not difficult, but it is a change of habit, and it is worth being honest about before you buy.\n\nChoosing the right size\n\nQueen in New Zealand means a pillow around 75 cm long by 50 cm wide, and that is what these are cut to. Before ordering, strip your current pillowcase off and measure the pillow itself flat, not the case. Pillowcases are usually cut a little generous.\n\nIf your pillow is longer than 75 cm you have a king, and queen cases will not fit. If it is noticeably shorter, you have a standard, and queen cases will fit but will leave slack at one end. Slack is not a disaster, it just looks less crisp on a made bed.\n\nPillow loft matters too. A very plump, over-filled pillow can stretch a queen case tight and put strain on the seams. If your pillow is unusually thick, give it a gentle squeeze test against the dimensions before deciding.\n\nCare, honestly\n\nHand wash only, at 30°C or cooler. The right sequence is to dissolve a small amount of mild detergent in the water completely first, then put the pillowcase in. Dropping detergent onto wet silk creates concentrated spots that can mark the fabric.\n\nWash separately, or at most with similar colours. No bleach, no stain removers containing bleach, no fabric softener. If something spills, wash it that day rather than letting it dry in.\n\nTo dry, press or roll the water out gently. Do not wring, do not twist. Lay it flat or hang it out of direct sunlight, and keep it away from heaters and radiators. Sun and heat are what degrade silk and fade colour, more than washing ever does.\n\nIf it needs pressing, use a low iron on the reverse while the fabric is still slightly damp. Most of the time it will settle on its own once it is on the pillow.\n\nWhy two is the right number\n\nThis is sold as a pair, and that is the sensible format for silk. Because it is hand wash and air dry, a single pillowcase means you either skip washes or sleep on something else for a night while it dries. With two you simply rotate. One on the bed, one in the cupboard or on the line.\n\nIt also means a matched set across both sides of a queen or king bed, which just looks better than one silk pillowcase sitting next to a cotton one.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a two pack of queen silk pillowcases in light grey, made from 100% mulberry silk on both sides at 22 momme and 600 thread count, measuring 75 by 50 cm, with a concealed zip. The 22 momme weight means a fabric with real body that holds up to washing. The double-sided construction means the underside is silk too. The zip keeps the pillow where it should be.\n\nHand wash cool, dry out of the sun, and rotate the pair. Do that and you have a pillowcase that stays smooth and keeps its colour for a long time.", "llm_summary": "A two pack of light grey queen silk pillowcases made from 100% mulberry silk on both sides, rated 22 momme with a 600 thread count. Each pillowcase measures 75 cm long by 50 cm wide (listed as 20 by 30 inches) and closes with a concealed zipper that keeps the pillow in place. The pattern is solid, the style is modern, and the model number is SJ-LLZT. The listing describes the fabric as breathable and intended for hair protection. Care is hand wash only at a maximum of 30°C with mild detergent fully dissolved, washed separately or with similar colours, no bleach. Brand, weight, country of origin and detailed packaged dimensions are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/light-grey-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "navy-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-hidden-zip", "sku": "navy-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-hidden-zip", "title": "Navy Blue 19 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcase, Queen with Hidden Zip", "slug": "navy-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-hidden-zip", "price": 129.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "109 g", "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/navy-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-hidden-zip/main-navy-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-hidden-zip.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/navy-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-hidden-zip/navy-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-hidden-zip-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/navy-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-hidden-zip/navy-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-hidden-zip-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/navy-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-hidden-zip/navy-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-hidden-zip-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/navy-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-hidden-zip/navy-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-hidden-zip-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Grade 6A mulberry silk in a 600 thread count weave, finished with a hidden zip and stitched interior edges so your pillow stays put and the case keeps its shape.", "description": "The problem with the pillowcase you already own\n\nMost of us never think about pillowcases. They come with the sheet set, they go on the bed, and that is the end of the decision. Then one morning you notice your hair looks like it has been through a hedge, or there is a crease pressed into your cheek that takes an hour to fade, and you start wondering whether the fabric has something to do with it.\n\nIt does, a little. Woven cotton has texture. Look at it closely and you see short fibres crossing each other, with tiny raised points across the whole surface. When you move your head at night, and the average person shifts position dozens of times, hair and skin drag across all those tiny points. Silk is built differently. The filament is long, smooth and round, so the surface has far less texture to catch on. Things slide instead of snagging.\n\nThat is the whole mechanism. No treatment, no coating, nothing applied to the fabric. It is just what the fibre is.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nSilk bedding is sold by momme weight, usually written as a number followed by mm. It measures how much a given area of fabric weighs, which in practice tells you how densely the silk has been woven.\n\nLow momme silk, around 12 or 13, is thin. It feels lovely for a week and then starts looking tired, because there is simply not much fabric there to withstand washing. At the other end, 25 momme and above is heavy, luxurious and expensive, and honestly more than most people need for a pillowcase that gets washed weekly.\n\nNineteen momme is the sweet spot, which is why so much silk bedding lands there. It has real body in your hand. It holds its shape. It survives a weekly wash without thinning out. This case is a 19 momme silk pillowcase in a 600 thread count weave, which describes a fabric that is dense and smooth without being stiff.\n\nGrade 6A, which you will also see quoted, refers to the raw silk filament itself. It is the top grading for length and consistency of the fibre. Longer filament means fewer joins in the yarn and a more even surface.\n\nWhy the closure matters more than you expect\n\nThere are two ways a pillowcase closes. An envelope flap, which is a folded-over pocket at one end, or a zip.\n\nEnvelope flaps are cheaper to manufacture and they look tidy on the shelf. They work perfectly well for people who sleep still. If you move around, though, the pillow slowly works its way toward the open end and by morning a corner is sticking out. Anyone who has woken up with their face half on bare pillow knows the feeling.\n\nA zip solves it. This case uses a hidden zip, meaning the zip tape and pull sit tucked behind a fold of fabric rather than sitting exposed along the edge. You get the security of a closed case without hardware on show. The interior edges are also stitched over, which is a small construction detail that makes a real difference over time, because unfinished seams inside a silk case are where fraying starts.\n\nPeople searching for the best silk pillowcase with zip are usually doing it because they have already tried the envelope kind and found it wanting.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nThis is a queen pillowcase, 76.2 cm long by 50.8 cm wide. In inches that is 20 by 30.\n\nNew Zealand pillow sizing is reasonably consistent, and standard and queen bed pillows both sit close to these numbers. Most people can order a queen case without measuring anything. But there are exceptions worth knowing about.\n\nEuropean square pillows are a different shape entirely and will not fit. King pillows are longer and will leave the case straining. Contoured memory foam pillows are often thicker than a traditional fibre pillow, and while the length may be fine, the extra depth can make the case feel tight. If you own anything unusual, take a tape measure to it before you order. It takes thirty seconds and saves a return.\n\nA slightly snug fit is normal and preferable. A case that is too big looks loose and bunches under your head.\n\nWhy navy, and when a dark case makes sense\n\nColour choice in bedding is mostly taste, but dark silk has a few practical points in its favour.\n\nNight creams, serums and hair oils leave marks on pale fabric. They wash out, but between washes a cream pillowcase can look grubby in a way a navy one simply does not. If you use product on your face or hair before bed, a darker case is more forgiving day to day.\n\nNavy also sits comfortably with almost any bedding scheme. Against white sheets it reads as a crisp contrast. Against grey or charcoal it blends into a layered, quiet look. Against linen or oatmeal it adds depth without clashing. Those hunting for the best navy silk pillowcase are often doing it because the pale shades in their wardrobe have started looking tired.\n\nThe sheen on dark silk is worth mentioning too. It is soft rather than glossy, more like a muted glow under lamplight than a shiny surface.\n\nLiving with silk, the care part\n\nSilk has a reputation for being fussy. It is not really, it just has a few rules, and once you know them the whole thing becomes routine.\n\nWash cool. Hot water is the main thing that damages silk filament. Hand washing in a basin with a mild detergent made for delicates is the gentlest method, and it takes about five minutes. If that sounds like too much, a cold gentle machine cycle with the case zipped up inside a mesh laundry bag works fine.\n\nSkip the fabric softener. It coats the fibre and dulls the surface, which defeats the point. Skip bleach and oxygen brighteners too, since both attack protein fibres.\n\nDo not wring it out. Press the water out between your palms or roll it in a towel. Then line dry in the shade. Direct sun fades colour and weakens fibre over time, and a dark navy will show fading before a pale shade would.\n\nIf you want it smooth, iron on the lowest setting from the reverse side while the fabric is still a bit damp. Most of the time you will not need to, because silk dried flat comes out looking fine on its own.\n\nWeekly washing suits most people. More often if you use heavy products at night.\n\nWho this suits\n\nSomeone who wants a single quality case rather than a full bedding overhaul. Someone whose hair is prone to tangling or frizz overnight. Someone who has tried an envelope-style case and got fed up with the pillow sliding out. Someone buying a gift and needing something that looks considered without requiring size guesswork.\n\nIt also travels well. At 109 grams it packs down to nothing, and a lot of people keep one in their suitcase permanently.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a queen size case, 76.2 by 50.8 cm, in solid navy blue. The fabric is real 19 momme Grade 6A pure mulberry silk at 600 thread count, silk on both sides. It closes with a hidden zip and the interior edges are stitched over.\n\nMeasure your pillow if you own anything other than a standard or queen. Wash it cool and gently, keep it out of the dryer and away from direct sun, and it will keep its look for a long time.\n\nIf you are weighing up the best mulberry silk pillowcase NZ options and want something straightforward that gets used every night rather than saved for guests, this is the sort of case that earns its place.", "llm_summary": "This is a single queen size pillowcase made from real 19 momme Grade 6A pure mulberry silk with a 600 thread count weave, in a solid navy blue with no pattern. It measures 76.2 cm long by 50.8 cm wide (listed as 20 by 30 inches) and weighs 109 grams. Closure is a hidden zip, and the interior edges are stitched over. Silk covers both faces of the case. Care is hand wash, or machine wash on a gentle cycle. The model number is AB-PC-NavyBlue. Brand, GTIN, country of origin and certification details are not specified in this record. Shipped from Australian warehouses by tracked courier to New Zealand addresses.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/navy-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-hidden-zip/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/navy-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-hidden-zip/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/navy-19-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-hidden-zip.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "navy-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack", "sku": "navy-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack", "title": "Navy Mulberry Silk Pillowcases Queen 2 Pack", "slug": "navy-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack", "price": 202.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/navy-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack/main-navy-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/navy-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack/navy-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/navy-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack/navy-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack-3.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 19 momme Grade 6A mulberry silk on both sides with a 600 thread count weave and a hidden zipper, so the surface stays smooth, cool to the touch and quiet against your face all night.", "description": "The problem with a pillowcase you never think about\n\nMost people buy pillowcases as an afterthought. They come in a set with the sheets, they get washed, they get put back on, and nobody gives them another moment of attention. Then one morning you catch your reflection and your hair has gone sideways, or you notice the same crease in the same cheek again, and you start wondering whether the thing your face spends a third of its life pressed against might actually matter.\n\nWoven cotton, even good cotton, has a surface with grip. Run your hand across a percale case and you feel it catch slightly. Multiply that by seven or eight hours of turning over and it adds up to a lot of small tugs on hair and small folds pressed into skin. Silk works differently. The fibre is smooth, the weave is tight, and things slide across it rather than dragging. That is the whole argument for a mulberry silk pillowcase, and it is a fabric argument, not a wellness one.\n\nWhat mulberry silk actually is\n\nMulberry silk comes from silkworms raised on a single diet of mulberry leaves. The controlled feeding produces long, even filaments, which spin into a smoother and stronger yarn than wild silk varieties. It is the standard for bedding silk for that reason.\n\nWithin mulberry silk there is a grading scale, and 6A sits at the top of the range you will see quoted. The grade reflects fibre length, evenness and colour consistency. A higher grade means fewer short fibres and fewer irregularities in the yarn, which shows up as a more uniform surface and better durability. The pillowcases here are listed as Grade 6A, woven to 19 momme with a 600 thread count.\n\nUnderstanding momme, the number that matters most\n\nIf you learn one silk term, make it momme. It is a weight measure, written as mm, and it tells you how much silk is actually in the fabric. Think of it the way you would think of GSM on a towel.\n\nSilk bedding generally runs from about 16 momme to 25 momme. Below 16 the fabric starts to feel thin and sheer, and it will not survive repeated washing as well. Above about 22 it gets heavier and stiffer, which some people like for the drape and others find less cosy. Nineteen momme is the middle of the road and the most commonly recommended weight for a pillowcase. It has enough body to sit nicely on a pillow, enough weight to feel substantial in the hand, and it stays cool rather than warm.\n\nThread count is the other number on the label, listed here as 600. With cotton, thread count is the main quality signal. With silk it is secondary, because the yarns are so fine that high counts come easily. Use momme as your primary guide and read thread count as supporting information about how tightly the fabric is woven.\n\nDouble-sided silk versus silk-faced\n\nThis is worth checking on any listing. Some cheaper pillowcases use silk on the side you sleep on and a cotton or polyester backing underneath. It saves the maker money and it is not always obvious from the photos.\n\nThese cases are described as double-sided pure silk. In practice that means you can flip the pillow over in the middle of the night and get the same cool, smooth surface. It also means the case behaves consistently in the wash, with no two fabrics shrinking at different rates and pulling the seams out of shape over time.\n\nSizing, and why the closure matters\n\nEach case measures 75 cm long by 50 cm wide, which is the standard queen pillow size in New Zealand. Before you order, pull a case off your current pillow and measure the pillow itself rather than guessing. Pillows labelled standard are shorter, usually around 70 cm, and they will fit but leave a bit of slack at one end. Anything deeply overfilled or European square will not work.\n\nThe closure here is a hidden zipper set into the seam. There are three common options on pillowcases and they are not equal. An open-ended case is the cheapest and the pillow works its way out. An envelope flap keeps the pillow in but adds a double layer of fabric at one end, which can sit under your face. A hidden zip holds everything in place, keeps the finished look clean, and keeps hardware away from where you lie. It is the choice most people prefer once they have tried all three.\n\nWho this suits\n\nIf you sleep hot, silk is worth trying. It moves heat and moisture rather than holding them, so it does not build up the clammy feeling some synthetics do. The cool-to-touch quality when you first lie down is noticeable.\n\nIf you have long hair, the low friction surface is where you will feel the biggest difference, simply because there is more hair moving across the pillow all night. People with curly hair often reach for silk for the same reason.\n\nIf you are shopping for a gift, a silk pillowcase set is one of the safer options going. There is no size to guess beyond matching a standard queen pillow, and navy is a colour almost any bedroom can absorb. A two pack also feels more generous than a single case and means the recipient can keep one on the bed while the other dries.\n\nChoosing a colour you will not get sick of\n\nNavy is a quiet choice and that is its strength. In daylight it reads as a deep blue with a bit of warmth. Under a bedside lamp it goes almost black. It sits easily against white, oatmeal, grey, charcoal and natural timber, which covers most of the bedrooms in the country.\n\nDark colours do ask for a bit more care in the wash, mainly because you want to protect the dye. Cool water, no bleach, no long soaking and no drying in direct sun will keep the depth of colour intact. Those are good rules for silk anyway, so it is not extra work.\n\nLiving with silk, the honest version\n\nSilk needs a gentler routine than cotton and there is no point pretending otherwise. These are hand wash only.\n\nThe routine is short. Fill a basin with cool water and a small amount of detergent made for silk or delicates. Put the case in, swish it about for a minute or two, then leave it for a few minutes. Rinse until the water runs clear. Press the water out with your palms rather than wringing, then lay the case in a towel, roll the towel up and press. Hang or lay it flat somewhere shaded with air moving.\n\nDrying takes a couple of hours in a warm room. If you want it crisp, iron on the lowest setting on the reverse while it is still slightly damp, though most people find the creases fall out once the case is back on the pillow.\n\nThree things to avoid. Hot water, which dulls the finish. Bleach and anything containing it, including some stain removers. Direct sun, which fades dye and weakens the fibre over months.\n\nWash weekly, more often if you use hair oils or heavy night creams. Having two cases makes this painless because there is always one ready to go.\n\nHow long should it last\n\nA well-made 19 momme silk pillowcase, hand washed and dried out of the sun, will give you years of use. Silk is a protein fibre and it is stronger than it looks, which is why it was used for parachutes. What kills it is heat, harsh chemicals and abrasion against zips and velcro in a machine load. Avoid those and the fabric holds up.\n\nYou will notice the surface stays smooth rather than pilling, which is a function of the long fibres in higher grade mulberry silk. The weave is tight enough at 600 thread count that it resists snagging from rings and fingernails better than a looser cloth would.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a pair of queen sized pillowcases, 75 cm by 50 cm, made from 100% mulberry silk graded 6A, woven at 19 momme with a 600 thread count, silk on both sides, closed with a hidden zip, in solid navy. Care is hand wash only.\n\nNineteen momme is the sensible middle weight for bedding. Double-sided silk means you can flip the pillow. A hidden zip keeps the pillow in and the hardware out of your way. And two cases means one stays on the bed while the other dries, which is the practical reason a 2 pack beats a single almost every time.", "llm_summary": "A two pack of navy mulberry silk pillowcases in queen size. Each case is made from 100% mulberry silk graded 6A, woven at 19 momme with a 600 thread count, and is silk on both sides rather than silk faced with another fabric. Measurements are 75 cm long by 50 cm wide, listed as 20 by 30 inches. The closure is a hidden zipper. Colour is solid navy blue, with no pattern. Care is hand wash only. The set includes two pillowcases. Brand, product weight, country of origin and any certification details are not specified in this record. No health, medical or cosmetic claims are made for this product.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/navy-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/navy-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/navy-mulberry-silk-pillowcases-queen-2-pack.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "peacock-blue-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme", "sku": "peacock-blue-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme", "title": "Peacock Blue Mulberry Silk Pillowcase Queen 19 Momme", "slug": "peacock-blue-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme", "price": 108.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/peacock-blue-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/main-peacock-blue-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/peacock-blue-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/peacock-blue-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/peacock-blue-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/peacock-blue-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/peacock-blue-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/peacock-blue-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Double-sided 19 momme Grade 6A mulberry silk with a 600 thread count, a hidden zipper closure and a queen size of 75 x 50 cm, so it slips on neatly and stays put.", "description": "The problem with the pillowcase you already own\n\nMost people never think about their pillowcase. It came in a set with the sheets, it is cotton or a cotton blend, and it does the job of covering a pillow. Fine.\n\nThen you notice a few things. You wake up and one side of your face has a crease pressed into it that takes twenty minutes to settle. Your hair looks like it lost an argument. In summer the pillow feels warm within minutes of lying down, so you flip it, and ten minutes later you flip it again.\n\nNone of this is dramatic. It is just friction and heat, and a woven cotton surface produces plenty of both. Cotton grips. Run your hand across a cotton pillowcase and then across silk and the difference is obvious before you have thought about it. Cotton is also absorbent, which is great in a towel and less great under your head when the room is warm.\n\nA silk pillowcase changes the surface your face and hair spend seven or eight hours on. That is the whole proposition, and it is a smaller change than people expect while being more noticeable than they expect.\n\nWhat mulberry silk actually is\n\nSilk comes from silkworms, and mulberry silk comes from the ones raised on a controlled diet of mulberry leaves. Keeping the diet and the conditions consistent produces a long, even, uniform filament, which in turn produces a smoother and more consistent cloth. Wild silk is shorter, coarser and more irregular. It has its own charm in a scarf or a jacket. For something you press your face into every night, mulberry is the one you want.\n\nWithin mulberry silk there is a grading system, usually written as a letter and a number. Grade 6A is the top of that scale and refers to the longest, most even filaments. This pillowcase is Grade 6A on both faces, which matters because some silk cases are silk on the sleeping side and a cheaper fabric underneath. Double-sided means you can flip it and get the same feel.\n\nMomme, and why it matters more than thread count\n\nHere is the number to learn. Momme, written as mm, is the traditional weight measure for silk. It tells you how dense the fabric is. Lower momme is thinner and lighter. Higher momme is heavier and more substantial.\n\nFor bedding, the useful range runs from about 16 to 25 momme. Below 16 the fabric starts to feel insubstantial and it tends not to survive repeated washing as well. Above 22 you are paying meaningfully more for a difference most sleepers struggle to feel. Nineteen momme, which is what this pillowcase is, lands in the middle of that range. It has real body to it, it drapes properly over a pillow instead of clinging, and it holds up to regular hand washing.\n\nThread count is the number people recognise from cotton sheets, and it gets printed on silk packaging because shoppers look for it. On silk it is a secondary measure. A 600 thread count alongside 19 momme describes a tightly and evenly woven cloth, but if you only have room in your head for one number, make it the momme.\n\nWho this suits\n\nPeople who run hot at night tend to notice silk first. Because it breathes and does not hold warmth the way a brushed or synthetic surface does, it reads as cool when you lie down and does not build up a hot patch as quickly.\n\nPeople with long hair are the second group. Friction overnight is what turns tidy hair into a tangle by morning, and a smoother surface means less of it. If you have ever searched for the best silk pillowcase for long hair, that reduced drag is the reason those searches exist.\n\nThen there are people who just like nice things in their bed and do not need a functional reason. That is legitimate. A deep peacock blue silk pillowcase against white sheets looks considered in a way that a matching set never quite does.\n\nWho it suits less well: anyone who wants to throw everything in a hot machine wash and forget about it. Silk asks for hand washing. It takes a few minutes and it is not hard, but it is a small ongoing commitment.\n\nHow to choose one\n\nStart with size. This is a queen case at 75 x 50 cm, which is 20 by 30 inches. Pillow naming is inconsistent between brands and countries, so do not trust the label on your current pillow. Get a tape measure out, measure the pillow flat across its width and length, and compare. A pillowcase that is too small compresses the pillow and strains the seams. One that is too large bunches up under your head.\n\nNext, check that it is silk on both sides. A lot of budget options are not, and the listing will usually say so in small print or not at all. This one specifies double-sided mulberry silk.\n\nThen look at the closure. There are three common types. Envelope flaps are simple and cheap, but a pillow can work its way out overnight. Open-ended cases need the pillow tucked in, and they look untidy. A zipper holds everything in place, and a hidden zipper does it without a visible row of teeth across the bed. This pillowcase uses a hidden zipper set into the seam.\n\nFinally, think about colour honestly. Strong colours look wonderful and they also show wear and water marks more plainly than a neutral does. Peacock blue is a saturated blue with a green undertone, and it is dyed colourfast, but like any deep shade it will keep its depth longest if you dry it out of direct sun.\n\nLiving with silk\n\nThe care routine is short. Fill a basin with cool water, add a small amount of detergent made for wool or delicates, and move the pillowcase through the water gently for a couple of minutes. Rinse in clean cool water. Do not wring it, do not scrub it and do not leave it soaking.\n\nTo dry it, lay it on a clean towel, roll the towel up and press. That pulls out most of the water without stressing the fibres. Then dry it flat or hang it somewhere shaded with good airflow. Direct sun fades colour and weakens silk. Tumble dryers do both faster.\n\nSkip bleach entirely. Skip anything with enzymes or optical brighteners too, since those are designed to break down protein stains and silk is a protein fibre. If the pillowcase needs pressing after drying, a cool iron on the reverse side will do it, though most of the time it settles by itself once it is back on the pillow.\n\nWash it every one or two weeks, the same as the rest of your bedding. If you use rich night creams or leave-in hair products, go weekly.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a single queen pillowcase in 100% mulberry silk, Grade 6A, 19 momme on both sides, with a 600 thread count, a hidden zipper and a peacock blue finish. It measures 75 x 50 cm and it is hand wash only.\n\nNineteen momme is the weight that most people find hits the balance between feeling properly luxurious and costing a sensible amount. Double-sided silk means both faces feel the same. The zipper means the pillow stays inside.\n\nIf you want the best mulberry silk pillowcase for everyday use rather than a showpiece, this is the specification to look for. Measure your pillow first, order two if you share the bed, and set aside five minutes every couple of weeks to wash it properly. Do that and it will still look good years from now.", "llm_summary": "A single queen size pillowcase made from 100% mulberry silk, graded 6A and woven double-sided at 19 momme with a 600 thread count. It measures 75 x 50 cm (20 by 30 inches) and the colour is a solid peacock blue in a classic style. The open end closes with a hidden zipper, which holds the pillow in place. The fabric is breathable, temperature-controlling and cool to the touch. Care is hand wash only. The pack contains one pillowcase. The model number is COMINHKPR124431 and the country of publication listed in this record is China. Brand, product weight and country of origin are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/peacock-blue-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/peacock-blue-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/peacock-blue-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "pink-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme", "sku": "pink-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme", "title": "Pink Mulberry Silk Pillowcase Queen 19 Momme", "slug": "pink-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme", "price": 108.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "0.1 kg", "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/pink-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/main-pink-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/pink-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/pink-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/pink-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/pink-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme-3.jpg" ], "description_short": "Double-sided 19 momme mulberry silk with a 600 thread count, a hidden zipper closure and a smooth, breathable surface that stays cool to the touch.", "description": "The small problem a silk pillowcase actually solves\n\nMost people do not come to silk because they read an article about fibre science. They come to it because they are tired of waking up with hair that looks like it lost a fight, or because they turn the pillow over four times a night chasing a cool patch. Cotton is a good fabric, but it is a thirsty one. It grips hair, it holds heat, and the weave texture presses itself into your cheek over seven or eight hours.\n\nSilk behaves differently. The fibre is smooth and long, so there is less for hair to catch on. It is breathable, so warmth moves away from your face instead of pooling under it. That is the whole pitch. No miracle, just a fabric that does less to you while you sleep.\n\nThis page covers one specific product, a queen size pillowcase in 19 momme mulberry silk, finished in a soft pink with a hidden zip. The rest of this guide explains how to judge a silk pillowcase properly, so you can tell whether this one or any other is worth your money.\n\nMomme is the number that matters\n\nThread count gets all the attention because cotton marketing trained us to look at it. With silk, the figure to check first is momme, written as a number followed by mm or the word itself. It measures the weight of the fabric.\n\nHere is the rough map. Anything under 16 momme is light, better suited to scarves, linings and clothing than to something you rub your face against nightly. The 19 to 22 range is where bedding silk lives. Above 25 momme you are into heavy, expensive territory that most people will not notice as an improvement.\n\nThis pillowcase is 19 momme. That puts it at the entry point of real bedding silk, with enough body to drape over a pillow and stay put. The listed thread count of 600 describes how tightly the threads are packed, which is a separate thing from weight. A high thread count on a low momme fabric is still a thin fabric, which is why the momme number should always be your first check when you are comparing options.\n\nDouble-sided silk versus silk on one face\n\nThis is the sneakiest corner cut in the category, and it is worth knowing about. Some pillowcases are silk on the sleeping side and something cheaper on the underside, usually a polyester or a cotton blend. The listing will say \"silk pillowcase\" and technically it is not lying.\n\nTwo problems come with that. The first is obvious, you cannot flip it over. You wake at three in the morning, the top side is warm, and turning the pillow gets you a different fabric entirely. The second is slower to show up. Two different fibres wear at different rates and shrink at different rates, so the case warps a little with each wash.\n\nThe product on this page is described as double-sided mulberry silk, both faces the same. That is what you want. When you are comparing the best double sided silk pillowcase options against cheaper listings, this is usually where the price difference comes from.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nThe listed dimensions here are 75 cm long by 50 cm wide, described as Queen 20\" x 30\". In New Zealand, standard and queen pillows usually measure somewhere around 48 by 73 cm, so they fit this case comfortably with a little room to move.\n\nMeasure your pillow before you order. Lay it flat, do not squash it, and run the tape along the length and across the width. If your pillow is noticeably bigger than 75 by 50 cm, the silk will be pulled tight across the surface, and tension is the enemy of any delicate fabric. If your pillow is much smaller, the case will wrinkle and bunch, which is only a cosmetic issue but an annoying one.\n\nKing pillows are a different animal entirely, usually around 48 by 90 cm, and they will not fit this case. Check the label on your pillow or the packaging if you still have it.\n\nThe closure, and why zips beat envelopes\n\nPillowcases close in one of three ways. An open end is the cheapest, an envelope flap tucks the pillow in behind a folded panel, and a zip seals it shut.\n\nFor silk, a zip wins. The fabric is smooth, and a smooth pillow inside a smooth case will migrate overnight if nothing holds it. By morning you are left with a half-empty case and a pillow bunched at one end. The zip here is hidden, which means the teeth sit tucked inside a fold rather than sitting exposed along the edge. That looks neater when the bed is made and it keeps the hardware away from your face.\n\nOne habit to build. Close the zip before you wash it. An open slider is a hook, and a hook in a basin of delicate fabric finds something to catch on every time.\n\nWashing it without ruining it\n\nThe care instruction on this pillowcase is hand wash only, and that is genuinely the easiest way to look after silk. Fill a basin with cool water, add a small amount of detergent made for delicates, and swirl the case through it for a minute or two. Do not scrub it, do not soak it for an hour, and do not twist it to get water out.\n\nTo dry, lay the case flat inside a clean towel and press down to pull the moisture out. Then hang it in the shade or lay it flat somewhere with air moving. Sun is the thing to avoid. Direct light is what fades coloured bedding, and on a pink it will show faster than it would on a white.\n\nSkip the dryer. Skip bleach. If you want to iron, use the coolest setting on the reverse side while there is still some dampness in the fabric. Honestly, most people never bother, because silk relaxes out of its own creases once it is stretched over a pillow.\n\nWash it weekly, the same as the rest of your sheets. If you use oils, serums or heavy night creams, every few days will keep it looking better for longer. People hunting for the best cooling silk pillowcase often find the cool feel improves after washing, because residues from hair products are what dull the surface over time.\n\nWho this suits, and who it does not\n\nIt suits anyone with long hair who is sick of morning tangles, anyone who sleeps warm, and anyone who likes the look of real silk on a made bed. It also makes a sensible gift, since one pink case in a plain solid works with almost any bedroom without you needing to know the recipient's colour scheme.\n\nIt will not suit you if you want a low-maintenance, chuck-it-in-the-machine routine. Hand washing is five minutes of work, but it is five minutes you have to actually do. It will not suit a king pillow. And if you want a matched pair across a queen bed, remember this is sold as one case, so you will need two.\n\nThe short version\n\nCheck the momme first, and 19 is a sound bedding weight. Make sure both sides are silk rather than one face over a cheaper backing. Measure your pillow against the 75 by 50 cm dimensions before you order. Prefer a zip over an open end, and close it before washing.\n\nAfter that, the rest is just care. Cool water, gentle detergent, dry in the shade, and keep it out of the sun. Do those things and a silk pillowcase stays smooth and pink for years rather than months.", "llm_summary": "A single queen size pillowcase made from 19 momme mulberry silk, silk on both sides, in a solid pink with a classic plain styling. It measures 75 cm long by 50 cm wide (listed as Queen 20\" x 30\") and carries a 600 thread count. The closure is a hidden zipper. Listed features include a breathable, temperature-controlling fabric that feels cool to the touch, suited to indoor bed use. Item weight is 0.1 kg and the model number is COMINHKPR128018. Care is hand wash only. Brand, country of origin and fill are not specified in this record, and no certifications, ratings or warranty are stated. Supplied as one pillowcase per pack.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/pink-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/pink-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/pink-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "silk-pillowcase-for-contour-memory-foam-pillow", "sku": "silk-pillowcase-for-contour-memory-foam-pillow", "title": "Silk Pillowcase for Contour Memory Foam Pillow", "slug": "silk-pillowcase-for-contour-memory-foam-pillow", "price": 142.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/silk-pillowcase-for-contour-memory-foam-pillow/main-silk-pillowcase-for-contour-memory-foam-pillow.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/silk-pillowcase-for-contour-memory-foam-pillow/silk-pillowcase-for-contour-memory-foam-pillow-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/silk-pillowcase-for-contour-memory-foam-pillow/silk-pillowcase-for-contour-memory-foam-pillow-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/silk-pillowcase-for-contour-memory-foam-pillow/silk-pillowcase-for-contour-memory-foam-pillow-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/silk-pillowcase-for-contour-memory-foam-pillow/silk-pillowcase-for-contour-memory-foam-pillow-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 19 momme mulberry silk with a hidden zipper closure, it slips over the curved profile of a contour pillow and washes clean in cold water.", "description": "The problem with putting a flat case on a curved pillow\n\nAnyone who has bought a contour memory foam pillow has run into the same thing. The pillow arrives with a thin cover, usually cotton or polyester, and that cover fits because it was made for that exact pillow. Then you want to wash it, or you want something nicer against your face, and you discover that almost no pillowcase on the shelf is the right shape.\n\nA standard pillowcase is a flat rectangle. A contour pillow is not flat. It has a ridge at one end, usually taller, a ridge at the other end, usually shorter, and a scooped valley in the middle. Put a rectangle over that and the fabric has nowhere to go. It gathers at the high ridge, puffs up in the valley, and the excess pools at the sides. Every one of those gathers is a fold of fabric sitting somewhere near your cheek.\n\nIt also moves. Without a fitted shape or a proper closure, the pillow shifts inside the case during the night and by morning the foam is halfway out one end. You end up straightening the cover before bed every single night, which is a small irritation that adds up.\n\nA shaped silk pillowcase solves the geometry problem. It is cut to follow the pillow instead of draping over it, and a zip holds everything in place.\n\nWhat this particular cover is\n\nThis is a single pillowcase made from 19 momme pure mulberry silk. It measures 50 x 30 cm, with a high end of 10 cm and a low end of 7 cm, which matches the standard contour profile. The colour is solid white, the pattern is plain, and the closure is a hidden zipper. One pillowcase comes in the pack. The model number is 04059506.\n\nThe listed item dimensions are 50.8 x 30.5 cm, which is the same measurement rounded through imperial and back. Either way, you are looking at a pillow roughly 50 cm long and 30 cm wide.\n\nUnderstanding momme\n\nMomme is the unit used to describe silk weight, a bit like thread count for cotton but more honest about what it actually measures. One momme is the weight in pounds of a piece of silk 45 inches wide and 100 yards long. The higher the number, the denser the fabric.\n\nSilk pillowcases generally run from about 16 momme at the light end to 25 momme at the heavy end. At 19 momme, this one sits in the middle, which is the range most people settle on. It has enough weight to feel like real silk in the hand, enough density to survive regular laundering, and it is still light and breathable rather than heavy.\n\nBelow 16 momme the fabric starts to feel thin and shows wear quickly. Above 22 momme you are paying considerably more for a difference most sleepers struggle to notice. A 19 momme mulberry silk is the sensible middle.\n\nWhy mulberry silk specifically\n\nMulberry silk comes from silkworms raised on a diet of mulberry leaves. That controlled diet produces long, uniform filaments, and long filaments are what make the finished cloth smooth and even. Wild silks have shorter, more irregular fibres, which gives a more textured surface.\n\nFor a pillowcase, smoothness is the whole point. The surface has less friction than a cotton weave, so hair and skin glide across it rather than catching. If you turn frequently during the night, which most people do, that lower drag is what you notice.\n\nSilk also feels cool to the touch when you first lie down. The fabric is described as breathable, which is part of why it has a reputation as a warm-weather choice.\n\nWho a contour pillow silk cover suits\n\nThe obvious group is anyone already sleeping on a contour, cervical or orthopaedic pillow. If you bought the pillow for neck support, you probably put some thought into it, and the cover that came in the box is rarely the nicest part of the purchase.\n\nSide sleepers are the biggest contour pillow users, because the higher ridge fills the gap between shoulder and head. If that is you, your cheek spends most of the night pressed into one spot of fabric. The quality of that fabric matters more for you than for someone who sleeps flat on their back.\n\nPeople with long hair often make the switch too. The less drag between hair and pillow, the less your hair gets pulled around as you move.\n\nAnd then there is simple pillow protection. Memory foam cannot be washed, so the only thing standing between the foam and years of body oils, hair products and dust is a removable cover. A washable memory foam pillow cover extends the life of the pillow underneath.\n\nHow to check the fit before you buy\n\nTake a tape measure to your pillow. You need three numbers.\n\nMeasure the length end to end, which should be close to 50 cm. Measure the width front to back, which should be close to 30 cm. Then measure the height at the taller ridge, aiming for around 10 cm, and the shorter ridge, aiming for around 7 cm.\n\nIf your pillow is within a centimetre or so of those figures, the cover will fit. If it is noticeably larger, the case will be tight over the ridges. If it is much smaller, the fabric will be loose and you lose the benefit of the shaped cut.\n\nContour pillows are reasonably standardised, so most will match. It is still worth two minutes with a tape measure before you order.\n\nLiving with a silk cover\n\nSilk sounds fragile. In practice, a 19 momme pillowcase is tougher than people expect, as long as you keep the heat out of it.\n\nWash cold, either by hand or on a gentle machine cycle, using a detergent made for silk or delicates. Standard detergents contain enzymes and optical brighteners that work against protein fibres. Skip the bleach, and skip fabric softener too, since silk does not need it and the residue dulls the surface.\n\nFor drying, hang it up and keep it out of direct sunlight. Sun fades and weakens the fibre. A cool tumble setting is allowed if you need it, but air drying is kinder.\n\nIf it needs ironing, use the silk setting and iron while the fabric is still slightly damp. That is what the care instructions specify, and damp silk presses far more easily than dry silk.\n\nWash it about once a week. More often if you use leave-in hair products or heavy night creams. Owning two covers makes the rotation painless, because one is always ready while the other dries.\n\nBuying with a bit of care\n\nPlain white is the practical colour. It matches every sheet set you own, it shows you when it needs washing, and it does not transfer dye.\n\nThink about buying in pairs. A single cover means a night with the bare foam, or the old cotton case, every time you launder. Two is the usual answer.\n\nIf you are buying as a gift, a shaped silk cover is a thoughtful pick for someone who already uses a contour pillow. They will have noticed the fit problem themselves and probably assumed nothing existed to solve it.\n\nDelivery and returns in New Zealand\n\nOrders go out by tracked courier from Australian warehouses, and most reach New Zealand addresses within 5 to 10 working days. Rural deliveries can run slightly longer. Delivery is free NZ-wide on orders over NZ$175.\n\nReturns are open for 14 days from delivery, as long as the item is unused and unwashed in its original packaging. If you are not certain about sizing, ask us before you order rather than after.\n\nThe short version\n\nIf you sleep on a contour memory foam pillow, a rectangular pillowcase will never fit it properly. This one is cut to the pillow's actual shape, 50 x 30 cm with 10 cm and 7 cm ridges, in 19 momme pure mulberry silk with a hidden zip.\n\nSilk gives you a smooth, cool surface with less friction than cotton. The zip keeps the foam enclosed and stops it sliding out. The cover comes off for washing, which protects the pillow that cannot be washed itself.\n\nMeasure your pillow, wash it cold, dry it out of the sun, and buy two if you can. That is the whole thing.", "llm_summary": "This is a silk pillowcase shaped to fit a contour memory foam pillow. It is made from 19 momme pure mulberry silk in solid white, with a modern plain style and no pattern. The case measures 50 x 30 cm with a 10 cm high end and a 7 cm low end, and the listed item dimensions are 50.8 x 30.5 cm. It closes with a hidden zipper, is removable, and includes one pillowcase per pack. Model number 04059506. Care is hand wash or machine wash in cold water on a gentle cycle, hang dry or tumble cool, avoid direct sunlight, and iron while slightly damp. Brand, weight, country of origin and certifications are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/silk-pillowcase-for-contour-memory-foam-pillow/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/silk-pillowcase-for-contour-memory-foam-pillow/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/silk-pillowcase-for-contour-memory-foam-pillow.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "taupe-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-envelope", "sku": "taupe-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-envelope", "title": "Taupe 25 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcase (Queen, Envelope Closure)", "slug": "taupe-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-envelope", "price": 227.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "0.11 kg", "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/taupe-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-envelope/main-taupe-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-envelope.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/taupe-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-envelope/taupe-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-envelope-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/taupe-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-envelope/taupe-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-envelope-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/taupe-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-envelope/taupe-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-envelope-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Woven from 100% mulberry silk at 25 momme with a 700 thread count, silk on both sides and a tidy envelope closure that keeps your pillow tucked in all night.", "description": "The problem with waking up creased\n\nMost of us sleep on cotton without thinking about it. Cotton is fine. It is also slightly rough at the fibre level, it grips, and it drinks up moisture from whatever touches it. That is why you can wake with lines pressed into your cheek, or with hair that looks like it lost an argument overnight.\n\nSilk behaves differently. The fibres are long and smooth, the surface has far less grip, and skin and hair slide across it rather than catching. That is the whole idea behind a mulberry silk pillowcase. It is not a complicated product. It is one piece of very good fabric doing one job well.\n\nThis guide walks through what actually matters when you are choosing one, using this taupe 25 momme pillowcase as the working example.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nMomme is the unit used to weigh silk. You will see it written as mm, which confusingly looks like millimetres, but it refers to weight. The higher the number, the denser the fabric.\n\nSilk bedding usually runs between 16 and 30 momme. Below about 19, the fabric starts to feel thin and sheer, and it tends not to last as long under regular washing. Around 22 is the common middle ground. At 25 momme, you are in heavyweight territory.\n\nWhat does that mean when you touch it? More body. The fabric hangs rather than floats. It does not cling to itself when you shake it out, and it sits flat on the pillow instead of rippling. A 25 momme silk pillowcase also feels cooler on first contact, because there is simply more material there to carry heat away from your skin.\n\nThe trade-off is cost. More silk per square centimetre means a higher price. If you only ever buy one piece of silk bedding, this is the weight most people end up preferring.\n\nThread count, and why momme matters more\n\nThis pillowcase lists a 700 thread count. That number is worth understanding, because it gets used in marketing more often than it deserves.\n\nThread count counts threads per square inch. For cotton it is a reasonable rough guide to fineness. For silk it is less useful, because silk threads vary enormously in thickness and a high count can be reached by using many thin threads. You could technically have a high thread count and a thin, flimsy fabric.\n\nSo read thread count as a secondary detail. It tells you the weave is fine and closely packed, which contributes to the smooth surface. But when you are comparing two pure silk pillowcases, momme is the number to look at first.\n\nSilk on both sides, or silk on one\n\nHere is a shortcut that some manufacturers take. They put silk on the sleeping face and a cheaper fabric on the reverse. It halves the silk cost and the product still gets sold as a silk pillowcase.\n\nThe problem shows up at about two in the morning, when you flip the pillow for a cool spot and land on cotton. The difference is immediately obvious.\n\nThis one is silk on both faces. No backing fabric, no compromise side. It also means the pillowcase wears evenly over time instead of one side aging faster than the other.\n\nClosures, and why the envelope wins\n\nThere are three common ways to close a pillowcase.\n\nA zip gives the snuggest fit but introduces a hard component near your head. Zips catch hair, they can scratch, and they are the first thing to fail on a pillowcase.\n\nButtons or ties look decorative but press into your face if you sleep on that end.\n\nAn envelope closure uses an internal flap that folds back over the end of the pillow. Nothing hard, nothing to catch, and the outside edges stay clean. This pillowcase uses an envelope closure with a slightly offset side entry, which means the opening sits a little away from the end seam. In practice that helps the pillow stay contained when you move around.\n\nFor a product you put your face on for eight hours, simple is better. The envelope closure is the right call.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nPillow sizing is not standardised as tightly as you would hope, so measure yours.\n\nThis pillowcase is cut for a queen pillow at 76.2cm long by 50.8cm wide, which is 20 by 30 inches in the older measurement. If your pillow measures close to that, you are sorted.\n\nIf your pillow is noticeably shorter, say a standard at around 66cm, the case will still go on but will be loose at the open end. Some people do not mind the softer, slightly gathered look. Others find it untidy. If your pillow is a king, this case will be too short and will not close properly, so look for a king size silk pillowcase instead.\n\nOne more point on fit. Heavier silk holds its shape better than lightweight silk, so a 25 momme case sits more neatly on a slightly undersized pillow than a thin one would.\n\nChoosing the colour\n\nTaupe is a warm grey with a brown base. It belongs to the family of colours that work almost anywhere, which is the practical reason it sells well.\n\nOn silk, neutrals do something interesting. Because the fibre reflects light along its length, a flat colour picks up subtle shifts across the surface as the fabric moves. Taupe in morning light reads warmer and softer. Under a lamp in the evening it goes deeper and quieter.\n\nIt pairs comfortably with white sheets, cream linen, oatmeal throws and natural timber. If your bedroom leans cool and grey, taupe will add warmth as a contrast rather than blending in, which can be exactly what a cool room needs.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is less fragile than its reputation suggests, but it does have rules.\n\nThe care options listed for this pillowcase are dry clean, hand wash, or machine wash on a gentle cycle. Hand washing in cool water with a mild detergent is the kindest approach and takes about five minutes. If you want to machine wash, put it in a mesh laundry bag, choose the delicate cycle, and keep the water cool.\n\nThree things to avoid. Bleach, which damages the protein fibre. Fabric softener, which coats the surface and takes away the smoothness you paid for. Hot water and tumble drying, which cause shrinkage and dull the finish.\n\nTo dry, lay it flat on a towel, reshape it, and keep it out of direct sun. Sunlight fades silk faster than most fabrics. If it needs pressing, use the lowest iron setting on the reverse while the fabric is slightly damp. Most of the time it settles itself once it is back on the pillow.\n\nWash every one to two weeks, more often if you use rich night creams or heavy hair products.\n\nTwo of them, or one\n\nA single pillowcase is plenty if you are testing the idea or only you sleep on silk. Pairs make sense on a shared queen bed, both because it looks balanced and because the second person will almost certainly want one once they have tried yours.\n\nThis listing is for one pillowcase, so order two if you need the pair.\n\nThe short version\n\nMomme is the number that matters, and 25 is a heavyweight. Check that silk runs on both sides, not just the top. An envelope closure keeps hardware away from your face. Measure your pillow before you choose a size. Wash cool, dry flat, skip the softener.\n\nThis taupe queen pillowcase ticks those boxes. It is 100% mulberry silk at 25 momme, 700 thread count, silk on both faces, with an offset envelope closure and a size cut for a 76.2cm by 50.8cm queen pillow. If that matches your bed, it is a straightforward choice.", "llm_summary": "This product is a queen size pillowcase made from 100% mulberry silk at 25 momme weight, with a 700 thread count and silk on both sides. The colour is taupe with a solid pattern and a modern, plain style. It measures 76.2cm long by 50.8cm wide, which corresponds to a 20 by 30 inch queen pillow. The closure is an envelope type with a slightly offset side entry, so there is no zip or buttons. Packed weight is 0.11kg and the pack contains one pillowcase. The model number is HB-02-PC1-825-TPE-Q. Care options listed are dry clean, hand wash, or machine wash on a gentle cycle. Brand, country of origin and fill are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/taupe-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-envelope/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/taupe-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-envelope/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/taupe-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-envelope.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "undyed-white-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen", "sku": "undyed-white-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen", "title": "Undyed White 25 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcase (Queen)", "slug": "undyed-white-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen", "price": 260.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "109 g", "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/undyed-white-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/main-undyed-white-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/undyed-white-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/undyed-white-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/undyed-white-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/undyed-white-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/undyed-white-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/undyed-white-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk on both sides, with a neat offset side-entry envelope closure and a natural white colour that has never seen a dye bath.", "description": "The problem with the pillowcase you already own\n\nMost of us never think about pillowcases. They come in a pack with the sheets, they go on the pillow, and that is the end of it. Then one morning you notice your hair looks like it has been in a fight, or there is a crease down one cheek that takes until lunchtime to fade, and you start wondering whether the fabric has anything to do with it.\n\nIt does, a bit. A standard cotton pillowcase is a woven grid of short fibres with a slightly rough surface. Run your fingertip across it slowly and you can feel the texture. Your face and hair spend seven or eight hours dragging across that surface every night, turning over, pressing in, turning back. Silk is a long continuous filament with a smooth face, so the same movement produces less friction. That is the whole mechanism. No magic, just a smoother surface.\n\nThe second thing people notice is temperature. Silk feels cool when you first lie down. Whether it stays that way through the night depends on your room, your pillow and your duvet, but that first contact is real and it is why a lot of people switch over in summer.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nCotton gets described by thread count. Silk gets described by momme, usually written as mm after the number, which is confusing because it has nothing to do with millimetres. Momme measures weight. Specifically it describes how much a given area of the fabric weighs, so a higher number means more silk packed into the same space.\n\nMost silk pillowcases sold online sit at 19 momme. That is the industry baseline, and it is perfectly serviceable. This one is 25 momme, which is a meaningful step up. You can feel it immediately. A 19 momme case is light and slippery. A 25 momme case has heft. It stays where you put it on the bed instead of sliding around, and it drapes over the pillow with a bit of weight rather than clinging.\n\nThere is a practical side to the extra density too. More fibre in the weave generally means the fabric copes better with repeated washing and with the daily tug of being pulled on and off a pillow. If you are comparing options and trying to work out where to spend, momme is the single number worth paying attention to. Anything from 22 upward is in solid territory.\n\nWhy undyed matters to some people\n\nThis case is natural white, and that colour is the silk's own. No dye bath, no optical brightener. The result is a soft, slightly creamy white rather than the hard fluorescent white you get from heavily processed cotton.\n\nThere are two reasons people go looking for an undyed option. The first is purely visual. A natural white sits comfortably next to linen, oatmeal, stone and other undyed bedding, where a bright white can look cold and out of place. The second is practical. There is no added colour in the fabric, so there is nothing to transfer onto a pale pillow or onto other items in the wash. If you have ever pulled a load out of the machine and found a faint tint on your sheets, you will appreciate not having to think about it.\n\nThe trade-off is that a natural white will not match a bright white sheet set exactly. If the rest of your bedding is crisp hotel white, there will be a slight difference in tone. Some people like the layered look that creates. Others would rather everything matched. Worth deciding before you order.\n\nThe closure, and why it is not a small detail\n\nPillowcases close in one of three ways. Open end, zip, or envelope flap. The open end is the cheapest and the pillow works its way out by about three in the morning. The zip holds well but puts a strip of hardware somewhere near your head, and it catches hair.\n\nThis one uses an envelope closure, which means an extra panel of fabric folds back inside the case and holds the pillow in. No hardware, nothing to snag, nothing to press into your face. The opening here is on the side rather than the end, and it is set slightly off centre.\n\nThat offset is what lets the case double as a sham. Looked at from the front, there is no visible opening and no gap, just a clean rectangle of silk. So you can sleep on it at night and leave it looking tidy on the made bed during the day without owning two sets of covers. It is a small design decision that quietly solves two problems.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nThis is a queen case at 71.1 cm long by 50.8 cm wide. That is the measurement that matters, so check it against the pillow you actually own rather than trusting the label on the pillow.\n\nA standard pillow is shorter. It will fit inside this case, but there will be slack at the end and the pillow will shift about. A king pillow is longer and simply will not go in. Pillow sizing is not perfectly consistent between brands either, so a tape measure is the only reliable method. Lay your pillow flat, measure it end to end and side to side, and compare.\n\nIf you are buying for a queen bed and you want a matched pair, remember this listing is for one case. Two pillows means two orders.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is a protein fibre, closer to wool or hair than to cotton. That shapes how you wash it.\n\nDry cleaning or hand washing in cool water with a gentle detergent are the two best methods. Hand washing is easier than it sounds. Fill a basin with cool water, add a small amount of detergent made for delicates, swirl the case through for a minute or two, rinse until the water runs clear, then press the water out without wringing.\n\nMachine washing is allowed if you use the delicate cycle and put the case inside a mesh laundry bag first. The bag matters more than people expect. It stops the silk from being dragged against zips, buttons and the drum itself.\n\nThree things to avoid. No bleach, which attacks protein fibres directly. No fabric softener, which leaves a coating that dulls the natural sheen. No tumble dryer, because heat and tumbling together are hard on silk. Lay the case flat to dry, out of direct sunlight, and it will be ready in a few hours.\n\nIf it needs pressing, use the lowest silk setting on the iron while the fabric is still slightly damp, and work on the reverse side. Most of the time you will not need to bother.\n\nWho this suits\n\nSomeone who has tried a cheap silk case and found it too flimsy. Someone with long hair who is tired of waking up to tangles. Someone who runs warm at night. Someone decorating a bedroom in undyed and natural tones who does not want a bright white interruption. And honestly, someone buying a present and not wanting to guess at colour preferences, because a natural white works almost anywhere.\n\nWho it does not suit: anyone who wants to throw everything in a hot wash and a dryer without thinking about it. Silk needs a slightly gentler routine. It is not difficult, but it is a routine.\n\nThe short version\n\n25 momme is a heavier, denser silk than the 19 momme standard, and you can feel the difference straight away. The colour is the silk's own natural white, with no dye involved. Silk covers both faces of the case, so it does not matter which way you flip the pillow. The side-entry envelope closure keeps the surface smooth and lets the case work as a sham as well. Size is queen at 71.1 cm by 50.8 cm, so measure your pillow first. Wash it gently, keep it out of the dryer, and it will be part of your bed for a long time.", "llm_summary": "This is a queen-size pillowcase made from 100% mulberry silk at 25 momme, a heavier silk weight than the more common 19 momme. Both sides of the case are silk. The colour is natural white and the fabric is undyed. The closure is an envelope-style side entry, set slightly off centre, which allows the case to be used as either a pillowcase or a sham. It measures 71.1 cm long by 50.8 cm wide and weighs 109 grams. The pattern is solid and the style is described as classic. Care is dry clean or hand wash, or machine wash on a gentle cycle inside a mesh bag, then lay flat to dry. Brand, country of origin and thread colour codes are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/undyed-white-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/undyed-white-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/undyed-white-25-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "undyed-white-30-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard", "sku": "undyed-white-30-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard", "title": "Undyed White 30 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcase (Standard)", "slug": "undyed-white-30-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard", "price": 238.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/undyed-white-30-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard/main-undyed-white-30-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/undyed-white-30-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard/undyed-white-30-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/undyed-white-30-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard/undyed-white-30-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/undyed-white-30-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard/undyed-white-30-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Woven from 100% mulberry silk with silk on both sides, a 300 thread count charmeuse face and an offset side-entry envelope closure that keeps your pillow tucked away without buttons or zips.", "description": "The problem with most pillowcases\n\nCotton is a good fabric. It is breathable, it washes well, and it is cheap. What it is not is smooth. Run your hand across a cotton pillowcase and you can feel the texture of the weave. At night, with the weight of your head pressing down and your face turning every hour or two, that texture drags. Hair catches. Skin shifts. By morning you have a crease down one cheek and a tangle on one side of your head.\n\nSilk behaves differently. The fibre is finer, the surface sits flatter, and your face and hair slide across it rather than gripping it. That is the whole pitch, and it is a mechanical one, not a magical one. Silk reduces friction. Everything else people claim about it gets harder to prove.\n\nThe trouble is that once you decide to try silk, you hit a wall of numbers. Momme, thread count, grade, weave, charmeuse, mulberry. Most of it sounds like marketing. Some of it genuinely matters. This guide is about sorting one from the other so you can buy once and be done with it.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nMomme is the number worth learning. It measures the weight of silk fabric, and the higher it goes, the more silk you are getting in the same square of cloth. Think of it the way you might think of the weight of a woollen coat. A heavier one is not automatically better for every purpose, but it tells you something real about how much material is there.\n\nLightweight silk starts around 12 to 16 momme. Those fabrics are used for scarves and linings where you want the cloth to float. Most silk pillowcases sold today land at 19 or 22 momme, which is a sensible middle ground. This pillowcase is 30 momme, which is well above that.\n\nThe practical difference shows up in three ways. It feels heavier in the hand. It drapes over the pillow instead of lifting and shifting as you move. And denser fabric generally holds up better to regular washing, because there is simply more material taking the strain. If you have tried a thin silk case before and found it felt flimsy or snagged easily, the weight is usually the reason.\n\nThread count is listed here at 300, and it is worth saying plainly that it matters less for silk than it does for cotton. Silk threads vary in thickness, so the count on its own does not tell you much. Read it alongside the momme figure rather than instead of it.\n\nMulberry silk and why people specify it\n\nMulberry silk comes from silkworms raised on a diet of mulberry leaves in controlled conditions. The result is a long, even, uniform filament. Wild silks produce shorter, more irregular fibres, which makes a fabric with more character and more texture. For bedding, uniform is what you want, because uniform means smooth.\n\nThis pillowcase is 100% mulberry silk, woven as charmeuse. Charmeuse is the weave that gives silk its glossy face and slightly softer reverse. It is the standard for bedding for good reason.\n\nOne detail that gets glossed over in a lot of listings is whether the silk is on both sides. Plenty of cheaper cases use silk on the face you sleep on and a cotton or polyester backing underneath. It saves money and most buyers never notice until the pillow flips in the night and they wake up on the wrong surface. This case is silk front and back, so the orientation does not matter.\n\nThe undyed option\n\nThe colour here is natural white, and it is undyed. That means the fabric has not been through a colour process, so it keeps the soft off-white tone silk has naturally.\n\nTwo things follow from that. First, it will not match a bright optical white sheet exactly. It reads slightly warmer, closer to cream than to printer paper. Most people find that easier to live with in a bedroom, but it is worth knowing if you have very white bedding and a sharp eye. Second, there is no dye to fade, which simplifies the care a little.\n\nIf you want your bedding to fade into the background rather than announce itself, undyed natural white is an easy choice. It sits comfortably with linen, oatmeal, grey and most timber bed frames.\n\nClosure: more important than it sounds\n\nA pillowcase closure is one of those details nobody thinks about until it annoys them. Zips catch hair. Buttons leave marks on your cheek. Ties come undone and leave a corner of pillow poking out.\n\nThis one uses an envelope closure with a side entry that sits slightly off centre. The pillow goes in through the side, and the overlapping flap keeps it contained. Nothing hard, nothing fiddly, nothing to break in the wash.\n\nThe offset position does something useful too. Because the opening is not centred on the back, the case looks neat from the front when the bed is made. That lets it work as a sham as well as a sleeping case, which is handy if you like a tidy bed during the day.\n\nWho this suits, and who it does not\n\nA 30 momme case makes sense if you have tried lighter silk and wanted something more substantial, if you share a bed with someone who rearranges the pillows constantly, or if you simply want to buy a good one and stop thinking about it.\n\nIt makes less sense if you are testing the waters on a tight budget. A heavier weight costs more, and a 22 momme case will still give you the smooth surface. Weight is a refinement, not a requirement.\n\nIt also will not suit you if you are after a specific colour match. This is natural white only, undyed. If your bedroom scheme needs charcoal or blush, look elsewhere.\n\nSize matters as well. This is a standard case at 71.1 cm by 50.8 cm. Pillows sold in New Zealand vary more than you would expect, so measure yours before ordering. A pillow slightly smaller than the case is fine. One that is noticeably bigger will stretch the fabric and strain the seams.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it does not like being treated like a tea towel. The basics are easy.\n\nWash it in cool water with a detergent made for delicates. Hand washing is kindest, dry cleaning is fine, and a gentle machine cycle inside a mesh laundry bag works well for most people. The mesh bag matters more than the cycle setting, because it stops the case tangling around zips and buttons in the drum.\n\nSkip fabric softener entirely. It coats the fibres and takes away the slip you paid for. Skip bleach as well, including oxygen boosters, since it weakens silk and can yellow a natural white fabric.\n\nDry it flat or on a line in the shade. Direct sun is hard on silk fibres. If it needs pressing, use the lowest silk setting while the fabric is still a little damp, and keep the iron moving.\n\nWashing every week or two suits most households. If you use heavy night creams or hair oils, go more often. Buying a second case so you can rotate makes this far less of a chore, and it means one is always clean when you strip the bed.\n\nThe short version\n\nMomme is the number that matters in silk bedding, and 30 is heavy. You are getting a dense, substantial fabric rather than a thin one, made of 100% mulberry silk with silk on both faces so it does not matter which way the pillow lands. The colour is natural white and undyed, which reads slightly warm against bright white sheets and sits easily with most bedrooms.\n\nThe closure is an offset side-entry envelope, so no zips and no buttons, and it doubles as a sham on a made bed. The size is standard at 71.1 cm by 50.8 cm, supplied as one pillowcase.\n\nMeasure your pillow, wash it gently in cool water, keep it out of the dryer, and it will stay the way it arrived for a long time.", "llm_summary": "A standard-size pillowcase made from 100% mulberry silk at 30 momme, a heavy weight compared with the common 19 and 22 momme cases. The silk is charmeuse with a 300 thread count and is used on both faces of the pillowcase. The colour is natural white and undyed. Closure is an offset side-entry envelope with no zip or buttons, which also lets the case be used as a pillow sham. Dimensions are 71.1 cm long by 50.8 cm wide, supplied as a single pillowcase. Care allows dry cleaning, hand washing or a gentle machine cycle in a mesh bag, laid flat to dry. Brand, product weight and country of origin are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/undyed-white-30-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/undyed-white-30-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/undyed-white-30-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king-zip", "sku": "white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king-zip", "title": "White 22 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcase, King, Concealed Zip", "slug": "white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king-zip", "price": 160.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king-zip/main-white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king-zip.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king-zip/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king-zip-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king-zip/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king-zip-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king-zip/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king-zip-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Woven from pure mulberry silk with a concealed zip closure, it holds the pillow in place, slips off easily for washing and keeps a soft, even surface under your cheek.", "description": "The problem with the pillowcase you already own\n\nMost people never think about their pillowcase. It is the last thing you buy and the first thing you forget. Then you notice a few things. Hair that was fine when you went to bed has twisted into a knot by morning. There are creases pressed into one cheek that take an hour to fade. The cotton case feels warm and slightly sticky by two in the morning, so you flip the pillow and start again.\n\nNone of this is dramatic. It is just friction and heat, two things a woven cotton surface does not handle especially well. Cotton fibres are short and the weave has texture, so anything soft that moves across it gets caught and dragged. Your hair does. Your skin does. Multiply that by seven or eight hours a night and you start to see why people switch.\n\nA silk pillowcase changes the surface. That is the whole idea. Silk filaments are long, continuous and smooth, so things slide instead of catching. It is not magic, it is just a different fibre doing what it naturally does.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nWalk into silk bedding and you will immediately hit the word momme. It gets used like a quality score, which it is not. Momme is a weight measure, specific to silk, and it tells you how heavy the fabric is for a given area. Higher momme means more silk in the cloth.\n\nFor pillowcases, the useful range runs roughly from 16 up to 25. Below 16 the fabric starts to feel insubstantial, and it will show the colour of the pillow underneath. Above 25 it gets dense and expensive, and the extra weight does not add much for something you sleep on.\n\nThis case is 22 momme, which lands in the middle of the useful range. The fabric has real body. It drapes over a pillow and falls into a smooth sheet rather than clinging to the shape underneath. You feel the difference the first time you handle it. A thin silk feels slippery and almost insubstantial. A 22 momme silk feels like fabric.\n\nThe listing also gives a 600 thread count. With cotton, thread count is the headline number. With silk, momme is the more honest guide, because silk filaments are so fine that thread count figures can climb without the fabric actually getting any better. If you only remember one number, remember 22.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nThis is where more orders go wrong than anywhere else. Pillow sizes are not standardised across countries, and the words sound similar enough to trip you up.\n\nA king pillow is the long one. This case is cut to 91.4 cm by 50.8 cm, which is the metric version of 20 by 36 inches. If your pillow measures somewhere close to 90 cm end to end, this is the case you want.\n\nIf your pillow is around 66 cm long, that is a standard. Around 76 cm is a queen. Either of those inside a king case will leave loose fabric bunching at one end, which looks untidy and creates exactly the ridges and creases you were trying to avoid.\n\nSo before you order, pull the case off your current pillow and measure the pillow itself with a tape. Thirty seconds, and it saves a return. Note that pillow fill matters too. A very thick, firm king pillow fills the case completely and the silk sits tight. A softer, flatter one leaves a bit of slack, which is fine and actually helps the fabric drape.\n\nWhy the closure matters more than you think\n\nPillowcase closures come in three main types. Open end, envelope flap, and zip.\n\nOpen end is the cheapest and the worst for a long pillow. The pillow works its way out while you sleep and you wake up with bare pillow against your face. Envelope flaps are better, but on a king length pillow the flap often is not deep enough to hold things in place.\n\nA zip closes the case properly. The pillow stays where you put it. This one uses a concealed zip, which means the zip tape is hidden inside the seam rather than sitting exposed along the edge. Two benefits there. It looks cleaner on a made bed, and there is no hard plastic rubbing against the fabric.\n\nPractically, the zip also speeds up laundry. Unzip, slide the pillow out, wash, slide it back in. Anyone who has fought a long pillow into an envelope case will appreciate that.\n\nWho a silk pillowcase actually suits\n\nSomeone with long hair gets the most obvious benefit, because hair length is what gets caught and wound. If you have ever untangled a knot at the nape of your neck in the morning, you already know the problem.\n\nPeople who sleep warm often like silk too. It is a breathable natural fibre and tends to feel cool to the touch when you first lie down. Whether it keeps you cool all night depends on your room, your duvet and how you sleep, so treat that as a nice property rather than a promise.\n\nIt also suits anyone who just wants their bed to feel a bit better without redoing the whole room. A silk pillowcase is the cheapest upgrade in bedding by some distance. You are changing the one surface your face is actually touching.\n\nWho should think twice? If you are rough on your laundry and never read a care label, silk will frustrate you. It needs cool water and a gentle cycle. That is not difficult, but it is not optional either.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is tougher than its reputation suggests, but it has rules.\n\nWash in cool water. Hot water is the main thing that damages silk, both the fibre and any dye. Use a mild liquid detergent, preferably one made for delicates. Avoid bleach entirely, and skip fabric softener, which coats the fibres and takes the shine off over time.\n\nIf you machine wash, use a gentle or delicate cycle and put the case inside a mesh laundry bag. The bag stops the silk tangling with zips and buttons on other garments. Wash it with similar light items rather than throwing it in with towels and denim.\n\nDrying matters as much as washing. Do not tumble dry. Lay the case flat on a dry towel, or hang it in the shade out of direct sun. Direct sunlight fades and weakens silk. It usually dries in a few hours because the fabric is thin.\n\nIf you want it crisp, iron on the lowest heat setting with the case turned inside out, preferably while it is still a little damp. A held steamer works well too. Dry cleaning is a fine alternative if you would rather not handle it yourself.\n\nWash weekly, more often if you use hair oils or heavy moisturisers. Buying two cases and alternating them is the easiest way to keep up without constant laundry.\n\nBuying one versus buying two\n\nIf you share a king bed, two is the sensible order. A single silk pillowcase next to a cotton one looks slightly odd, and the person without it will notice within a week.\n\nIf you are the only one who wants it, one is plenty. Many people start with a single case to see whether they like sleeping on silk, then add a second. Having the pair also means you can wash one and keep using the other, which makes the care routine far less of a chore.\n\nWhite is the easy choice when you are buying a gift or are not sure what the bedroom looks like. It sits with everything. It also shows you when it needs washing, which is quietly useful.\n\nThe short version\n\nMeasure your pillow first. If it is around 90 cm long, you want this king size at 91.4 by 50.8 cm.\n\n22 momme is a sensible weight for a pillowcase. Substantial enough to drape well, not so heavy it feels stiff.\n\nThe concealed zip keeps the pillow in and the edges tidy, which matters more on a long pillow than a short one.\n\nWash cool, use a mesh bag, dry flat and away from the sun. Do that and a silk pillowcase lasts a long time.\n\nAnd if it arrives and it is not right, check it before you wash it, then get in touch within 14 days.", "llm_summary": "This is a single white pillowcase in king size, made from pure mulberry silk at 22 momme with a stated thread count of 600. It measures 91.4 cm long by 50.8 cm wide, which corresponds to the 20 by 36 inch king pillow size. The closure is a concealed zipper that holds the pillow in place and allows easy removal for washing. The pattern is solid, the style is described as classic, and the recommended use is indoor. Care is machine wash on a gentle cycle, with hand washing in cool water also suitable, and flat drying advised. Brand, country of origin, packed weight and warranty are not specified in this record. One pillowcase is supplied per unit.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king-zip/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king-zip/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-king-zip.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip", "sku": "white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip", "title": "White 22 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcase, Queen, Hidden Zip", "slug": "white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip", "price": 145.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip/main-white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Pure mulberry silk with a 600 thread count weave, a concealed zip that holds the pillow still, and a queen fit of 76.2cm by 50.8cm.", "description": "The problem with the pillowcase you already own\n\nMost people never think about their pillowcase. It came with the sheet set, it is cotton, it gets washed with everything else, and that is the end of it. Then one morning you notice your hair looks like it lost a fight, or you have a crease across one cheek that takes an hour to fade, and you start wondering whether the fabric has anything to do with it.\n\nIt does, at least in a mechanical sense. Cotton is woven from short staple fibres with a raised, textured surface. Put a microscope on it and it looks like a rough field. Your hair and skin move across that surface every time you turn over, and over seven or eight hours that adds up to a lot of small tugs. Silk is woven from long continuous filaments and the face of the fabric is far smoother. Things slide instead of catching. That is the whole mechanism, and it is a physical property of the fibre rather than anything mysterious.\n\nThe other half of the problem is that bedding can feel hot. Cotton absorbs and holds moisture against you. Silk breathes and feels cool to touch, which is why a lot of people switch over in summer and then never switch back.\n\nHow momme weight works, and why 22 matters\n\nWalk into silk shopping without knowing what momme means and you will get lost fast. Momme, usually written as mm, is the traditional unit for silk fabric weight. It describes how much silk sits in a standard area of cloth. Higher momme means more silk, which means a denser, heavier, more durable fabric.\n\nSilk pillowcases generally run from about 16 momme at the light end up to around 30 at the heavy end. Light silk is cheaper and feels thin. It drapes nicely but it wears through faster and can feel almost papery. Very heavy silk feels substantial and lasts a long time, but it starts to lose the fluid drape that makes silk pleasant in the first place, and the price climbs steeply.\n\nTwenty-two momme is the figure most experienced buyers land on. It has enough body that the fabric sits properly on the pillow rather than clinging. It survives a regular wash cycle. It still has that cool, liquid feel across the surface. If someone asks what the best mulberry silk pillowcase weight is for everyday use, 22 is the honest answer for most households.\n\nThis pillowcase is 22 momme long strand mulberry silk with a listed thread count of 600. Long strand matters because fewer joins through the yarn gives a smoother, more even face. Thread count on silk is read a little differently than on cotton, but 600 on a silk weave points to a fine, dense cloth rather than an open one.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nSizing is where most pillowcase purchases go wrong, and it is completely avoidable. Pillow sizes are not standardised worldwide, and the words standard, queen and king mean slightly different things depending on where the bedding was made.\n\nThis case is queen, listed as 20\" x 30\", which is 76.2cm by 50.8cm. Before you order, take a tape measure to the pillow you actually sleep on. Measure the length and the width while the pillow is lying flat and not squashed. If your pillow is close to 76cm by 51cm, this is the right case.\n\nIf your pillow comes in noticeably smaller, the case will fit but will look slack at the end, with a visible flap of loose fabric. If your pillow is significantly larger, which is common with king pillows at around 90cm long, the case will stretch at the seams and the zip will strain. Neither situation is fatal, but both are easy to avoid with a thirty second measurement.\n\nOne thing worth noting for anyone searching for a queen silk pillowcase NZ side. A lot of pillows sold here are described loosely. Trust your tape measure over the label on the packaging.\n\nWhy the hidden zip earns its place\n\nA pillowcase has to close somehow. The three common options are an open end, an envelope flap, and a zip.\n\nAn open end is the cheapest to make and the worst to live with, because the pillow works its way out overnight and you wake up gripping bare pillow. An envelope flap is better and it is what most cotton sets use, but the flap can still work loose if you move around a lot.\n\nA zip solves it properly. The pillow goes in, the zip closes, and nothing moves until you open it again. On this case the zip is concealed, which means the hardware is hidden inside a fabric fold rather than sitting exposed along the edge. The result is a continuous looking panel with no visible teeth, which matters more than you would think on a white case where any dark zip would show.\n\nIt also makes washing less of a chore. Unzip, slide the pillow out, in it goes. There is no fighting with a flap or turning the case inside out. If you are the kind of person who washes bedding weekly, that small bit of convenience is what decides whether a nice pillowcase stays in rotation or ends up at the back of the linen cupboard.\n\nWho this suits\n\nWhite silk in queen size is the default choice for a reason. It goes with everything. If your bedroom changes over time, or you swap duvet covers with the seasons, a white case never clashes. It reads clean, it photographs well, and it does not compete with a patterned quilt.\n\nIt suits people who want the surface benefit of silk without spending a fortune on 30 momme. It suits anyone who already runs a hair routine and does not want it undone by friction overnight. It suits hot sleepers who like something cool against their face. And it works as a gift, because sizing is the only variable and queen covers most beds.\n\nWho should skip it? Anyone with a king pillow, anyone who genuinely cannot be bothered with a separate wash cycle, and anyone who wants a pillowcase they can bleach. Silk is not a bleach fabric, and that is worth knowing before you buy rather than after.\n\nLooking after it without the fuss\n\nSilk has a reputation for being difficult. It is not, it just has different rules.\n\nHand washing in cool water with a mild detergent is the gentlest method, and it takes about five minutes. Fill a basin, swirl the case through, rinse, press the water out without wringing. If hand washing is not going to happen in your house, a machine is fine. Use a gentle cycle, cool water, and put the case inside a mesh wash bag so it does not get caught on anything in the drum.\n\nSkip the fabric softener. Silk does not need it and the residue builds up and dulls the surface. Skip bleach and oxygen brighteners for the same reason, plus they damage the fibre.\n\nDrying is the step people get wrong. Do not tumble dry. Lay the case flat or hang it on a line, out of direct sunlight. Sun is what fades silk and weakens the fibre over time, so a shaded spot or an indoor rack is better than a sunny clothesline. If creases bother you, press on a low setting on the reverse side, or just hang the case while it is still slightly damp and let gravity do the work.\n\nDone this way, a 22 momme case holds its feel and its colour through a long run of washes. The packing bag that comes with it is useful for storage between uses or for travel.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a white queen silk pillowcase in 22 momme long strand mulberry silk, with a 600 thread count weave and a concealed zip. It measures 76.2cm by 50.8cm and comes as a single case with a packing bag.\n\nMeasure your pillow before you order. Wash it cool in a mesh bag or by hand, line dry it out of the sun, and leave the dryer out of it. That is genuinely all there is to it.", "llm_summary": "A white queen silk pillowcase made from 100% long strand mulberry silk at 22 momme weight, with a listed thread count of 600 and a solid white, classic style with no pattern. It measures 76.2cm by 50.8cm (20\" x 30\"), which suits a standard queen pillow, and closes with a concealed zip that holds the pillow in place and keeps the edge neat. The pack contains one pillowcase and a packing bag. Model number is W01W21214bR. Care is hand wash in cool water, or a gentle machine cycle inside a mesh wash bag, then line dry, with no tumble drying. Brand, product weight and country of origin are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-queen-zip.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip", "sku": "white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip", "title": "White 22 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcase (Standard, Hidden Zip)", "slug": "white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip", "price": 129.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip/main-white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk with a concealed zip and a tidy standard fit of 66cm by 50.8cm, so your pillow stays put and the surface stays smooth all night.", "description": "The problem with the pillowcase you already own\n\nMost of us never think about the pillowcase. It comes with the sheet set, it goes on the pillow, it gets washed when the bed gets stripped. Nobody chooses it. And for a long time that was fine, because cotton is cheap and washes well and nobody expected much more.\n\nThen you touch a silk one and the comparison becomes obvious. Cotton is woven from short staple fibres, and no matter how fine the weave, that surface has texture. You can feel it with a fingertip. Press your face into it for eight hours and that texture drags on skin and catches on hair, which is why you wake up with creases down one cheek and a nest on one side of your head.\n\nSilk is a long continuous filament. The surface is smoother, so there is less to catch on. That is the whole proposition, and it is a physical one rather than a marketing one. Your hair slides instead of snagging. Your cheek moves instead of gripping. Nothing dramatic happens, but you notice it the first morning.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nSilk gets measured in momme, which is a weight-per-area figure. Think of it the way you think about GSM for a towel. A lower number means lighter, thinner fabric. A higher number means more silk in the same square metre.\n\nBedding silk generally runs between 16 and 25 momme. At 16 the fabric feels light and a bit sheer, and it tends to wrinkle easily. At 25 it feels thick and almost formal, closer to a lining in a good jacket. This pillowcase sits at 22 momme, which is where most people land after trying a few. It has real body in the hand, it drapes over the pillow instead of clinging to it, and it holds up to a regular wash cycle without going limp.\n\nThe thread count listed here is 600. Thread count gets quoted a lot because shoppers recognise it from cotton sheets, but with silk the momme weight is the figure worth comparing. If two pillowcases both claim 100% mulberry silk and one is 19 momme and the other is 22, you can feel that difference. Thread count on its own will not tell you much.\n\nMulberry silk, and why the word matters\n\n\"Silk\" on a label can mean several things. Mulberry silk comes from silkworms raised on a diet of mulberry leaves, and the filaments they produce are long, even and pale. That consistency is what gives the fabric its smooth face and its even colour when dyed.\n\nWild silks look different. They are often shorter in staple, more textured and naturally darker, which is lovely for a scarf and less ideal for something you press your face into. If you are hunting for the best pure silk pillowcase, mulberry is the specification you want to see stated plainly, as it is here.\n\nWatch out for \"satin\" used on its own. Satin is a weave structure, not a fibre, and a polyester satin is a very different product at a very different price. It will look shiny in photos. It will not feel the same, and it does not breathe the same way.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nThis is a standard pillowcase, 66cm long by 50.8cm wide, which is the imperial 20 inches by 26 inches converted. That is the size of the everyday bed pillow in most New Zealand homes.\n\nBefore you order, take a tape measure to the pillow you actually use. Lay it flat, measure the long edge and the short edge, and compare. If your pillow is around 66cm by 50cm, you are in the right place. If it is noticeably longer, say a queen or king pillow, a standard case will be stretched tight and the fabric will not drape properly. Silk looks best with a little ease, not pulled drum-tight.\n\nDeep or heavily contoured pillows are the other thing to check. Memory foam pillows with a high loft take up more volume than their flat dimensions suggest. If yours is particularly thick, measure the girth as well as the length.\n\nWhy the zip is worth caring about\n\nPillowcases close in three common ways. Open end, which is simplest and lets the pillow escape. Envelope flap, which tucks a tail of fabric back over the pillow and mostly works. And a zip, which closes the thing properly.\n\nThis one uses a concealed zip along the open edge. Two practical results follow. The pillow stays inside no matter how much you move at night, so you are not reaching under the duvet at 3am to shove it back in. And the outer face of the case stays unbroken, with no visible fastening to feel under your cheek or spoil the line of the bed.\n\nIt also makes laundry easier. Unzip, slide the pillow out, zip the empty case closed before it goes in the wash. Zipping it shut before washing is a small habit that stops the zip teeth snagging the fabric in the drum.\n\nLiving with silk: the care side\n\nSilk asks for a bit more than cotton, but less than people fear. Here is the honest version.\n\nHand washing in cool water with a mild detergent made for delicates is the gentlest option and takes about five minutes. If that sounds like too much, a gentle machine cycle works, with the case inside a mesh laundry bag so it does not get thrashed around with zips and buttons from other items. Cool water either way.\n\nSkip the bleach and skip the fabric softener. Bleach attacks the protein fibre directly. Softener coats the surface and takes away the slipperiness you paid for, which rather defeats the point.\n\nDo not tumble dry. Heat is what damages silk fastest. Lay the case flat on a towel or hang it on a line out of direct sun, and it will dry quickly because the fabric is thin. If it needs pressing, use the coolest iron setting, work on the reverse side, and do it while the fabric still holds a little moisture.\n\nFor a white case specifically, shade drying matters. Strong New Zealand sun is hard on any white textile over time, and silk is no exception.\n\nWho it suits, and who might want something else\n\nIf you wake with hair that needs ten minutes of untangling, silk is worth trying. If you have a short blow-dry that collapses overnight, same. If you have ever sat in a morning meeting with a crease across one cheek, you will understand the appeal immediately.\n\nSomeone who wants a pillowcase they can throw in a hot wash with the towels and tumble dry on high should probably stay with cotton. There is no shame in that. Silk rewards a bit of care, and if that care is never going to happen, the fabric will not last as long as it should.\n\nWhite is the easy choice for most bedrooms. It goes with everything, it reads clean, and it does not date. If you are assembling bedding from different sets, a plain white silk pillowcase is the piece that ties things together rather than competing.\n\nThe short version\n\nPure mulberry silk, 22 momme, white, in a standard 66cm by 50.8cm fit with a concealed zip. Measure your pillow before you order. Wash it cool, dry it flat, keep it out of the tumble dryer, and it will keep its hand and its colour for a long time.\n\nOne pillowcase per order, so grab two if you share the bed. Orders travel by tracked courier from Australian warehouses and usually land within 5 to 10 working days, free NZ-wide over NZ$175. Returns run 14 days from delivery, unused and unwashed.", "llm_summary": "A white pillowcase made from 100% mulberry silk at 22 momme, in a standard size of 66cm long by 50.8cm wide (20in x 26in). It uses a concealed zip closure, has a stated thread count of 600, and comes in a solid white classic style with no pattern. Each order includes one pillowcase and a packing bag. Model number W01W21214aR. Care is hand wash in cool water or a gentle machine cycle inside a mesh bag, line dry, do not tumble dry. Brand, country of origin, item weight and packaged dimensions are not specified in this record. Shipped by tracked courier from Australian warehouses, typically arriving in 5 to 10 working days.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcase-standard-zip.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "white-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack", "sku": "white-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack", "title": "White 22 Momme Mulberry Silk Pillowcases, Standard Size, 2 Pack", "slug": "white-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack", "price": 185.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/main-white-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack-7.jpg" ], "description_short": "Double-sided 22 momme mulberry silk in a 600 thread count weave, finished with a hidden zip so the case stays put all night.", "description": "The problem with the pillowcase you already own\n\nMost of us never chose our pillowcases. They came in a sheet set, or they were on sale, or they were the right colour at the time. They are almost always cotton or a cotton blend, woven tight enough to hold up to a hot wash and a tumble dryer.\n\nThat toughness comes at a cost. Woven cotton has texture, and texture means friction. You feel it most if you have long hair or if you sleep on your side with your face pressed into the pillow for seven hours. You wake up, your hair is in a different shape than when you went to bed, and there are creases on one cheek that take a while to settle.\n\nSilk is the usual answer, and this pair of white silk pillowcases is about as plain a version of that answer as you can get. Two cases, standard size, 100% mulberry silk on both sides, a zip to close them. No pattern, no trim, nothing fussy.\n\nWhat 22 momme actually tells you\n\nSilk is sold by momme, written as mm but pronounced \"mommy\". It is a weight measure, a bit like GSM for towels or paper. The number tells you how heavy a given length of the fabric is, and heavier silk is denser, more opaque, and generally more hard-wearing.\n\nYou will see silk bedding sold anywhere from about 16 momme up to 30. The low end feels thin and almost papery, and it tends to show wear fast. The very high end is lovely but stiff, and it costs a lot more. The 22 momme band is where most people land, because the fabric has real substance while still draping the way silk is supposed to.\n\nThis set is 22 momme on both faces. That matters, because some cases use silk on the sleeping side and a cheaper backing fabric underneath. Double-sided silk means you can flip the case over halfway through the week without changing what your face touches.\n\nThe listing also gives a 600 thread count. Thread count is a weave measure rather than a weight measure, and with silk it is less important than momme. Still, 600 points to a fine, even weave, which is consistent with the smooth surface you would expect from a best 600 thread count silk pillowcase.\n\nWhy the closure is worth thinking about\n\nPillowcases close one of three ways. An open end with nothing holding it, an envelope flap that tucks the pillow in behind a layer of fabric, or a zip.\n\nOpen-ended cases are the cheapest to make and the first to annoy you, because the pillow works its way out overnight. Envelope flaps solve most of that and look tidy. A zip, which is what this pair uses, holds the pillow completely and keeps the face of the case flat.\n\nThe zip here is described as invisible, meaning it sits hidden in the seam rather than on show. On a plain white case that is the right call. There is no pattern to distract from a visible zip pull, so anything on the surface would stand out.\n\nOne small practical note. Position the zipped end toward the outer edge of the bed when you make it up. You will never feel it, and the case will look neater.\n\nWho this suits\n\nSide sleepers notice the difference first. If you spend the night with one side of your face against the pillow, the surface you are pressing into matters more than it does for a back sleeper.\n\nPeople with long hair are the other obvious group. Hair that catches on a cotton weave slides over silk instead. It is purely a friction thing, nothing applied to the fabric, which is why the best silk pillowcase for long hair is simply the one made from smooth, decent-weight silk.\n\nIt also suits anyone who sleeps warm. Silk feels cool on contact and the fabric is listed as breathable. In a New Zealand summer that is a genuine comfort gain, and in winter the fabric does not feel cold the way some synthetics do.\n\nWho it does not suit? Anyone who wants to throw bedding into a hot wash and forget about it. Silk needs a gentler hand, and if that sounds like a chore, cotton remains a sensible choice.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nStandard pillows measure roughly 20 inches by 26 inches, which is 50.8 cm by 66 cm. That is exactly what this pair is cut to.\n\nBefore you order, take a tape measure to your own pillow. Lay it flat, measure the long edge, then the short one. If you get close to 66 cm by 51 cm, you are in standard territory and this will fit.\n\nIf your pillow is noticeably longer, you may have king size pillows, which are common on larger beds. If it is square, you have European pillows, which are used as back support rather than for sleeping. Neither of those will work with a standard case, and forcing a pillow into a case that is too small puts strain on the seams.\n\nA slight amount of give is normal and fine. You want the case snug enough that the pillow fills the corners, but not so tight that the zip strains when you close it.\n\nCaring for silk without making it a chore\n\nThe care instructions for this set are specific. Hand wash at no more than 30 degrees Celsius, wash alone or with similar colours, and never bleach.\n\nHere is the routine that works. Fill a basin with cool water and dissolve a mild detergent in it completely before the silk goes in. Undissolved detergent sitting against the fabric can leave marks. Submerge the case, move it around gently for a few minutes, then rinse in clean cool water until no suds remain.\n\nDo not wring it. Press the water out between your palms, or roll the case in a clean towel and press down. Then dry flat or hang it in the shade. Direct sun and radiator heat both age silk fibres faster than anything else you will do to it.\n\nIf you mark the case, deal with it the same day. Soak the whole thing in clean water first, then hand wash as normal. A stain left to dry and set is much harder to shift, especially on white.\n\nThis is also where the two-pack earns its keep. One case stays on the bed while the other dries, so you never have to choose between a clean pillowcase and following the care instructions.\n\nWhite, and why it is the easy choice\n\nColour choices in bedding tend to age badly. A colour that looked current when you bought it can clash with the next duvet cover you pick.\n\nWhite does not have that problem. It sits under anything, it matches the white sheets most households already own, and it reads as clean in a way other colours cannot. In a bedroom where you have a patterned duvet or a bold headboard, plain white pillowcases give the eye somewhere to rest.\n\nThe trade-off is that white shows marks. That is manageable with prompt washing and no bleach, but it is worth knowing going in.\n\nBuying one versus buying a pair\n\nSingle silk pillowcases are sold everywhere, and they are tempting because the price looks lower. In practice a pair is usually the better buy.\n\nA double bed needs two pillowcases to look right, and even a single sleeper benefits from having a spare in the cupboard. Given that silk is hand washed and air dried rather than run through a quick machine cycle, going without a spare means a night on cotton every time you wash.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a pair of plain white pillowcases made from 22 momme mulberry silk on both sides, woven at 600 thread count, cut to the standard 66 cm by 50.8 cm size, and closed with a hidden zip.\n\nIf you sleep on your side, have long hair, or simply want a smoother surface than cotton gives you, the fabric does what you want it to. If you are happy to hand wash and air dry, it will keep doing it for a long time.\n\nMeasure your pillow first, keep the care routine simple, and rotate the two cases so there is always a clean one ready.", "llm_summary": "A two-pack of white pillowcases made from 100% mulberry silk on both sides, rated at 22 momme with a 600 thread count weave. Each case is a standard size, measuring 66 cm long by 50.8 cm wide (20 inches by 26 inches), and closes with an invisible zipper. The fabric is described as breathable and is commonly chosen for hair protection because silk creates less friction than cotton. Care is hand wash only at a maximum of 30 degrees Celsius with a mild detergent fully dissolved in water, washed alone or with similar colours, and no bleaching. Brand, product weight, country of origin and packed dimensions are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/white-22-momme-silk-pillowcases-standard-2-pack.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "white-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme", "sku": "white-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme", "title": "White Mulberry Silk Pillowcase Queen 19 Momme", "slug": "white-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme", "price": 103.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-pillowcases", "category_label": "Silk Pillowcases", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "0.1 kg", "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/main-white-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/white-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-pillowcases/white-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/white-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme-3.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from double-sided 19 momme Grade 6A mulberry silk with a 600 thread count, a hidden zipper closure and a cool, breathable hand feel that stays smooth against hair and skin.", "description": "The problem with a perfectly good cotton pillowcase\n\nCotton bedding is comfortable. Nobody is arguing otherwise. But cotton has a texture, and that texture does two things you only notice when you stop and think about it.\n\nThe first is friction. Every time you turn over, your hair and your cheek drag across thousands of tiny woven loops. Over seven or eight hours that adds up. It is why long hair can look like it has been through a hedge by morning and why some people wake with a crease down one side of their face that takes an hour to fade.\n\nThe second is heat. Cotton absorbs moisture and holds it. On a humid Auckland night or anywhere the bedroom does not cool down properly, that means a pillow that goes warm and slightly damp within twenty minutes, which is exactly why you keep flipping it looking for the cold side.\n\nA silk pillowcase does not fix your sleep. Nothing you put on a bed does that by itself. What it does is take away two small irritations that quietly make the night worse.\n\nHow silk actually works\n\nSilk is a protein filament, not a plant fibre. A silkworm produces it as one continuous strand, and when that strand is long, even and unbroken, you get a very smooth surface with almost nothing for hair to catch on. That is what Grade 6A means on this pillowcase. It is the grading used for the longest, most consistent filaments.\n\nThe number that matters most, though, is momme. Momme is a weight measure, and it tells you how dense the fabric is. Lightweight silk around 16 momme feels lovely in the hand but wears thin faster. Heavier silk at 22 momme and above is very durable but costs considerably more and can feel a little stiff at first. This pillowcase sits at 19 momme, which is the weight most people settle on. It has enough substance to drape properly and survive regular washing, while still moving across the pillow like water.\n\nThe 600 thread count describes how tightly the weave is packed. With cotton, thread count is the headline number. With silk it is secondary to momme, but a tight weave does contribute to that smooth, almost cool-to-the-touch surface.\n\nThen there is breathability. Silk moves heat and moisture rather than soaking it up and holding it. You feel this as a pillow that stays cool longer. It is not refrigeration. It is simply a fabric that is not working against you.\n\nWhy both sides matter\n\nHere is something worth checking on any silk pillowcase you look at, including this one.\n\nA lot of pillowcases sold as silk have silk on one face and cotton, polyester or a satin blend on the other. The maker saves money, and the listing is not technically lying. But you notice it the moment you flip the pillow at two in the morning and land on the wrong side.\n\nThis one is double-sided mulberry silk. Both faces are the same fabric, so it does not matter which way the pillow goes in or which way it ends up at three in the morning. For a 19 momme silk pillowcase this is the detail that separates a good one from a cheap one.\n\nWho it suits\n\nPeople with long, curly, fine or chemically treated hair tend to feel the difference fastest. Less drag overnight means fewer tangles to work through in the morning. That is the single most common reason people go looking for the best silk pillowcase NZ shoppers can get hold of.\n\nHot sleepers are the other big group. If you flip the pillow more than twice a night, a breathable pillowcase is worth trying before you spend money on a new mattress or a fan.\n\nIt also suits anyone who uses night creams or facial oils, simply because a smooth surface does not scuff at the skin the way a textured weave can. And it suits people buying a gift. White is universal, queen is the common size, and silk reads as generous without being too personal.\n\nWho it suits less: anyone who will not hand wash. This pillowcase is hand wash only. If that sounds like a chore you will resent in six weeks, be honest with yourself now.\n\nHow to choose between options\n\nCheck the momme. If a listing does not state it, that is a flag. Anything under 16 momme is thin. The 19 to 22 momme range is the sweet spot for everyday use.\n\nCheck both sides. Look for the words double-sided or 100 percent silk on both faces. If a listing only mentions a silk front, assume the back is something else.\n\nCheck the closure. A hidden zip keeps the pillow enclosed and nothing presses into your face. Envelope flaps are cheaper to make but let the pillow slide out. Buttons look nice in photos and are irritating to sleep on.\n\nCheck the size in centimetres. Imperial labels vary by country. This one is 75 cm by 50 cm, which is standard queen here. Measure your own pillow if it is a deep or contoured foam shape.\n\nCheck the colour realistically. White shows marks from hair oils and makeup more than a darker shade, but it is easy to match and easy to keep looking fresh with regular gentle washing.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it does not forgive heat and harsh chemicals.\n\nHand wash in cool water with a detergent made for delicates. Swirl it gently rather than scrubbing, and give it a few minutes at most. Do not bleach, and do not leave it soaking.\n\nTo dry, lay it flat on a clean towel and press the water out. Never wring it. Then dry flat or hang it in the shade with good airflow. Direct sun and tumble dryers are the two things that will dull a pure silk pillowcase faster than anything else.\n\nCreases usually fall out once the case is back on the pillow. If you want it crisp, iron on the coolest setting, on the reverse, while it is slightly damp.\n\nWash it every one to two weeks, more often if you use rich creams or leave-in hair products. A second pillowcase makes this much easier, because you always have one ready while the other dries.\n\nWhat to expect in the first week\n\nThe first night usually feels noticeably cooler and a bit slippery, in a good way. Some people find their pillow slides around on the sheet more than they are used to, since silk on cotton has less grip. That settles once you adjust.\n\nBy the end of the first week you will know. Either you have stopped flipping the pillow and your hair is behaving better, or you have not noticed much at all. Both are fair outcomes. Silk is a comfort upgrade, not a miracle, and anyone telling you otherwise is selling harder than we are.\n\nDelivery and returns in plain terms\n\nOrders go out by tracked courier from Australian warehouses, and most arrive in 5 to 10 working days. Delivery is free NZ-wide on orders over NZ$175.\n\nReturns are open for 14 days from delivery, provided the pillowcase is unused and unwashed in its original packaging. That is why we suggest checking the fit against your pillow before the first wash.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a single queen pillowcase, 75 cm by 50 cm, in plain white 19 momme mulberry silk with silk on both faces, a 600 thread count weave and a hidden zip. It weighs almost nothing, it feels cool when you lie down, and it is smooth enough that hair and skin slide over it rather than catching.\n\nIt needs hand washing and it needs to stay out of the sun. If you are fine with that, it is a small change that most people notice on the first night and keep noticing for years.", "llm_summary": "A single queen size pillowcase made from 19 momme Grade 6A mulberry silk, with silk on both sides and a 600 thread count weave. It measures 75 cm long by 50 cm wide (listed as Queen 20\" x 30\") and weighs about 0.1 kg. The colour is white with a solid pattern, and the closure is a hidden zipper. Listed features include a breathable, temperature-control fabric that feels cool to the touch. Care is hand wash only. The product is sold as one pillowcase in a single pack. Brand, GTIN, MPN and country of origin are not specified in this record, and no warranty or customer rating is recorded here.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/white-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/white-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/white-mulberry-silk-pillowcase-queen-19-momme.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-black-geometric", "sku": "brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-black-geometric", "title": "Brushed Mulberry Silk Scarf in Grey and Black Geometric", "slug": "brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-black-geometric", "price": 155.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-black-geometric/main-brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-black-geometric.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-black-geometric/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-black-geometric-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-black-geometric/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-black-geometric-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-black-geometric/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-black-geometric-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-black-geometric/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-black-geometric-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-black-geometric/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-black-geometric-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-black-geometric/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-black-geometric-7.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-black-geometric/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-black-geometric-8.jpg" ], "description_short": "Woven from mulberry silk with a lightly brushed surface, it drapes close to the neck, slides over collars without snagging, and folds down small enough to live in a bag all winter.", "description": "The problem with most winter scarves\n\nThere is a gap in almost everyone's wardrobe between a thin summer scarf and a thick wool one. The thin one looks right but does nothing once the wind picks up. The thick one works, but it fills the gap between your coat collar and your chin, rides up over your mouth, and leaves fluff on a dark jacket.\n\nWhat most people actually want on a cold day is something that adds warmth at the neck without adding volume. That is the job a brushed mulberry silk scarf does well. It is thin enough to tuck inside a coat and still close the lapels properly, and the brushed surface gives it enough insulation to matter on a frosty morning.\n\nThe grey and black geometric pattern here helps with the other half of the problem, which is that a scarf you have to think about is a scarf you do not wear. Neutral, woven geometry goes with nearly everything already hanging in your wardrobe.\n\nHow brushed silk works\n\nSilk starts as a long, smooth filament. That is why ordinary silk feels cool and slippery and why it reflects light the way it does. Woven flat, it drapes beautifully but traps very little warm air.\n\nBrushing changes that. After the fabric is woven, the surface is passed over fine brushes that lift the ends of the fibres slightly. The result is a softer, more matte hand and a surface that holds a thin layer of still air against your skin. Still air is what actually keeps you warm. Every insulating fabric, from down to fleece to wool, works on the same principle.\n\nWhat brushing does not do is add thickness. The fabric is still silk and still thin, so it folds flat, tucks under a collar and does not create a bulge at the throat. That is the trade-off that makes it worth the price for a lot of people: you give up some of the raw warmth of wool and get back ease of wear.\n\nIt is worth knowing that silk also slides. Where wool grips a jumper and pulls at the knit, silk travels over it. You notice this most when you are putting a coat on or taking it off in a hurry. The scarf stays tied and the knit underneath stays flat.\n\nWho this scarf suits\n\nIt suits anyone whose cold weather happens in short bursts. If your day is a walk to the car, an hour in a cool office, a dash across a car park and an evening out, you do not need alpine insulation. You need something that takes the edge off and then stops being in the way.\n\nIt suits people who wear fine knits and good shirts, because silk is the least abrasive thing you can put over them. It suits frequent travellers, because it folds into nothing and comes back out of a bag looking fine. And it suits people who have given up on scarves because wool irritates their neck.\n\nIt is a reasonable pick for the best silk scarf for travel exactly because of that packability. Airport terminals and long-haul cabins run cold, and a scarf that lives in a laptop bag without taking up space is more useful than one that only comes out in July.\n\nWhere it suits less well is deep, sustained cold. If you stand outside for an hour in a southerly, you want wool or a layered wool and silk combination. There is no shame in owning both.\n\nReading the pattern\n\nA woven geometric design behaves differently to a printed one. In a print, the colour sits on the surface, so the pattern is sharp, flat and consistent on both faces in different intensities. In a weave, the pattern is made by the structure of the cloth itself, so it catches light at different angles and reads as texture from across a room.\n\nThat matters practically. Woven patterns hold their definition as the fabric ages, because there is no surface layer to wear away. They also tend to look quieter, which is usually what you want from a daily scarf. A loud print is fun twice and then feels repetitive.\n\nGrey and black is close to the most flexible pairing available. It sits against navy, charcoal, camel, denim and black without clashing, and it provides contrast against cream and white without shouting. If you are building a small wardrobe where each piece has to work hard, a neutral geometric is the sensible choice over a colour you will eventually tire of.\n\nHow to choose between silk, wool and cashmere\n\nThree honest comparisons.\n\nWool is the warmest for the money and the most forgiving of rough treatment. It is also the bulkiest, the most likely to pill, and the most likely to feel prickly against bare skin.\n\nCashmere is warm and soft but expensive, and fine cashmere pills faster than people expect. It also needs careful washing, so it is not the low-maintenance option some assume.\n\nBrushed silk is the lightest of the three, the smoothest against the skin and the least likely to pill because the fibre is a long filament rather than a short staple. It needs hand washing. It gives up some insulation in exchange for being easy to wear and easy to pack.\n\nIf you already own a serious winter scarf, brushed silk is the useful second one. If you own nothing, it still covers most ordinary cold days.\n\nLooking after it\n\nHand wash only. That is the stated care for this scarf and it is not a suggestion you can quietly skip. A washing machine, even on a delicate cycle, agitates enough to flatten a brushed surface and leave it looking tired.\n\nThe method is quick. Fill a basin with cool water, add a small amount of detergent made for delicates, and move the scarf through the water gently for a minute or two. Do not rub, scrub or twist. Rinse in clean cool water until it runs clear.\n\nTo dry, lay the scarf flat on a dry towel and roll the towel up to press the water out. Then unroll and leave it flat somewhere warm but out of direct sun. Hanging it wet can stretch one end and leave the scarf uneven.\n\nIf it needs pressing, use the lowest iron setting with a cotton cloth between the iron and the silk. Most of the time a short hang in a steamy bathroom is enough to drop creases out.\n\nBetween seasons, store it clean, flat or loosely rolled, in a drawer or a breathable pouch. Clean matters because invisible traces of food, perfume or skin oil can oxidise and show up as marks months later.\n\nDelivery and getting it wrong\n\nOrders are sent by tracked courier from Australian warehouses, and most arrive within 5 to 10 working days. Delivery is free NZ-wide on orders over NZ$175. Returns are open for 14 days from delivery as long as the scarf is unused and unwashed, so if the pattern is not what you pictured on screen, you have time to decide.\n\nIf you are buying it as a gift and you are not sure, the neutral colourway is your friend. It removes most of the guesswork about someone else's taste, and a scarf does not need a size.\n\nThe short version\n\nA brushed mulberry silk scarf gives you light, real warmth at the neck without the bulk of wool. The silk slides over collars and knitwear instead of catching. The grey and black geometric weave is quiet enough to wear daily and holds its definition because it is built into the cloth rather than printed on top.\n\nHand wash it in cool water, dry it flat, keep it out of the sun, and it will stay soft for years. Buy it if you want a scarf you will actually reach for on an ordinary cold morning. Buy wool instead if your cold weather lasts all day and involves standing still outside.", "llm_summary": "A brushed mulberry silk scarf in a grey and black geometric pattern, listed by Mulberry Silk Company in the silk scarves category. The silk is woven and then brushed to create a soft surface that adds light warmth without bulk, and silk fibre slides over collars and knitwear with less friction than cotton or wool. The neutral colourway suits office wear, casual knits and outerwear. Care is hand wash only in cool water, dried flat away from heat and sun. Country of origin is China. Exact dimensions, momme weight, colour code, fibre percentage and product weight are not specified in this record. No brand, GTIN, MPN, warranty or customer rating is recorded for this item.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-black-geometric/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-black-geometric/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-black-geometric.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-blue", "sku": "brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-blue", "title": "Brushed Mulberry Silk Scarf in Grey Blue", "slug": "brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-blue", "price": 169.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-blue/main-brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-blue.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-blue/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-blue-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-blue/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-blue-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-blue/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-blue-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-blue/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-blue-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-blue/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-blue-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-blue/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-blue-7.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-blue/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-blue-8.jpg" ], "description_short": "Woven from mulberry silk and brushed to a soft, matte finish, this long scarf drapes easily over coats, knits and shirts, and arrives ready to give in a gift box.", "description": "The problem with most scarves\n\nThere is a gap in a lot of wardrobes. On one side sits the chunky wool scarf, warm but bulky, the kind that doubles the width of your neck and refuses to sit flat under a coat collar. On the other sits the thin silk square, pretty in photos but cold, slippery and gone from your shoulder by the second block.\n\nWhat most people actually want is something in between. Something light enough to wear inside a jacket, warm enough to notice on a cold platform, and soft enough that you forget it is there by mid-morning. That is the slot a brushed silk scarf fills.\n\nWhat brushing does to silk\n\nPlain woven silk has a smooth, flat surface. Light hits it and bounces straight back, which is where the familiar sheen comes from. It feels cool to the touch because there is very little texture to trap air against the skin.\n\nBrushing changes that. The finished cloth is drawn over fine bristles that lift the surface fibres a fraction of a millimetre. You end up with a slightly raised nap, a matte rather than glossy face, and a hand feel closer to a very fine cashmere than to satin.\n\nTwo things follow from that. First, the scarf feels softer and less slippery, so it stays where you put it instead of sliding off a coat shoulder. Second, those lifted fibres hold a thin layer of still air, and still air is the actual mechanism behind warmth in clothing. That is why a brushed silk scarf can take the chill off a cold morning while weighing next to nothing.\n\nWho it suits\n\nIf you commute, this kind of scarf earns its keep. You put it on for the walk to the station, loosen it on the train and leave it hanging open at your desk. It does not overheat you indoors the way wool does, and it does not need to come off and be stuffed in a bag.\n\nIf you travel, the case is even stronger. Rolled up, it takes almost no room, and it does double duty as a neck scarf on the ground and a shoulder cover in a cold cabin. Plenty of people pack one as the best lightweight silk shawl they own precisely because it does two jobs for the weight of one.\n\nIf you work somewhere with unpredictable heating, it is useful in a different way. An open-plan office in winter can swing ten degrees between the window seat and the far corner. A light scarf you can loop or drop as needed handles that better than a cardigan.\n\nAnd if you are buying a gift, a long scarf in muted grey and blue is a low-risk choice. You are not guessing a clothing size, and the colours do not fight with whatever coat the person already owns.\n\nRectangle or square\n\nThis is a long rectangle, and that shape matters more than people expect.\n\nA square scarf is folded into a triangle or a bias band. It sits close to the throat, looks neat with a collared shirt, and works well as a visible accent. What it does not do is wrap. There simply is not enough length.\n\nA rectangle lets you loop it twice for warmth, knot it once for a tidy commuter look, or leave it hanging open down the front of a coat for a long vertical line. If the point of the scarf is warmth as well as looks, the rectangle wins. Most people hunting for the best long silk scarf are really after that flexibility.\n\nReading the colour\n\nGrey and blue is a quietly practical pairing. Grey goes with essentially everything structured, so charcoal coats, black jackets, camel wool and navy suits all take it without argument. Blue bridges to denim and to the softer end of a casual wardrobe.\n\nMuted tones also age better than bright ones. A scarf in a loud pattern dates itself to the season you bought it. A soft grey-blue just keeps turning up in the rotation year after year.\n\nOne honest caveat. Screens render colour differently, and silk changes appearance with the light because of the way the fibre reflects. The shade you see on a phone at night and the shade on your shoulder in daylight will not be identical. Expect a little variation.\n\nHow to wear it\n\nStart with the loop knot, because it is quick and it holds. Fold the scarf in half lengthwise, drape it around your neck, then pull both loose ends through the folded loop. Slide the knot up or down to set how snug it sits.\n\nFor something looser, drape it open with both ends hanging down the front of your coat. This works best with an unbuttoned coat, where the two vertical lines of the scarf narrow the look of the whole outfit.\n\nFor maximum warmth, wrap it twice around the neck and tuck the ends inside your collar. The double layer plus the brushed nap makes a real difference on a windy day.\n\nIndoors, just throw it over your shoulders like a stole. Silk is light enough that it does not slide off the way a heavier wrap does.\n\nCaring for silk without fuss\n\nSilk has a reputation for being delicate. It is not fragile so much as particular. Treat it right and it lasts for years.\n\nWash by hand in cool water with a detergent made for delicates, or send it to a dry cleaner. Skip bleach entirely. Do not leave it soaking, and never wring it out. Lay it in a clean towel, press gently to lift the water, then dry it flat and out of direct sun. Heat and strong light are the two things that shorten a silk scarf's life.\n\nIf creases appear, try hanging it in a steamy bathroom first. If that does not do it, press on the reverse with a cool iron and a thin cloth between the iron and the silk. Avoid blasting the brushed face directly with steam, since that can flatten the nap.\n\nStore it folded loosely or rolled in a drawer. Thin hangers leave a crease ridge across the middle that is annoying to get out.\n\nOne thing worth knowing about brushed finishes generally. Any raised surface can fuzz where it rubs repeatedly, usually against a rough coat collar or a bag strap worn in the same spot. This is normal wear, not a fault. Gentle handling slows it down, and if loose fibres appear, lift them off rather than pulling them, which tugs the weave.\n\nWhere this one sits\n\nA few things are worth being straight about. The scarf is mulberry silk with a brushed finish, in grey and blue, made in China, and it arrives in a gift box. Care is hand wash or dry clean.\n\nWhat we do not have on file is the exact length, the momme weight, the weave type or a stated brand. Rather than guess at numbers, we have left those blank. If any of them matter to your decision, send us a message and we will check the current stock before you commit.\n\nThe short version\n\nA brushed silk scarf solves a narrow but common problem. It gives you warmth at the neck without the bulk of wool, and softness without the slide of satin. The long rectangle shape means you can loop it, knot it or drape it depending on the weather and the outfit.\n\nGrey and blue keeps it easy to pair. Hand washing keeps it alive. The gift box means you can buy it for someone else without a second thought.\n\nIf you have been looking for the layer that goes between a thin cotton scarf and a heavy wool one, this is roughly where it lands.", "llm_summary": "This is a brushed mulberry silk scarf in grey and blue tones, listed in the silk scarves category. The silk has been brushed to produce a soft matte surface rather than a high-gloss finish, and the lifted fibres hold a thin layer of air that adds warmth without the bulk of wool. It can be worn as a neck scarf, looped at the collar, or draped open as a light wrap. Care is hand wash or dry clean. Country of origin is China. Exact dimensions, momme weight, weave type, product weight and brand are not specified in this record. The scarf is supplied new and arrives in a gift box, so it needs no extra wrapping.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-blue/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-blue/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/brushed-mulberry-silk-scarf-grey-blue.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "lightweight-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm", "sku": "lightweight-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm", "title": "Lightweight Square Mulberry Silk Scarf 70cm", "slug": "lightweight-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm", "price": 77.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/lightweight-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm/main-lightweight-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/lightweight-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm/lightweight-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/lightweight-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm/lightweight-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/lightweight-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm/lightweight-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/lightweight-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm/lightweight-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/lightweight-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm/lightweight-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Printed on one side, hemmed as a 70 x 70 cm square, and light enough to knot at the neck, tie through hair, or loop around a bag handle.", "description": "The gap a scarf fills\n\nThere is a specific kind of wardrobe frustration that has nothing to do with owning too few clothes. You put on a shirt and trousers that fit, the shoes are right, and the whole thing still looks like you got dressed in a hurry. The problem is almost always at the collar. There is nothing happening between your chin and your chest, so the eye has nowhere to land.\n\nA square silk scarf solves that in about fifteen seconds. It adds colour and movement exactly where the outfit is empty, and unlike a necklace it does not need to match anything metal you own. That is the honest reason silk scarves keep coming back decade after decade. They are not nostalgia. They are a fast fix for a very common problem.\n\nWhy 70cm is the size most people actually use\n\nSilk scarves come in a spread of sizes, and the number matters more than it looks. A 50cm square is small. It knots tight at the throat and works on a bag handle, but it runs out of fabric the moment you want to drape it. A 90cm or 110cm square is a different animal, closer to a shawl, with enough body to wear over the shoulders.\n\nThe 70 x 70 cm square sits in between and that is the whole point. It has enough fabric to fold into a proper triangle, roll into a long band, or loop twice around the neck, without so much bulk that a knot turns into a lump. If you only ever own one square scarf, this is the size that gives you the most ways to wear it.\n\nExpect a small amount of variation. Hemmed silk squares are finished by hand or near enough, so a centimetre or two either way is normal and not a fault.\n\nWhat the square shape lets you do\n\nPeople sometimes assume a square is less versatile than a long rectangle. It is the other way round. A long scarf mostly does long-scarf things. A square turns into several shapes depending on how you fold it.\n\nFold it corner to corner and you have a triangle. Worn with the point down the front and the ends knotted behind, that is the classic bandana look. Worn with the point at the back and the ends knotted at the front, it reads more retro.\n\nRoll it along the diagonal into a narrow band and you get something closer to a neckerchief. Tie it snug under the chin for a tidy, finished look, or leave it loose and slightly off centre if you want it casual.\n\nFold it into quarters and you have a flat square that tucks neatly under a shirt collar or inside a blazer. That is the most office-friendly version and the one people reach for when they want the best silk scarf for work.\n\nThen there are the non-neck uses. Tied around a ponytail, knotted as a headband, looped through a bag handle, or wrapped around the strap of a camera or a tote. A silk bag scarf is probably the single easiest way to make a plain bag look considered.\n\nHow silk behaves differently\n\nSilk is not just a nicer fabric by reputation. It handles differently in a way you notice the first time you tie it. The surface is smooth, so the fabric slides over itself and a knot can be nudged into place instead of fought with. It holds a soft shape rather than springing back flat like polyester or creasing hard like linen.\n\nThat smoothness is also why silk is popular for hair. Hair moves over silk with less friction than over cotton, so a band or wrap tends to sit without dragging. We will not go further than that, because the only honest claim is a physical one about the surface of the fabric.\n\nWeight matters too. This scarf is a lightweight piece, which means it drapes and knots easily and does not add warmth. That makes it good across three seasons and particularly good in warm weather, where a heavier scarf would just be uncomfortable.\n\nReading a printed design\n\nThe design here is printed on one side. That is standard for printed silk and it is worth understanding rather than worrying about. The face carries the full colour and the reverse carries a softer, paler version of the same pattern.\n\nIn use, this barely shows. Once a scarf is knotted or folded, you see the printed face on the parts that are visible and the softer reverse on the inside of a fold, which usually reads as a deliberate tonal edge. If you want a scarf where both faces are identical you are looking at a woven jacquard, which is a different and generally heavier product.\n\nWhen choosing a print, think about the clothes you already own rather than the scarf in isolation. A print that shares one colour with your most-worn coat or your usual work shirts will get used constantly. A print that shares nothing with anything will sit in a drawer. That is the real test for the best printed silk scarf, not how striking it looks on its own.\n\nWho it suits\n\nThis is about as broad an accessory as exists. A square silk scarf has no size, no fit issue, and no age signal built into it. The way you tie it sets the tone entirely.\n\nIt works for someone who wears a lot of plain black and wants one point of colour. It works for someone who travels and needs an accessory that packs into nothing. It works for someone who wants to change the feel of the same five work outfits across a week. And it works as a gift, because you do not need to know anyone's measurements.\n\nThe one person it does not suit is someone looking for warmth. This is a styling piece, not a winter scarf. If you want something to keep the wind off, buy wool and keep the silk for the collar underneath.\n\nCaring for it properly\n\nSilk care sounds fussier than it is. The rules are short.\n\nHand wash only, on its own, in cool water below 30 degrees Celsius with a mild detergent. Do not put it in the machine, because the agitation stresses the rolled hem and the weave. Do not bleach it, and be careful with stain removers, which can lift printed colour unevenly.\n\nWhen you take it out of the water, press it rather than wring it. Lay it on a towel, roll the towel up, and squeeze. Then dry it flat or hang it in the shade with air moving. Direct sun is the main enemy of printed colour, closely followed by radiators and clothes dryers.\n\nIron on low if it needs it, ideally while slightly damp, with a thin cloth between the iron and the silk if your iron runs hot. Dry cleaning is fine if you would rather hand it over.\n\nFor storage, roll it loosely or drape it over a padded hanger. Hard folds in the same place for months will eventually set a crease line. Keep it away from velcro, rough jewellery clasps, and anything with a hook.\n\nIf you do catch a thread, resist the urge to cut it. Ease it back through from the reverse side with a blunt needle or your fingernail and the weave usually closes up.\n\nThe short version\n\nA 70 x 70 cm square silk scarf is the most useful size in the category, because it folds into a triangle, rolls into a band, or sits flat under a collar without bulk. The print on this one is single sided, which is normal and barely visible once tied. It is light, so it suits warm weather and three-season wear rather than cold.\n\nCare is cool hand washing, flat drying out of the sun, and a low iron. Do that and it stays good for years. Pick a print that shares a colour with clothes you already wear often, and it will leave the drawer far more than you expect.", "llm_summary": "This is a lightweight square silk scarf measuring 70 x 70 cm, listed with a single-side printed design. The supplier record states the country of origin as China, package dimensions of 17.2 x 16.9 x 2.2 cm, and a package weight of 60 grams. Care is hand wash only, in cool water, with no bleach and low-temperature ironing or dry cleaning as alternatives. The listing does not specify a brand, colour, momme weight, or finished garment weight, so those details are not recorded here. The square shape allows several styling methods, including a neck knot, a folded triangle, a rolled hair band, and a wrap tied to a handbag handle. Shipping is tracked courier from Australian warehouses.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/lightweight-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/lightweight-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/lightweight-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "long-mulberry-silk-scarf-dark-blue-90-x-180", "sku": "long-mulberry-silk-scarf-dark-blue-90-x-180", "title": "Long Mulberry Silk Scarf Dark Blue 90 x 180", "slug": "long-mulberry-silk-scarf-dark-blue-90-x-180", "price": 85.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-mulberry-silk-scarf-dark-blue-90-x-180/main-long-mulberry-silk-scarf-dark-blue-90-x-180.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-mulberry-silk-scarf-dark-blue-90-x-180/long-mulberry-silk-scarf-dark-blue-90-x-180-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-mulberry-silk-scarf-dark-blue-90-x-180/long-mulberry-silk-scarf-dark-blue-90-x-180-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-mulberry-silk-scarf-dark-blue-90-x-180/long-mulberry-silk-scarf-dark-blue-90-x-180-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-mulberry-silk-scarf-dark-blue-90-x-180/long-mulberry-silk-scarf-dark-blue-90-x-180-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-mulberry-silk-scarf-dark-blue-90-x-180/long-mulberry-silk-scarf-dark-blue-90-x-180-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/long-mulberry-silk-scarf-dark-blue-90-x-180/long-mulberry-silk-scarf-dark-blue-90-x-180-7.jpg" ], "description_short": "Woven from mulberry silk at a generous 90 x 180 cm, it works as a neck wrap, a shoulder shawl or a loose stole, and it folds down small enough to live in a handbag.", "description": "The scarf problem most people have\n\nMost of us own scarves we never wear. They sit in a drawer because they are the wrong size, the wrong colour, or made of something that itches. The scarf you actually reach for tends to be the one that does more than one job: light enough for a mild day, long enough to throw over your shoulders at night, and in a colour that does not fight with whatever else you are wearing.\n\nThat is the gap a long silk scarf fills. At 90 by 180 centimetres, this one is big enough to behave like a wrap and fine enough to fold down under a coat collar. The dark blue sits in the quiet end of the colour range, which is exactly why it ends up getting worn.\n\nWhy mulberry silk drapes the way it does\n\nSilk is spun as one long filament rather than short fibres twisted together. That matters more than it sounds. Long filaments make a smooth, even surface with very few loose ends poking out, so the fabric slides over itself instead of catching. The result is the soft fall you notice the moment you open a silk scarf out.\n\nMulberry silk is the type produced by silkworms fed on mulberry leaves, and it is what most quality scarves are woven from. The sheen it carries is low and warm rather than glassy. Hold it near a window and the light moves across the folds instead of bouncing straight off. That subtlety is the difference between looking considered and looking shiny.\n\nThe practical upside is weight. A silk scarf this size weighs almost nothing in the hand, which is why it can be rolled into a handbag and forgotten about until you need it. Cotton of the same coverage would be bulkier and would crease into hard lines.\n\nGetting the size right\n\nScarf sizing confuses people because the numbers do not translate into a mental picture. Here is the quick version. A small neck square is usually around 50 by 50 centimetres and is really a decorative accent. A standard square is 90 by 90 and folds into a neat triangle for head or neck. Anything described as a long scarf or stole runs 160 centimetres or more in length.\n\nThis one is 90 by 180, which means it has the full width of a large square but twice the length. That combination is what makes it flexible. Fold it in half lengthwise and you have a 45 centimetre wide band with 180 centimetres of length, enough to loop twice around the neck and still have tails. Open it fully and it covers both shoulders with fabric to spare.\n\nIf you have narrow shoulders or a small frame, be aware that a scarf this generous can look like a lot of fabric when worn open. The fix is simple. Fold it lengthwise before you drape, or knot one end so it hangs with more shape.\n\nWho this suits\n\nIt works for anyone who wants one accessory that covers a range of situations. Office workers in air-conditioned buildings use a scarf like this as a light layer they can add and remove without changing the look of an outfit. Travellers like it because it rolls small and does not crease badly in a bag.\n\nIt also suits people who dress mostly in neutrals. A deep navy sits happily next to black, grey, charcoal, denim, cream and camel. If your wardrobe leans toward strong prints, a solid dark colour is the easier companion than another pattern. People often go looking for the best mulberry silk scarf and come back to a plain dark one for exactly that reason.\n\nWho it suits less well: anyone wanting serious winter warmth. Silk takes the chill off, but it is not wool. And if you specifically wanted a square for head wrapping, the rectangle shape will give you more fabric to manage than you want.\n\nWays to wear it\n\nThe simplest is the drape. Hang it around the neck with both ends in front, even or uneven, and leave it. It reads as deliberate without any effort.\n\nThe loop is next. Fold the scarf in half lengthwise, put it behind the neck, pull both ends through the folded loop, and adjust. This one sits flat and stays put, which makes it good for days with a lot of moving around.\n\nFor evenings, open it fully and lay it across the back of the shoulders with the ends hanging forward. Over a sleeveless dress it does the work of a light wrap. A small brooch or a loose knot at the front stops it sliding, because silk by nature is slippery.\n\nThere is also the coat layer. Fold it into thirds lengthwise and tuck it inside the collar of a coat or blazer. Nothing shows except a band of colour at the neckline, and you get a smooth layer between wool and skin.\n\nLooking after it\n\nCare is where silk scarves live or die. The instruction here is hand wash only, and it is worth following.\n\nUse cool water and a detergent made for silk or wool. Move the scarf gently through the water for a minute or two. Do not soak it for long, do not rub, and never wring it out. Rinse in clean cool water, then lay it flat on a towel, roll the towel up and press to remove the bulk of the water.\n\nDry it flat or over a padded hanger, somewhere with airflow but out of direct sun. Sunlight is what dulls dark dyes over time. If you need to press it, use a cool iron on the reverse side, ideally with a thin cloth between the iron and the silk.\n\nTwo small habits make a big difference. Put perfume and hairspray on before the scarf goes on, because alcohol can mark silk. And store it rolled or loosely folded rather than crushed under other things, so you are not fighting creases every time you want to wear it.\n\nWhat to check before you buy\n\nA few things are worth knowing. The momme weight of this scarf is not stated in the product record, so we have not quoted one. The garment weight and packed dimensions are also not specified. Country of origin is China. The colour is dark blue, which on screen can look brighter than it does in daylight, so expect a deeper navy in the hand.\n\nFor New Zealand orders, parcels are sent by tracked courier from Australian warehouses and usually land within 5 to 10 working days. Delivery is free NZ-wide on orders over NZ$175. Returns run for 14 days from delivery, as long as the scarf is unused and unwashed.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a long silk scarf, 90 by 180 centimetres, woven from mulberry silk in a dark blue. The length lets it work as a neck wrap, a loose stole or a shoulder drape, and the colour is neutral enough to go with most of what you already own. It is light, it packs small, and it needs hand washing.\n\nIf you want one silk piece that earns its place in the drawer rather than sitting in it, this size and this colour are the sensible pick.", "llm_summary": "A long rectangular scarf made from mulberry silk, measuring 90 x 180 cm in a dark blue colourway. The size suits wearing it as a neck wrap, a loose stole, or a shawl draped across the shoulders, and the silk drapes softly rather than holding a stiff shape. Country of origin is China. Care is hand wash only in cool water, dried flat away from direct heat and sun. Brand, momme weight, exact fabric composition percentage, garment weight and packaged dimensions are not specified in this record. No certifications, ratings or warranty are stated. Delivery in New Zealand is by tracked courier from Australian warehouses, usually 5 to 10 working days, with returns accepted within 14 days of delivery if unused and unwashed.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/long-mulberry-silk-scarf-dark-blue-90-x-180/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/long-mulberry-silk-scarf-dark-blue-90-x-180/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/long-mulberry-silk-scarf-dark-blue-90-x-180.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "mulberry-silk-square-scarf-21-inch", "sku": "mulberry-silk-square-scarf-21-inch", "title": "Mulberry Silk Square Scarf 21 Inch", "slug": "mulberry-silk-square-scarf-21-inch", "price": 48.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/mulberry-silk-square-scarf-21-inch/main-mulberry-silk-square-scarf-21-inch.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/mulberry-silk-square-scarf-21-inch/mulberry-silk-square-scarf-21-inch-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/mulberry-silk-square-scarf-21-inch/mulberry-silk-square-scarf-21-inch-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/mulberry-silk-square-scarf-21-inch/mulberry-silk-square-scarf-21-inch-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/mulberry-silk-square-scarf-21-inch/mulberry-silk-square-scarf-21-inch-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/mulberry-silk-square-scarf-21-inch/mulberry-silk-square-scarf-21-inch-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/mulberry-silk-square-scarf-21-inch/mulberry-silk-square-scarf-21-inch-7.jpg" ], "description_short": "Pure mulberry silk in a generous 53 x 53 cm square, light enough to knot at the neck, wide enough to wrap over hair, and small enough to live in your handbag.", "description": "The gap a small silk square fills\n\nMost wardrobes have a problem that has nothing to do with a shortage of clothes. You own enough tops. You own a coat you like. And yet some mornings the whole thing looks finished but slightly dull, and you cannot work out why.\n\nUsually the answer is the space between the collarbone and the chin. It is blank. A necklace fills it with a hard line, a chunky knit scarf fills it with bulk. A light silk square fills it with colour and a little movement, and it takes about thirty seconds.\n\nThat is the honest job of a 21 inch silk square. It is not keeping you warm and it is not a statement piece that wears you. It is the small thing you add last.\n\nWhy the size matters more than you think\n\nSquare scarves come in a wide range, from pocket squares around 30 cm up to the big 90 cm squares that work as shawls. The 53 cm square sits in the middle and it is the most useful size for daily wear.\n\nHere is the reasoning. Fold a 53 cm square corner to corner and you get a triangle with a long edge of about 75 cm. Roll that edge down into a band and you have something that goes comfortably around most necks with enough left over for a proper knot. Open the same square out and the triangle is deep enough to cover the crown of your head and tie at the nape.\n\nA 30 cm square cannot do either of those things. A 90 cm square can, but it bunches at the throat and you end up fighting the volume. The 21 inch square is the one that does the most jobs without complaint.\n\nWhat mulberry silk actually is\n\nSilk gets used loosely as a word, so it helps to be precise. Mulberry silk comes from silkworms raised only on mulberry leaves, in controlled conditions. The result is a cocoon with a very long, very even filament. Because the filament is long and uniform, the thread spun from it is smooth, strong and consistent in thickness.\n\nThat consistency is what you feel. A mulberry silk square has almost no texture when you draw your hand across it, and it has a soft sheen rather than a hard shine. It also drapes. Hold a corner and the rest of the fabric falls rather than sticking out, which is why a silk knot looks relaxed where a stiff fabric knot looks like a bow tie gone wrong.\n\nThe practical side is friction. Hair and skin slide across silk with much less drag than across cotton. That is simply a property of the surface, and it is the reason silk hair wraps and pillowcases are so popular. The scarf does not do anything to your hair, it just gets out of the way.\n\nWeight, and why 20 grams is a feature\n\nThis scarf is listed at around 20 grams. Pick it up and it feels like nothing. That matters in three ways.\n\nFirst, the knot stays soft. Heavy fabric at the neck pushes a collar out of shape. This does not. Second, it packs to nothing, so it lives in a bag rather than a drawer, and a scarf you carry is a scarf you actually wear. Third, it works across seasons. A light silk square is comfortable in warm weather in a way that a thick one is not, so it earns its place in summer as well as autumn.\n\nThe thickness is given as 0.1 cm. That is a thin, fine cloth. It is not a chunky winter wrap and it is not pretending to be one.\n\nWays to wear it, from easiest to most fun\n\nStart with the band. Fold the square point to point, then keep folding the long edge over in strips until you have a band three or four centimetres wide. From there, almost everything is available to you.\n\nAround the neck, tie it once at the front and leave the ends short, or push the knot round to the side. Inside an open shirt collar, tuck the ends in and let just the knot show. In the hair, run the band over the top of your head and tie underneath at the nape, or wrap it around a ponytail and knot it so the ends hang.\n\nLeave it open for the head scarf folds. Triangle over the crown, tie at the back or under the chin, and the 53 cm size covers short and medium hair neatly. For the classic headscarf look, tie under the chin and push your sunglasses up on top.\n\nThen there are the non clothing uses that people discover by accident. Around a bag handle, where it adds colour and keeps the leather from wearing. Through belt loops instead of a belt. Around the strap of a crossbody bag. Even as a wrap for a small gift, which makes the wrapping part of the present.\n\nThe nice thing about a square is that none of these are advanced. If you can tie a shoelace you can do all of them.\n\nChoosing between a square and a long scarf\n\nPeople ask whether to buy a square or an oblong. They do different things.\n\nA long scarf is better for warmth and for a draped, loose look down the front of a coat. A square is better for anything close to the body, anything involving hair, and anything where you want a defined knot. A square also travels better because it folds to a smaller flat shape.\n\nIf you only own one silk piece, the 21 inch square is the more flexible choice. If you already have a long scarf, the square adds the looks the long one cannot give you.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it does not like three things in particular, and avoiding them is most of the work.\n\nIt does not like heat. Hot water, tumble dryers and hot irons all dull the fibre over time. Wash cold, dry flat, iron low.\n\nIt does not like harsh chemicals. Bleach is out. So is a strong laundry detergent. A mild wash made for wool or delicates, or even a drop of plain shampoo, is fine.\n\nIt does not like being twisted hard. Wringing a wet silk scarf stretches the weave and leaves permanent creases. Lay it in a clean towel, roll the towel up, press, then unroll and lay the scarf flat to dry out of the sun.\n\nOne more habit worth building. Put your perfume and hairspray on first, let them dry properly, then put the scarf on. Alcohol based sprays are the most common cause of marks on a silk scarf, and they are completely avoidable.\n\nStored folded flat in a drawer, washed only when it needs it, a scarf like this stays good for years.\n\nIs it a good gift?\n\nIt is one of the easier gifts to get right. There is no sizing involved, so you cannot pick wrong. It suits a very wide age range. It posts flat and cheap. And for someone who already owns everything practical, a small silk square is the kind of thing people enjoy but rarely buy for themselves.\n\nIf you are buying for someone who wears their hair up a lot, mention the band and ponytail uses when you hand it over. That is usually the moment the gift clicks.\n\nThe short version\n\nA 53 x 53 cm mulberry silk square is a small accessory that does a surprising amount of work. It is smooth, it weighs about 20 grams, and it folds into a pocket. You can wear it at the neck, in your hair, or on a bag, and swap between those in seconds.\n\nWash it cold by hand, dry it flat, keep it away from heat and spray, and it will keep looking good for a long time. If you want one accessory that lifts a plain outfit without any effort, this is a sensible place to start.", "llm_summary": "The Mulberry Silk Square Scarf 21 Inch is a pure mulberry silk square measuring 53.34 x 53.34 cm, about 21 inches on each side, with a stated thickness of 0.1 cm and a weight of about 20 grams. It is made in China and supplied new. Care is hand wash cold or gentle cycle, no bleach, lay flat to dry, and low iron if needed. The square shape suits a neckerchief, head scarf, hair wrap, headband, ponytail tie or bag accent, and the light weight makes it easy to fold into a bag for travel. Colour, pattern, momme weight and weave are not specified in this record, and no brand, GTIN or warranty is listed.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/mulberry-silk-square-scarf-21-inch/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/mulberry-silk-square-scarf-21-inch/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/mulberry-silk-square-scarf-21-inch.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "mulberry-silk-twill-handbag-scarf-dark-blue", "sku": "mulberry-silk-twill-handbag-scarf-dark-blue", "title": "Mulberry Silk Twill Handbag Scarf in Dark Blue", "slug": "mulberry-silk-twill-handbag-scarf-dark-blue", "price": 79.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/mulberry-silk-twill-handbag-scarf-dark-blue/main-mulberry-silk-twill-handbag-scarf-dark-blue.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/mulberry-silk-twill-handbag-scarf-dark-blue/mulberry-silk-twill-handbag-scarf-dark-blue-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/mulberry-silk-twill-handbag-scarf-dark-blue/mulberry-silk-twill-handbag-scarf-dark-blue-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/mulberry-silk-twill-handbag-scarf-dark-blue/mulberry-silk-twill-handbag-scarf-dark-blue-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/mulberry-silk-twill-handbag-scarf-dark-blue/mulberry-silk-twill-handbag-scarf-dark-blue-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/mulberry-silk-twill-handbag-scarf-dark-blue/mulberry-silk-twill-handbag-scarf-dark-blue-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/mulberry-silk-twill-handbag-scarf-dark-blue/mulberry-silk-twill-handbag-scarf-dark-blue-7.jpg" ], "description_short": "Woven from 100% mulberry silk twill in a narrow 90cm x 5cm ribbon, it ties small, sits flat and slides over hair with far less friction than cotton.", "description": "The small problem this solves\n\nThere is a particular kind of wardrobe frustration that has nothing to do with buying new clothes. You own a bag you like. It is a good shape, it holds what you need, and it is also completely plain. Or you have hair that goes up most days and a drawer of hair elastics that all look the same. Nothing is wrong. Nothing is interesting either.\n\nA narrow silk scarf fixes that for the cost of a lunch. Tie it on the handle of the bag and suddenly the bag has a point of view. Wind it around a ponytail and the back of your head stops looking like an afterthought. It is a very small change with an outsized effect, which is why these slim ribbons have stayed in fashion while much louder accessories have come and gone.\n\nWhy the width matters more than the length\n\nMost people shopping for a silk handbag scarf start by looking at squares, because squares are what the famous scarf houses sell. A 90cm square is a beautiful thing, but it is the wrong tool for a bag handle. Fold one down narrow enough to tie and you end up with a thick rope of fabric that bulks under your fingers and bunches at the knot.\n\nThis one is cut at 5cm wide and 90cm long. That is roughly the width of two fingers. Wrapped around a handle it adds almost nothing to the grip, and the knot ties small and sits flat. The length gives you enough to do three or four wraps plus a bow with tails, or a single clean bow if you prefer restraint.\n\nThe same logic applies to hair. A skinny silk scarf can go around a ponytail base two or three times and still tie, without creating a lump you can feel when you lean back in a car seat. A wider scarf would need to be folded, and folded silk at the back of your head is a bump.\n\nWhat mulberry silk twill actually is\n\nTwo words are doing work in that description, and they mean different things.\n\nMulberry silk is about the fibre. Silkworms fed on mulberry leaves spin a long, even filament. Long filaments make smooth yarn, and smooth yarn makes fabric with that soft hand and gentle shine. It is the baseline for a good mulberry silk scarf. This piece is 100% mulberry silk, with no synthetic blended in.\n\nTwill is about the weave. Instead of the simple over-under of a plain weave, twill runs the threads in a staggered pattern that creates a fine diagonal rib. You can usually see it if you tilt the fabric to the light. Twill silk has slightly more body than plain weave silk and, crucially for a scarf you tie, it grips itself better. A plain weave ribbon tends to slide loose over a few hours. Twill holds.\n\nPrinted patterns also sit better on twill. The weave gives the ink a little texture to sit on, so the design reads as crisp rather than washed out.\n\nWho it suits\n\nAnyone who already owns a handbag and wants it to look less like everyone else's. Anyone who ties their hair up and is tired of plain elastics. People who like accessories but do not want to wear much jewellery. Gift buyers who need something that does not depend on knowing a size.\n\nIt also suits people who travel light. A silk scarf this size weighs almost nothing and folds to the size of a wallet, so it goes in a carry-on pocket and comes out as a different look. Tie it on your bag for the flight, move it to your hair for dinner.\n\nIt does not suit anyone looking for warmth. At 5cm wide this is decoration, not insulation. If you want something around your neck in a Wellington southerly, look at a wide silk scarf or a wool blend instead.\n\nChoosing the colour\n\nDark blue is the sensible pick for a first narrow silk scarf, and that is not a backhanded compliment. Dark blue sits with navy, black, charcoal, denim, grey and tan leather without fighting any of them. If you own one handbag you use every day, a dark blue printed twill is very likely to work with it.\n\nBrighter colourways are more fun and more limiting. A hot pink ribbon is wonderful on a cream bag and odd on a burgundy one. If you are buying your second or third scarf, by all means go bold. If this is the one you want to use constantly, dark blue earns its place.\n\nConsider the hardware too. Gold and brass fittings on a bag tend to warm up a dark blue nicely. Silver hardware works as well, just a little cooler in effect. Neither combination is wrong.\n\nFour ways to tie it\n\nOn a bag handle. Start at one end of the handle, hold a short tail, and wrap tightly along the handle in even turns. Tie off with a double knot or a small bow and let the tails hang a few centimetres. Even wraps matter more than tight wraps.\n\nOn a ponytail. Tie your hair with your usual elastic first. Then fold the scarf in half, loop it around the elastic, pull the tails through and knot or bow. The elastic does the holding, the silk does the looking.\n\nAround a bun. Wrap the scarf around the base of the bun and tie on top or to one side. For a half-up style, tie it at the hair division and let the tails fall with your hair.\n\nThrough belt loops. Thread it through the loops of jeans or linen trousers, tie a flat knot slightly off-centre, and leave the tails loose. This is a soft styling belt rather than a working one, so do not expect it to hold heavy denim up on its own.\n\nLooking after silk without making a project of it\n\nThe care is genuinely simple, as long as you accept that silk does not go in a machine.\n\nFill a basin with cool water and a small amount of detergent made for delicates. Swirl the scarf through for a minute or two. Rinse in clean cool water until there is no soap left. Lay it on a towel, roll the towel up and press to push the water out. Do not wring it. Then lay it flat somewhere out of sun and away from heaters until it dries.\n\nIf it needs pressing, use the lowest iron setting with a thin cotton cloth between the iron and the silk. Pressing while slightly damp gives the best result. A few minutes in a steamy bathroom will relax light creases without any iron at all.\n\nTwo things damage silk fastest. The first is long sun exposure, which dulls colour. The second is snagging on rough edges, so keep it clear of velcro, chipped nails and sharp ring settings. Store it rolled or loosely folded in a pouch rather than crushed in a drawer.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a 100% mulberry silk twill ribbon, 90cm by 5cm, in dark blue. The narrow cut is what makes it useful: it wraps a handbag handle without bulk, ties around hair without a lump, and threads through belt loops cleanly. Twill holds a knot better than plain weave, which matters for something you tie and untie often.\n\nCare is hand wash in cool water, dry flat, keep it out of the sun. Do that and it will look good for years.\n\nIf you want one accessory that changes three different things you already own, this is a straightforward buy. Orders ship by tracked courier from Australian warehouses, most arrive in 5 to 10 working days, delivery is free NZ-wide over NZ$175, and you have 14 days to return it unused if it is not right.", "llm_summary": "This is a narrow mulberry silk twill scarf in a dark blue printed design, sold by Mulberry Silk Company for New Zealand shoppers. It is made from 100% mulberry silk and measures 90cm long by 5cm wide, a ribbon shape intended for tying onto handbag handles, around ponytails and buns, or threading through belt loops as a slim belt. The weave is twill, which holds a knot better than a plain weave. Care is hand wash only in cool water, dried flat away from heat and sun. Country of origin is China. Momme weight, exact colour name, product weight and packaged dimensions are not specified in this record. Orders ship by tracked courier from Australian warehouses.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/mulberry-silk-twill-handbag-scarf-dark-blue/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/mulberry-silk-twill-handbag-scarf-dark-blue/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/mulberry-silk-twill-handbag-scarf-dark-blue.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "printed-mulberry-silk-neckerchief-53cm", "sku": "printed-mulberry-silk-neckerchief-53cm", "title": "Printed Mulberry Silk Neckerchief 53cm", "slug": "printed-mulberry-silk-neckerchief-53cm", "price": 72.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/printed-mulberry-silk-neckerchief-53cm/main-printed-mulberry-silk-neckerchief-53cm.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/printed-mulberry-silk-neckerchief-53cm/printed-mulberry-silk-neckerchief-53cm-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/printed-mulberry-silk-neckerchief-53cm/printed-mulberry-silk-neckerchief-53cm-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/printed-mulberry-silk-neckerchief-53cm/printed-mulberry-silk-neckerchief-53cm-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Woven from 100% pure mulberry silk and digitally printed on one side, this 53 x 53 cm square is light enough to live in a jacket pocket and smooth enough to wear right against the neck all day.", "description": "The gap between dressed and finished\n\nMost of us own clothes that fit and colours that work, and still look slightly unfinished in photos. The usual culprit is an empty neckline. A plain crew neck, an open shirt collar, a bare V under a jacket: all perfectly fine, all a bit flat. Adding a necklace helps, but jewellery is a commitment and it clinks against laptops and seatbelts.\n\nA small silk square solves the same problem for less fuss. Fold it, wrap it, knot it, done. It adds colour exactly where the eye already goes, and because silk drapes instead of standing up stiffly, it looks like a choice rather than a costume. That is the entire argument for a neckerchief, and it has held up since the 1920s.\n\nThe 53 x 53 cm square is the size that does this best. Bigger squares (the 90 cm format) are lovely but need managing. They bunch under a collar, they need a larger knot, and on a smaller frame they read as a shawl. A 53 cm square folds down to a strip about two fingers wide and sits flat. You can wear it under a blazer, over a t-shirt, or with nothing but a tank top in summer, and it never looks like it is wearing you.\n\nWhy mulberry silk, specifically\n\nNot all silk is the same thing. Mulberry silk comes from silkworms fed only on mulberry leaves, raised in controlled conditions, and the cocoons they spin unwind into long, continuous filaments. Other silks, like tussah or wild silk, come from cocoons that have been broken, so the fibres are shorter and the yarn has a rougher, more textured surface.\n\nThose long filaments matter for a neck scarf in two practical ways. First, the surface is smoother, so the fabric slides over itself and over your skin instead of catching. That is why a silk knot stays comfortable through a whole workday while a cotton one starts to feel like a tourniquet. Second, long filaments produce that characteristic liquid drape. The scarf follows the line of your neck instead of sticking out at angles.\n\nMulberry silk also breathes. The fibre is a protein, structurally closer to hair than to a plastic like polyester, and it moves moisture rather than trapping it. A polyester scarf at the neck in a warm room gets clammy within an hour. Silk does not, which is why the best lightweight silk scarf options tend to outlast every synthetic one in the drawer.\n\nReading the print\n\nThis scarf is digitally printed on one side. Worth understanding what that means before you compare it to anything else.\n\nDigital printing sprays dye directly onto the silk from a file, the way an inkjet printer works on paper. The advantage is detail. Fine lines, gradients and complex patterns come out crisp because there is no screen registration to go wrong. Colour range is wider too. Traditional screen printing is beautiful but each colour is a separate screen, which limits how many shades a design can carry.\n\nSingle-sided printing means the back of the square is the quieter face of the fabric. This is normal and it is how most printed silk scarves are made. In practice it barely matters, because almost every knot folds the scarf so only the printed face shows. When you tie a bias strip, the folded edge hides the reverse entirely. If a flash of the back does show at the knot, it reads as a softer tonal version of the front rather than a blank.\n\nOne habit worth picking up: before you tie, decide which part of the pattern you want at the throat. A printed square is not uniform, and placing a bolder section at the front changes the whole look from the same piece of silk.\n\nWho this suits\n\nIf you wear a lot of plain tops, this is the fastest upgrade available. One scarf covers five outfits.\n\nIf you travel, a small square earns its space. It weighs almost nothing, folds into a pocket, and doubles as a hair tie on a windy ferry or a cover for your shoulders in a church or temple. People who pack light often rate it among the best travel silk scarf choices for exactly that reason.\n\nIf you are growing out a fringe, dealing with second-day hair or just want a bit of polish on a gym run, the 53 cm size is the right scale for a ponytail wrap or a headband. It holds a knot without a long tail flapping.\n\nIf you are buying a gift and you are not sure of the size, taste or fit of the person, a scarf sidesteps all three problems. There is no small or large. It works on a 25-year-old and a 70-year-old. That makes it one of the safer silk scarf gift calls.\n\nIf you are a man looking at this, the small square is the original men's neckerchief format. Worn open-necked under a shirt with a compact knot, it looks considered rather than theatrical.\n\nHow to choose, and what to ignore\n\nThree things actually matter when buying a small silk square. Fibre content, size and print quality.\n\nFibre content first. 100% pure silk feels different from a silk blend or a satin-weave polyester, and it will feel different for years. Satin polyester looks shiny in photos and goes limp after a season. If a listing says \"silky\" rather than \"silk\", that is a different product.\n\nSize second. 53 cm for neck knots, hair and bag ties. 90 cm for shoulder wraps and head coverings. 65 cm sits awkwardly between the two. Choose for how you will wear it, not for the amount of fabric.\n\nPrint quality third. Look at how the fine detail resolves in the product photos. Sharp edges and clean colour boundaries are a good sign.\n\nWhat to ignore: scarf-folding diagrams that show twelve knots. You will use two, maybe three. Learn the bias strip wrap and the simple triangle, and you can handle any situation. Also ignore anyone telling you a silk scarf needs special treatment beyond basic care. It does not.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is tougher than its reputation, but it has rules.\n\nHand wash alone in cool water, below 30 degrees. Use a gentle detergent, something mild and without enzymes if you can. Swish it, do not scrub. Rinse until the water runs clear. Press the water out between your palms or inside a towel, never wring or twist, because twisting is what breaks the filaments and leaves permanent creases.\n\nDry it flat or hang it somewhere shaded with air moving. Direct sun fades printed dyes faster than anything else you will do to it. Never put it in a tumble dryer.\n\nIron on the lowest setting while the scarf is still slightly damp, working on the reverse or under a thin cloth. Keep the iron moving. If it has dried out completely, mist it lightly first rather than cranking up the heat.\n\nThe other option is dry cleaning, which this scarf is suited to. If you have worn it with perfume or makeup at the neck, dry cleaning handles oils better than a home wash.\n\nStore it flat or loosely rolled. Hard folds along the same line every time will eventually show as a permanent crease. Keep it away from velcro, rough watch backs and anything with a sharp clasp.\n\nThe short version\n\nA 53 x 53 cm square of 100% pure mulberry silk, digitally printed on one side. It knots at the neck, holds hair, dresses a handbag and takes up no room in a pocket. Hand wash cool or dry clean, iron low, keep it out of the sun and out of the dryer.\n\nIt is a small thing that changes how an outfit reads, and silk being silk, it will still be doing that long after most accessories have gone out of rotation.", "llm_summary": "This is a printed neckerchief made from 100% pure mulberry silk, measuring 53 x 53 cm (about 21 x 21 inches). The design is digitally printed on one side of the square. Care is dry clean or hand wash only, hand washed alone below 30 degrees Celsius, ironed at low temperature, no bleaching and no machine washing. The small square size suits neck knots, hair wraps, ponytail ties, hatbands and handbag accents. Brand, colour, exact weight, country of origin and momme weight are not specified in this record. Orders are sent by tracked courier from Australian warehouses, most arrive within 5 to 10 working days, delivery is free NZ-wide on orders over NZ$175, and returns are accepted within 14 days of delivery if unused and unwashed.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/printed-mulberry-silk-neckerchief-53cm/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/printed-mulberry-silk-neckerchief-53cm/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/printed-mulberry-silk-neckerchief-53cm.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "printed-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm", "sku": "printed-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm", "title": "Printed Mulberry Silk Scarf 70cm Square", "slug": "printed-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm", "price": 60.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/printed-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm/main-printed-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/printed-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm/printed-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/printed-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm/printed-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/printed-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm/printed-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/printed-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm/printed-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Woven from 100% pure silk and finished at 70 x 70 cm, this single-sided printed square ties at the neck, wraps the hair or trims a bag without adding bulk.", "description": "The problem with most scarves\n\nMost scarves are either too big or too committed. A long wool knit is lovely in July and useless the rest of the year. A tiny neckerchief disappears under a collar. And the cheap synthetic squares in the bargain bin slide off, crease into permanent wrinkles, and get hot around the throat within ten minutes.\n\nA 70 x 70 cm silk square sits in the gap. It is the size that has been standard for printed scarves for decades, and there is a reason for that. It folds small enough to knot cleanly at the neck, and opens wide enough to wrap a head of hair or drape loosely over a shoulder. One piece of fabric, five or six genuinely different looks, and it weighs almost nothing in a bag.\n\nWhat mulberry silk actually gives you\n\nMulberry silk comes from silkworms fed on mulberry leaves, and the fibre they produce is a long, continuous filament. That length matters. Short staple fibres have to be spun together, which leaves tiny ends poking out of the yarn, and those ends are what you feel as fuzz or scratch. A long filament has far fewer ends, so the surface stays smooth.\n\nThat smoothness is the practical point. Hair slides across silk with less friction than across a dry cotton weave, which is why so many people use a silk square as an overnight hair wrap. It is also why a silk scarf does not cling and pill against the collar of a coat.\n\nSilk is also breathable. It holds a little warmth when it is cool and lets heat escape when it is not, which is how one scarf manages to feel right in both May and January. It is never going to replace a thick wool scarf in a southerly, but for everyday layering it earns its spot.\n\nReading the size\n\n70 x 70 cm is about 27 inches each way. Here is what that means in practice.\n\nFolded on the diagonal, you get a triangle with a long edge of roughly 99 cm. That covers the front of the neck and chest, and the points can be tied behind or tucked into a jacket.\n\nFolded repeatedly into a bias band, you end up with a strip roughly five to eight centimetres wide and long enough to wrap most heads with room to knot. That is your headband, your bun wrap, your bag tie.\n\nLeft open, it will cover the hair completely with a knot under the chin, in the old-fashioned style that keeps coming back.\n\nNote that individual pieces vary by one to two centimetres. Silk is cut and hemmed by hand at the edges, and a little variation is normal rather than a defect.\n\nWhy single-sided printing is fine\n\nSome shoppers see \"printed on one side\" and assume the back will be blank. It will not be. Dye penetrates silk enough that the reverse shows a softer, slightly faded version of the same design. When you knot a square, both faces show no matter how you fold it, and that contrast between a crisp front and a quieter back is part of what makes a printed scarf look layered instead of flat.\n\nDouble-sided printing exists, but it usually means a heavier fabric or a bonded construction, and that costs you the drape. For a scarf you want to knot and tuck, single-sided print on a single layer of silk is the better trade.\n\nWho this suits\n\nIf you wear a lot of plain clothes, a printed square is the easiest way to add something without changing your whole wardrobe. A navy coat and a printed scarf reads as deliberate. A navy coat alone reads as a navy coat.\n\nIf you have longer hair and you are tired of waking up with it knotted, this works as a sleep wrap. Silk is smoother than most cotton pillowcases, so there is less drag overnight.\n\nIf you travel, it packs completely flat, weighs next to nothing and comes out of a suitcase ready to use after a few minutes hanging up.\n\nIf you want a gift with no sizing risk, this is near the top of the list. Nobody has to try on a scarf.\n\nWho it does not suit: anyone looking for serious winter warmth, and anyone who wants something they can throw in the washing machine and forget about. Silk needs a gentle hand.\n\nHow to choose a print\n\nTwo honest rules here.\n\nFirst, match the scale of the print to how you will wear it. Big bold patterns look great open or loosely draped, but when you fold them into a narrow band you often lose the motif completely and end up with a stripe of one colour. Smaller repeating prints survive folding much better.\n\nSecond, pick a colour that already lives in your wardrobe. The most-worn scarf in anyone's drawer is almost always the one that happens to work with their everyday coat. A spectacular print in a colour you never wear will sit unused and look lovely doing it.\n\nIf you are buying as a gift and you are unsure, something with several colours in the print gives the recipient more to work with than a single strong shade.\n\nCare, in plain terms\n\nHand wash alone, cool water below 30 degrees, mild detergent made for delicates. No machine, no bleach, ever. Those two are the rules that actually matter.\n\nDo not wring it. Lay it on a clean towel, roll the towel up, press gently, then unroll and dry the scarf flat or over a rail. Keep it out of direct sun and away from heaters, because heat and UV both fade dye faster than washing does.\n\nIf it needs smoothing, iron on low with a cloth between the iron and the silk. If that all sounds like effort, dry cleaning is perfectly suitable and is the sensible choice when there is makeup or perfume on the fabric.\n\nStore it folded loosely or rolled, in a drawer, away from zips and hooks that can snag the weave. Silk does not need a hanger.\n\nGetting more wear out of it\n\nA few things people do not always think of. Thread it through belt loops instead of a belt. Knot it around the handle of a plain handbag to make the bag look more expensive than it is. Band it around a straw hat in summer. Use it as an oversized pocket square on a blazer. Tie it over a bun to keep hair off your face while cooking.\n\nThe point is that a square scarf is not one product with one use. Treat it as a piece of fabric you know how to fold and it stops being an occasional accessory.\n\nDelivery and returns in New Zealand\n\nOrders go out by tracked courier from Australian warehouses, and most reach New Zealand addresses in 5 to 10 working days. Delivery is free NZ-wide on orders over NZ$175. If the scarf is not right, you have 14 days from delivery to return it unused and unwashed, so take it out of the packaging and have a look before you wear it.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a 70 x 70 cm square made from 100% pure mulberry silk, printed on one side, sized to the classic standard with a tolerance of a centimetre or two. It is smooth, light and breathable, and it will do duty as a neck scarf, a hair wrap, a headband, a hat band or a bag tie depending on how you fold it.\n\nWash it by hand in cool water or send it to the dry cleaner, dry it flat, iron it low if it needs it, and it will keep looking like a good scarf for years. Choose the print to match something you already wear, and it will leave the drawer far more often than you expect.", "llm_summary": "This is a printed square silk scarf made from 100% pure mulberry silk, sized 70 x 70 cm (about 27 x 27 inches), with individual pieces varying by roughly 1 to 2 cm. The pattern is printed on one side, so the face shows a crisp design and the reverse a softer version. It can be worn as a neck scarf, hair scarf, headband, hat band or bag tie. Care is hand wash alone below 30 degrees Celsius, no machine washing and no bleach, with low temperature ironing and dry cleaning both acceptable. Colour, exact print, weight, momme, weave and country of origin are not specified in this record. 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; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/printed-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/printed-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/printed-mulberry-silk-scarf-70cm.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "printed-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm", "sku": "printed-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm", "title": "Printed Square Mulberry Silk Scarf 53cm", "slug": "printed-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm", "price": 43.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "22 g", "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/printed-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm/main-printed-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/printed-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm/printed-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/printed-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm/printed-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/printed-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm/printed-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from pure mulberry silk in a 53cm square with a smooth crepe satin weave, light enough to knot a dozen ways and soft enough to wear against bare skin all day.", "description": "The problem with most scarves\n\nMost scarves are a commitment. A big woollen one takes up half a bag. A long printed oblong needs a particular kind of outfit to look right. And a lot of what gets sold as a \"silk feel\" scarf is polyester, which looks fine on a hanger and then sits warm and slightly sticky against your neck by midday.\n\nA small square of real silk solves a different problem. It is the accessory you reach for when an outfit is fine but flat. A plain navy coat, a white shirt, a black dress. These all work, and they all become more interesting with 53 centimetres of patterned silk at the throat or around a ponytail. The scarf does not try to be the outfit. It just lifts it.\n\nThat is the job this printed square silk scarf is built for.\n\nWhat you are actually buying\n\nThe fibre is mulberry silk. That name refers to silk from silkworms raised on mulberry leaves, which produces long, even filaments. Long filaments matter because they are what give silk its particular combination of strength, sheen and smoothness. Short, broken fibres produce a fuzzier, duller cloth.\n\nThe weave is crepe satin. Think of weave and fibre as two separate decisions. The fibre decides how the fabric feels and behaves. The weave decides how it looks and how it moves. Crepe satin gives you a satin face with a soft shine and a finer, drier reverse. The practical upside is that the print shows clearly without looking like plastic, and the fabric has just enough texture to hold a knot rather than sliding loose by lunchtime.\n\nThe square measures 53 by 53 centimetres. That is the standard small square dimension. It is the same footprint as a traditional pocket square, which tells you something about how versatile it is.\n\nThe whole thing weighs 22 grams. A single sheet of A4 paper is about 5 grams, so you are wearing roughly four sheets of paper. That is the point. You put it on and stop noticing it.\n\nThe print is a cat motif. It is a bit of character rather than a plain colour block, which makes it read as a deliberate choice rather than a safe one.\n\nWhy silk and not something cheaper\n\nThere are three honest reasons to pay for real silk over a synthetic lookalike.\n\nThe first is how it handles temperature. Silk is a natural protein fibre and it breathes. In warm weather it sits cool on the skin instead of trapping heat the way a polyester scarf does. In cold weather the same scarf tucked under a coat collar blocks the draught at your neck. One square, two seasons.\n\nThe second is friction. Silk has an unusually smooth surface, so hair and skin slide over it rather than dragging. If you have ever pulled a cotton bandana off a ponytail and found it had roughed up the ends, you know the difference. This is the main reason silk is the default choice for hair scarves and ponytail wraps.\n\nThe third is drape. Real silk falls. Polyester tends to stand away from the body in stiff folds, which is why cheap scarves look bulky at the neck no matter how carefully you tie them. A silk square of this weight collapses into a neat knot and the tails hang instead of poking out.\n\nIf you have been looking for the best mulberry silk scarf at a sensible price, those three things are what you are paying for.\n\nWho it suits\n\nThis scarf suits anyone who likes the idea of accessories but does not want to think too hard about them. There is no sizing, no fit, no matching to a body shape. It either goes with what you are wearing or it does not, and a printed square goes with more than people expect.\n\nIt works well for commuters, because it lives in a coat pocket and weighs nothing. It works for anyone who ties their hair up, because a silk band is kinder to the ends than an elastic or a cotton scarf. It works for people building a capsule wardrobe, since a few plain pieces plus a patterned square covers a lot of ground. And it works as a gift, which is the quiet reason small silk squares sell so steadily. You do not need to know anyone's size.\n\nIt is not the right choice if you want warmth. A 22 gram silk square is a layer, not insulation. For real cold you want wool or cashmere, and the silk square goes underneath it.\n\nHow to choose a square scarf\n\nStart with size, because size decides what you can do with the scarf.\n\nA small square around 50 to 55 centimetres is the all-rounder. It is the right size for neckerchiefs, hair, wrists and bag handles. This scarf sits in that range. A mid square around 70 centimetres gives you more neck wrap options and can be worn as a small head covering. A large square at 90 centimetres and up is really a shoulder piece, and most people find it too much fabric for daily neck wear.\n\nNext, think about weight. Scarf silk is measured in momme, and lighter weights drape softly while heavier weights feel more substantial and hold their shape. For a small square used at the neck and in hair, lighter is generally better, because you want the fabric to fold down small and knot cleanly.\n\nThen consider the weave. Satin finishes are shiny, twill is matte with diagonal texture, chiffon is sheer and floaty, and crepe satin sits between satin and matte. If you want something that reads as elegant without being glossy, crepe satin is a sensible middle ground.\n\nLast, think about print. Busy multi-colour prints give you more outfits to match with, because there is almost always one colour in the scarf that picks up something you own. A single-colour square is cleaner but less flexible. A motif print like this one lands in between, with enough pattern to be noticed and enough restraint to work with plain clothing.\n\nFive ways to wear it\n\nFold it on the bias into a band, wrap it once around your neck and tie a knot at the side. This is the default look and it takes about ten seconds.\n\nTie the same band around the base of a ponytail, with the knot on top and the ends left to hang.\n\nUse it as a headband over loose hair, knotted at the nape or in a small bow on top.\n\nThread it through a handbag handle and knot it so the tails fall down the side of the bag.\n\nFold it into a flat rectangle and tuck it into a jacket breast pocket as a pocket square.\n\nNone of these need practice. If a knot looks wrong, untie it and start again. Silk forgives.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it is particular. The care instruction for this scarf is dry clean or hand wash only, and that is worth following.\n\nIf you hand wash, use cool water and a small amount of detergent made for silk or wool. Swirl it through for under a minute. Do not soak, do not wring, do not scrub. Rinse in cool water, press the moisture out inside a clean towel, then lay it flat or hang it somewhere shaded. Direct sun fades printed silk faster than almost anything else.\n\nIf it needs pressing, use the lowest setting with a cloth between the iron and the fabric, and press while slightly damp.\n\nTwo habits make the biggest difference over the years. Put perfume and hairspray on first and let them dry before the scarf goes near your skin, since alcohol marks silk. And store the scarf folded loosely in a drawer rather than hanging it on a hook, because hanging puts all the weight on one small area of fabric.\n\nThe short version\n\nA 53 centimetre printed square of pure mulberry silk in a crepe satin weave, weighing 22 grams, with a cat print and dry clean or hand wash care. It knots at the neck, ties in hair, loops through a bag handle and folds into a pocket square. It breathes in summer and blocks a draught in winter. It costs less than most people assume real silk costs, and it needs nothing more than cool water and a bit of common sense to keep looking good.\n\nIf you want one scarf that works with most of your wardrobe and takes up no space, a small printed silk square is the one to own.", "llm_summary": "A printed square mulberry silk scarf measuring 53 by 53 centimetres, made from pure mulberry silk in a crepe satin weave with a cat print pattern. The scarf weighs 22 grams and is manufactured in China. Care is dry clean or hand wash only. The small square format suits wear as a neckerchief, hair scarf, headband, ponytail tie, wrist wrap or bag accessory. Silk is a breathable natural fibre, so the scarf feels cool in warm weather and adds a light layer under a collar in cooler weather, and its smooth surface creates less friction against hair and skin than cotton. Colour, exact fibre composition percentage on the label and packaged dimensions are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/printed-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/printed-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/printed-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "small-square-mulberry-silk-neck-scarf-70cm", "sku": "small-square-mulberry-silk-neck-scarf-70cm", "title": "Small Square Mulberry Silk Neck Scarf 70cm", "slug": "small-square-mulberry-silk-neck-scarf-70cm", "price": 69.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/small-square-mulberry-silk-neck-scarf-70cm/main-small-square-mulberry-silk-neck-scarf-70cm.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/small-square-mulberry-silk-neck-scarf-70cm/small-square-mulberry-silk-neck-scarf-70cm-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/small-square-mulberry-silk-neck-scarf-70cm/small-square-mulberry-silk-neck-scarf-70cm-3.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk in a light, breathable square, it knots at the throat, ties through a ponytail, or loops around a handbag handle without adding bulk.", "description": "The problem with most accessories\n\nMost accessories ask something of you. Jewellery needs matching. A statement necklace needs a neckline that works with it. A big wrap needs a cool day and somewhere to put it when the room heats up. And a plain shirt stays a plain shirt because nothing in the drawer feels worth the effort on a Tuesday morning.\n\nA small square silk scarf is the opposite. It is light, it folds to nothing, and it takes a few seconds to tie. It also does the one thing most accessories cannot: it brings colour up near your face, where people actually look. That is why the same shape keeps turning up on flight crews, hotel staff and anyone who has to look put together on repeat.\n\nWhat mulberry silk actually is\n\nMulberry silk comes from silkworms raised on a diet of mulberry leaves. The result is a long, even filament rather than the shorter, coarser fibres you get from wild silk. Long filaments mean a smooth surface, an even sheen and a fabric that moves like liquid instead of holding a shape.\n\nTwo things follow from that. First, the fabric drapes. A mulberry silk scarf will fall into a soft fold instead of poking out at odd angles, which matters a lot when the scarf sits right under your chin. Second, silk breathes. It is a natural protein fibre, closer in behaviour to wool or hair than to a plastic-based fabric, so it does not trap heat against your skin. That is the reason a silk scarf works in January and again in July.\n\nOne more practical note: hair and skin slide over silk with less friction than over cotton. If you have ever had a cotton bandana catch at the back of your neck or tug at a ponytail, you will notice the difference immediately.\n\nWhy small, and why square\n\nScarves come in a few standard shapes, and the shape decides what the scarf can do.\n\nA large square, around 90cm, is the classic drape. It is beautiful, but it needs folding, planning and a bit of confidence. An oblong is a wrap. It goes around the neck twice and hangs down, which is lovely in winter and awkward under a jacket.\n\nA small square sits between the two. Folded on the diagonal it becomes a band that is easy to knot and easy to position. It fits under a shirt collar without bulking up, which is the main reason it has survived as a uniform accessory for so long. It also means one scarf does several jobs, because a band that fits around a neck also fits around a ponytail, a wrist, or the handle of a bag.\n\nIf you are new to scarves, start here. The small square is the one you will actually wear.\n\nWays to wear it\n\nThe simplest knot is worth learning properly, because it covers most occasions.\n\nFold the square in half on the diagonal to make a triangle. Then roll or fold the long edge up towards the point until you have a band of the width you want. Place the middle of the band at the front of your throat, cross the ends behind your neck, bring them back to the front and tie a single or double knot slightly off centre. Off centre reads as relaxed. Dead centre reads as a uniform, which is fine if that is what you want.\n\nFrom there:\n\nSlide the folded band through a ponytail and knot it over the hair elastic. Let the ends hang or tuck them under. A silk ponytail scarf is a quick fix on a windy day and stops hair whipping across your face.\n\nUse it as a headband. Run the band under your hair at the nape, bring the ends up and knot them on top or at one side. Adjust the width by folding more or less before you tie.\n\nTie it to a bag. Loop it around the base of a handle and knot it twice so the tails hang free. On a plain black or tan bag it does more work than a keyring ever will.\n\nThread it through belt loops in place of a thin belt, or knot it around a wrist. Neither takes practice.\n\nChoosing colour and pattern\n\nSince the scarf sits near your face, the colour near your skin matters more than the pattern as a whole. Hold it up under your chin in daylight before deciding whether it works. Warm skin tones tend to look good with warm reds, corals, golds and olive. Cooler tones tend to suit blues, berry shades, grey and true white.\n\nFor a first scarf, a print with two or three colours is the most useful. One of those colours should be something already in your wardrobe, so the scarf has an obvious job. Busy multi-colour prints are fun but harder to place.\n\nIf you are buying for a uniform or a workplace, check the dress code first. Some employers specify colour families, and a scarf that breaks the rule is a scarf that stays in the drawer.\n\nCaring for silk\n\nSilk has a reputation for being delicate. It is not fragile, but it does want a different routine to a cotton tee.\n\nHand wash in cool water, below 30C, with a neutral detergent. Swish rather than scrub. Do not use bleach and do not wring the scarf out, because twisting damp silk is the fastest way to distort the weave. Press the water out between your palms, roll the scarf in a clean towel to blot the rest, then lay it flat to dry out of direct sunlight. Sun fades dye.\n\nIf you prefer, dry cleaning is fine and is the easier option for a printed scarf you want to keep looking sharp.\n\nIron on low, ideally while the silk is still slightly damp, and iron on the reverse side or under a thin cloth. Too much heat leaves a shiny patch that does not come out.\n\nThe real risk to a silk scarf is not dirt, it is snagging. Rings with claw settings, rough nails, zips, velcro and watch bands all catch the weave. Take off jewellery before you tie, and store the scarf folded or loosely rolled in a drawer rather than hanging on a hook. Keep it away from perfume, cosmetics and desiccant packets.\n\nYou also do not need to wash it after every wear. Air it overnight. Unless it has picked up makeup at the knot or had a long hot day, that is usually enough. Less washing, longer life.\n\nWho it suits\n\nIt suits people who want a small lift to an everyday outfit without committing to much. It suits anyone with a uniform that allows neckwear. It suits travellers, because it weighs almost nothing and does three jobs in a carry-on. It suits people who find knitted scarves too hot and jewellery too fiddly.\n\nIt is also one of the easier gifts to buy. There is no size to guess, no fit to worry about, and the age range it works for is wide. A silk scarf gift for her is a safe bet when you know the person's colours but not much else about their wardrobe.\n\nWhat it is not: a winter warmer. If you want something to stand between you and a cold southerly, buy wool and keep the silk for the finishing touch.\n\nThe short version\n\nA small square mulberry silk neck scarf is a low-effort, high-return accessory. The silk breathes, so it works across the seasons. The small square shape knots easily and fits under a collar. One scarf covers your neck, your hair, your wrist and your handbag.\n\nLearn one knot. Wash it by hand in cool water. Keep it away from sharp jewellery. That is genuinely all there is to it, and it will keep looking good for years.", "llm_summary": "The Small Square Mulberry Silk Neck Scarf 70cm is a compact square scarf made from 100% mulberry silk. It is designed to be worn as a neckerchief, a hair or ponytail tie, a folded headband, or a decorative tie on a handbag handle. Silk is breathable, so the scarf suits wear across the year, light in warm weather and a thin extra layer in cooler months. Care is hand wash in cool water below 30C with a neutral detergent, or dry clean; do not bleach or wring, and iron on low. Country of origin is China. Package dimensions are 36.1 x 34.5 x 1.3 cm at 40 grams. Colour, printed pattern, momme weight and finished scarf measurement are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/small-square-mulberry-silk-neck-scarf-70cm/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/small-square-mulberry-silk-neck-scarf-70cm/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/small-square-mulberry-silk-neck-scarf-70cm.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "small-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm", "sku": "small-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm", "title": "Small Square Mulberry Silk Scarf 53cm", "slug": "small-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm", "price": 43.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "22 g", "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/small-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm/main-small-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/small-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm/small-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/small-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm/small-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/small-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm/small-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from pure mulberry silk in a 12 momme crepe satin weave, this 53 x 53 cm square ties at the neck, wraps a ponytail, loops through a bag handle, or sits under a collar without adding bulk.", "description": "The problem a small square solves\n\nMost of us own at least one scarf that never gets worn. It is usually too big, too warm, or too much of a production to put on. It sits folded in a drawer while you leave the house in the same plain jumper you wore last week.\n\nA 53 centimetre square is the opposite of that. It is small enough that putting it on takes about four seconds, and small enough that you can carry it without noticing. It does not keep you warm, and it is not trying to. Its job is to put a bit of colour and texture at your neckline, in your hair, or on your bag, and then get out of the way.\n\nThat is why this size has stuck around for decades. It is the one people actually use.\n\nWhat the specs mean in plain words\n\nTwo numbers matter on a silk scarf: the size and the momme.\n\nThe size here is 53 x 53 centimetres, roughly 21 inches each way. Folded corner to corner you get a triangle with enough span to tie behind the neck comfortably. Rolled into a band you get something long enough to wrap a ponytail twice or loop a bag handle. Go smaller and you run out of length. Go much bigger and you start needing to fold it down before you can do anything with it.\n\nThe momme is 12. Momme measures how heavy the silk is for a given area, the way GSM works for other fabrics. Lower momme silks, say 6 to 8, are very sheer and float a lot. Higher momme silks, 19 and up, feel dense and hold their shape firmly. Twelve sits in a useful middle. There is enough body to tie a knot that stays put and enough fluidity to drape rather than stick out.\n\nThe weave is crepe satin, plain weave. That combination gives a surface with a soft glow on one face rather than a hard shine. For a small scarf worn close to the face, that matters. A high gloss satin can look costume-ish in daylight. A crepe satin reads as fabric, not plastic.\n\nFinally, the weight. Twenty two grams. You will forget it is in your pocket.\n\nHow silk behaves\n\nSilk is a natural protein fibre, not a synthetic. The filaments are long and smooth, which is why the fabric feels the way it does. It picks up your body temperature quickly, so it feels cool for the first few seconds and then settles.\n\nThe smoothness also means low friction. Hair and skin slide over silk more easily than over cotton or wool, which is the practical reason people wrap hair in it. It is not magic and nobody should claim it is. It is simply a smoother surface than most things your hair touches during the day.\n\nThe flip side of smoothness is that knots can work loose and the fabric can catch on rough edges. Both are easy to manage once you know. Double knot anything you need to stay put, and keep the scarf away from velcro, broken nails, and sharp jewellery clasps.\n\nFive ways to wear it\n\nAt the neck. Fold corner to corner for a triangle, lay the long edge across your collarbones with the point down, and tie the ends behind your neck. Push the point to one side for a looser look, or roll the triangle into a band and tie it tight at the throat for something sharper.\n\nIn your hair. Roll it into a band and tie it over the top of your head with the knot underneath, or underneath with the knot on top like a bow. For a ponytail, slide a soft elastic on first, then wrap the rolled scarf around it and knot the ends so they sit on one side.\n\nOn a bag. Fold narrow, loop once or twice around the handle, and tie. This is the lowest effort option and probably the one people notice most. It turns a plain black tote into something that looks considered.\n\nUnder a collar. Lay the square flat inside an open shirt collar with the point down the front and the corners tucked under the collar points. It adds a layer without bulk and works under a blazer.\n\nAround your wrist. Roll into a thin band and tie it like a bracelet. It sounds fussy and it is not. On a plain outfit with no jewellery it does a lot of work.\n\nWho it suits\n\nIf your wardrobe leans plain, this is for you. Block colour tops, denim, a work uniform, a plain coat. A small square gives you somewhere to put pattern and colour without committing to a patterned garment.\n\nIt suits people who travel light, because it weighs nothing and takes up no space. It suits people who are hard to buy gifts for, because there is no size to get wrong. And it suits people who have tried bigger scarves and found them a hassle.\n\nIt is less useful if what you actually want is warmth. This is a 12 momme single layer of silk. It will not replace a wool scarf in July. If coverage is what you are after, look at a 90cm square or a long rectangle instead.\n\nChoosing between sizes and weights\n\nWhen people ask about the best silk scarf for daily wear, the answer usually comes down to two questions.\n\nFirst, how much coverage do you want? Under 50cm is really a hair tie or a bag accent, 53cm is the neckerchief sweet spot, 70 to 90cm gives you shoulder coverage and more folding options, and anything over 110cm is a wrap.\n\nSecond, how do you want it to hang? Lighter silks float and feel almost weightless, but they can be fiddly to tie and tend to slip. Heavier silks sit where you put them and hold a crisp fold, but they feel more structured and less airy. Twelve momme gives you most of the tie-ability without the stiffness.\n\nIf this is your first silk square, a 53cm at a middle weight is the safe starting point. It is the one you will reach for most.\n\nLooking after it\n\nThe care instruction is dry clean or hand wash only, and it is worth following.\n\nIf you hand wash, use cool water and a small amount of mild detergent. Press the water gently through the fabric. Do not rub it and do not wring it out, because twisting breaks the fibres and leaves permanent creases. Lift it out, lay it on a clean towel, roll the towel up to take out the water, then dry it flat somewhere out of direct sun. Heat and UV both dull silk over time.\n\nIron on low, on the reverse side, while the scarf is still a touch damp. Keep the iron moving.\n\nPerfume, hairspray and deodorant are the usual culprits for marks. Put them on, let them dry, then put the scarf on. Store it rolled or loosely folded in a drawer rather than hanging it on a hook.\n\nDone sensibly, none of this takes more than a few minutes a month.\n\nDelivery and returns\n\nOrders go out by tracked courier from Australian warehouses and most arrive in 5 to 10 working days. Delivery is free NZ wide on orders over NZ$175. Returns are accepted within 14 days of delivery as long as the scarf is unused and unwashed, so check the colour and feel before you wear it out.\n\nThe short version\n\nA 53 x 53 centimetre square of 12 momme mulberry silk in a crepe satin weave, weighing 22 grams. It ties at the neck, wraps your hair, loops a bag handle, and folds into nothing when you are done. Hand wash cool or dry clean, dry flat, iron low on the reverse.\n\nIt is a small thing. That is rather the point.", "llm_summary": "This is a small square mulberry silk scarf measuring 53 x 53 centimetres, roughly 21 x 21 inches. It is woven as a crepe satin plain weave at 12 momme, a light to mid weight that drapes while still holding a knot. The scarf weighs 22 grams. Country of origin is China. Care is dry clean or hand wash only. Colour, printed pattern and exact fibre blend beyond mulberry silk are not specified in this record, and no brand, GTIN or MPN is listed. The square format suits wear as a neckerchief, a hair scarf or headband, a wrist wrap, or a bag handle accent. No certifications, warranty or customer ratings are recorded for this item.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/small-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/small-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/small-square-mulberry-silk-scarf-53cm.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "square-mulberry-silk-hair-scarf-68cm", "sku": "square-mulberry-silk-hair-scarf-68cm", "title": "68cm Square Mulberry Silk Hair Scarf", "slug": "square-mulberry-silk-hair-scarf-68cm", "price": 41.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scarves", "category_label": "Silk Scarves", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/square-mulberry-silk-hair-scarf-68cm/main-square-mulberry-silk-hair-scarf-68cm.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/square-mulberry-silk-hair-scarf-68cm/square-mulberry-silk-hair-scarf-68cm-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/square-mulberry-silk-hair-scarf-68cm/square-mulberry-silk-hair-scarf-68cm-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scarves/square-mulberry-silk-hair-scarf-68cm/square-mulberry-silk-hair-scarf-68cm-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Cut from 100% pure mulberry silk in a generous 68x68cm square, it folds into a headwrap, a bandana, a neck tie or a sleep scarf, and packs down to nothing in a handbag.", "description": "The small problem that keeps turning into a big one\n\nMost people do not go looking for a silk scarf because they love scarves. They go looking because something is not working. Hair that was fine at bedtime looks like it lost a fight by morning. A fringe that behaves indoors turns into a mess the moment the wind hits it on Lambton Quay. A cotton headband leaves a dent. Pillow friction means the first twenty minutes of every day are spent undoing damage that happened while you were unconscious.\n\nA square of silk fixes a surprising number of those small irritations at once, and it does it without batteries, chemicals or a fifteen step routine. That is really the whole pitch.\n\nWhat mulberry silk actually is\n\nSilk is a protein fibre spun by silkworms. Mulberry silk is the grade that comes from worms fed exclusively on mulberry leaves, and the point of that diet is consistency. The worms produce long, even filaments, and long even filaments weave into a cloth with a very smooth, uniform surface. That is the physical property doing all the work here.\n\nSmooth surface means low friction. Hair strands and skin move across silk rather than catching on it. Cotton, by comparison, has a shorter, fuzzier fibre and a more textured surface, and it is absorbent by design, which is exactly what you want in a towel and exactly what you do not want wrapped around your head for eight hours.\n\nNothing mystical is happening. It is just a slippery cloth, and slippery turns out to be useful.\n\nWhy 68 centimetres is the sweet spot\n\nSquare silk scarves come in a wide range of sizes and the number genuinely changes what you can do with the thing.\n\nSmall squares, somewhere around 50cm, are charming at the neck and almost useless on the head if you have anything more than a short crop. You fold them into a triangle, you gather your hair, and you run out of corner before you get to a knot.\n\nLarge squares, 90cm and up, are beautiful and dramatic and they drape over shoulders properly, but on the head they bunch. There is too much fabric, the folds stack up, and you end up with a turban when you wanted a headscarf.\n\nSixty-eight centimetres sits in between. Folded on the diagonal you get a long edge of nearly a metre, which wraps a full head of hair with enough left over to tie a knot that actually stays. It is also still small enough to fold into a tidy neckerchief or roll into a headband. If you are only ever going to own one silk square, this is the size that does the most jobs, and it is why so many people hunting for the best square silk scarf land here.\n\nWho this suits\n\nIf you have long hair, thick hair, curly hair, coily hair, or hair that has been coloured or chemically treated, a smooth wrap at night is one of the easiest habits to pick up. Textured hair in particular benefits, because the fabric does not drag on the curl pattern the way a cotton pillowcase does. Anyone searching for the best silk scarf for curly hair is usually looking for precisely this.\n\nIf you have short hair, it still earns a place, just in a different way. It becomes a styling piece rather than a protective one. A bandana fold, a tied headscarf, a wide rolled headband.\n\nIf you travel a lot, the argument is the packed weight. Fifty grams, flat as a letter. It lives in the side pocket of a bag and covers you for wind on a ferry, aircon on a plane, a bad hair morning in a motel with no mirror worth using, or a church or temple visit where a head covering is expected. For a lot of people the best travel silk scarf is simply the one that is already in the bag.\n\nIf you are buying a gift and you do not know the person's size, colour preferences or skincare opinions, a silk square is one of the few accessories with no sizing risk attached.\n\nHow to choose between silk squares\n\nA few things actually separate one from another.\n\nFibre content. One hundred percent silk behaves differently from a silk blend or a polyester satin. Satin is a weave, not a fibre, so \"satin scarf\" tells you nothing about what it is made of. This one is pure mulberry silk.\n\nSize. Covered above. Match the square to the job.\n\nWeight. Silk is often graded in momme, a weight measure. Heavier silk feels more substantial and drapes more; lighter silk is airier and packs smaller. The momme weight is not stated in this record, so judge by the feel in hand when it arrives.\n\nHem. Hand-rolled hems are the traditional finish on high-end squares and machine hems are the common alternative. The finish on this scarf is not specified here.\n\nCare tolerance. Be honest about yourself. Silk needs hand washing. If you know you will throw it in with the towels, buy something else, because you will ruin it and then be annoyed.\n\nGetting it to stay put overnight\n\nThe most common complaint about sleeping in a hair scarf is waking up with it somewhere near your knees. Three habits fix that.\n\nFirst, tie at the front or the crown rather than at the back of the neck. A knot behind your head gets pushed loose by the pillow all night.\n\nSecond, tuck the tail ends back under the wrap instead of leaving them hanging. Loose ends are what catch and pull the whole thing off.\n\nThird, aim for snug rather than tight. A scarf that is strangling you will get pulled off in your sleep whether you remember doing it or not. Firm enough to hold, loose enough to forget about.\n\nIf your hair is very long, gather it loosely at the crown first, then wrap. Trying to wrap a loose metre of hair without gathering it is a losing game.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is tougher than its reputation suggests, but it has clear preferences.\n\nHand wash in cool water with a detergent made for delicates. Swirl it, do not scrub it, and do not leave it soaking. Rinse properly, because leftover detergent dulls the surface.\n\nNever wring it. Lay it flat in a towel, roll the towel, press. Then dry flat or hang it in the shade. Direct New Zealand sun is harsh on silk and will fade colour faster than anything else you do to it.\n\nIron on the coolest setting, on the reverse, ideally while slightly damp and with a cloth in between. Most of the time a shake and a flat overnight rest is enough and the iron stays in the cupboard.\n\nKeep alcohol off it. Hairspray and perfume can leave marks. Spray first, dress second.\n\nStore it loosely folded somewhere dry. Not crushed under heavy things, not hung on a nail, not shut in a damp bathroom cabinet.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a 68 by 68 centimetre square of pure mulberry silk. It is smooth, it is light, and it does several jobs well: a sleep wrap, a daytime headscarf, a bandana, a headband, a neck tie, a bag accent.\n\nThe 68cm size is the practical middle ground, big enough for a proper hair wrap and small enough to knot at the throat. Silk's advantage over cotton is friction, nothing more complicated than that, and friction is what you are trying to reduce when fabric sits against your hair for hours.\n\nHand wash it, dry it in the shade, keep it away from hairspray, and it will stay in your drawer for years. Orders ship by tracked courier from Australian warehouses, most arrive in 5 to 10 working days, delivery is free NZ-wide over NZ$175, and returns are open for 14 days from delivery on unused, unwashed items.", "llm_summary": "A square hair scarf made from 100% pure mulberry silk, measuring 68 x 68 cm. The square format can be worn as a headscarf, hair wrap, bandana, headband, ponytail tie or neck scarf, and is also used as an overnight sleep wrap. Silk has a smooth surface, so hair and skin move across it with less friction than across cotton. The packaged item measures 24.5 x 18.8 x 2.1 cm and weighs 50 grams. Country of origin is China. Care is hand wash in cool water, dry flat or in the shade, cool iron on the reverse. Colour, momme weight, weave type, brand and hem finish are not specified in this record. Shipped from Australian warehouses by tracked courier.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/square-mulberry-silk-hair-scarf-68cm/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/square-mulberry-silk-hair-scarf-68cm/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/square-mulberry-silk-hair-scarf-68cm.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "brown-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack", "sku": "brown-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack", "title": "Brown Mulberry Silk Hair Ties 4 Pack", "slug": "brown-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack", "price": 28.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scrunchies", "category_label": "Silk Scrunchies", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/brown-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack/main-brown-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/brown-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack/brown-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/brown-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack/brown-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/brown-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack/brown-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/brown-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack/brown-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/brown-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack/brown-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/brown-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack/brown-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-7.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/brown-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack/brown-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-8.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from silk with a stretchy inner band, this four-pack suits fine, thick, straight and curly hair, and sits neatly on the wrist between uses.", "description": "The small annoyance nobody budgets for\n\nHair ties are one of those things you buy without thinking, lose constantly, and quietly resent. You pull a thin elastic out at the end of the day and feel the drag. You find a kink across your ponytail that will not brush out. You notice a few strands wrapped around the band. None of it is dramatic. It is just friction, repeated every single day, and over a few years it adds up to hair that looks rougher than it needs to.\n\nThe fix is not complicated. It comes down to two things: what the band is covered in, and how wide it is. A thin bare elastic concentrates all its grip onto a narrow strip of hair. A wide fabric band spreads that same pressure across a much bigger area. And a smooth fabric lets hair slide over it instead of gripping each strand. Silk does both jobs well, which is why silk scrunchies ended up on so many bathroom shelves.\n\nThis guide walks through how they work, who they suit, how to pick a size, and how to keep them looking good.\n\nHow a silk scrunchie is built\n\nPull one apart in your head and there are only two parts. There is a tube of fabric, and inside it there is a loop of elastic. The elastic does the holding. The fabric does everything else.\n\nThat matters more than it sounds. A gorgeous silk cover wrapped around a tired, stretched-out elastic will slide down your ponytail within the hour. A firm inner band is what keeps the hold where you put it. This set uses a stretchy inner band, so you can control the tension by how many times you wrap, rather than fighting a band that has gone soft.\n\nThe fabric side is about surface. Cotton is absorbent and slightly grabby. A bare rubber band is worse, it catches at the cuticle directly. Silk is smooth, so hair moves across it rather than snagging on it. That is a straightforward physical property, not a miracle. Less catching means fewer strands pulled out when you take the tie down, and less of that stubborn crease across the ponytail.\n\nWhy size matters more than people expect\n\nEach scrunchie in this pack is about 6 x 6 x 1 cm. That puts it in the middle of the range, and the middle is a genuinely useful place to be.\n\nVery large scrunchies look great in photos but they can overwhelm fine hair, and they take up space on the wrist. Very small ones struggle with thick hair because there is not enough fabric to wrap comfortably. A mid-size scrunchie handles both. On fine hair you wrap two or three times and it sits snug. On thick hair you wrap once, maybe twice, and it still looks proportionate.\n\nThe pack weighs 14.5 grams in total. You will forget it is in your bag, which is the whole point of having spares.\n\nWho these suit\n\nIf you tie your hair up most days, this is an easy upgrade. The people who notice the difference fastest tend to be those with longer hair who wear a ponytail to work, anyone who ties hair back before bed, and people with curls who are tired of elastics disrupting the pattern.\n\nThey also suit anyone who keeps losing hair ties. Four in a pack means one lives in your bag, one in the gym kit, one by the bed and one in the car or at your desk. That is a boring reason to buy something and it is also the reason most people end up glad they did.\n\nFor the gym, these work for most sessions. If you train hard or do anything that puts your head below your hips, double wrap for a firmer hold, then rinse and air dry when you get home. Sweat and silk are fine together as long as you do not leave the scrunchie damp in a bag for two days.\n\nChoosing between colours and packs\n\nBrown is a quiet choice, and that is its strength. Neutral tones blend with most hair colours and sit comfortably against any outfit. A brown scrunchie on the wrist reads as an accessory rather than a stray hair tie, which cannot be said for a bright orange elastic.\n\nIf you are buying as a gift, a neutral four-pack is a low-risk option. You do not need to know someone's wardrobe or hair colour to get it right, and four pieces gives you flexibility. Give the lot, or split the pack and pair two with something else.\n\nGetting the hold right\n\nA scrunchie is not a one-tension tool. You set the tension yourself.\n\nFor a loose, relaxed ponytail, wrap once. For a secure daily ponytail, wrap twice. For fine or shorter hair, or for a tight workout ponytail, go to three wraps. The trick most people miss is to not pull the hair taut before wrapping. Gather it loosely, wrap, then adjust the position of the whole tie rather than yanking it tighter. You get the same security with far less tension on the roots.\n\nFor sleep, go looser than you think and put the ponytail high on your head or towards the side, so nothing presses against the pillow. A soft bun held with a single wrap works well too.\n\nFor buns, wrap twice around the base and tuck the loose end of the hair underneath the band before the final pass. That hides the ends and stops the bun unravelling during the day.\n\nCare, honestly\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it does not like three things: heat, bleach and being wrung out.\n\nHand wash in cool water with a mild detergent. Swirl, do not scrub. Rinse, then press the water out between your palms or in a towel rather than twisting. Reshape the tube with your fingers while it is still damp, then dry flat somewhere out of direct sunlight. A sunny windowsill will fade the brown faster than anything else you do to it.\n\nSkip the tumble dryer. Heat is hard on the fabric and harder on the elastic inside, and a cooked elastic is what turns a good scrunchie into a loose one.\n\nKeep them away from velcro, open bracelet links, hair clips with teeth and anything else that can snag. If a thread does pull, do not cut it, ease it back through from the inside with a fingernail.\n\nRotating between all four means each one gets time to recover its shape. Wash every week or two with daily use, or straight after a sweaty session.\n\nWhat the specs actually tell you\n\nThe listed facts are straightforward. Material is silk. Four pieces per pack. Each roughly 6 x 6 x 1 cm. Pack weight 14.5 grams. Colour brown across all four. Suited to all hair types. Country of origin China.\n\nWhat is not listed is also worth saying plainly. The momme weight, the exact silk percentage and any grading are not specified in our record, so we do not claim them. If a precise momme figure matters to you, ask before you buy and we will tell you what we know rather than guess.\n\nDelivery and changing your mind\n\nOrders are sent by tracked courier from Australian warehouses, and most arrive within 5 to 10 working days. Delivery is free NZ-wide on orders over NZ$175, and you get a tracking number once the parcel is on its way.\n\nIf they are not right, returns are open for 14 days from delivery, as long as the items are unused and unwashed in their original condition. Message us with your order number and we will sort it out.\n\nThe short version\n\nA silk scrunchie is a wide, smooth band over a stretchy core. The width spreads pressure, the smooth surface reduces friction, and the elastic does the holding. This pack gives you four of them in brown at a mid-size that handles fine and thick hair alike.\n\nWrap once for loose, twice for secure, three times for fine hair. Hand wash cool, dry flat, keep out of the sun. Spread the four around your bag, bedside and gym kit so you always have one within reach. That is really all there is to it.", "llm_summary": "A four-piece set of brown silk hair ties, also described as mulberry silk scrunchies. Each scrunchie measures about 6 x 6 x 1 cm and the pack weighs 14.5 grams. The material listed is silk, the item form is scrunchie, the stated colour is brown across all four pieces, and the product is suited to all hair types. Country of origin is China. Brand, GTIN, MPN, momme weight and exact silk percentage are not specified in this record. Care is hand wash in cool water with a mild detergent, no bleach, no wringing, no tumble drying, then reshape and dry flat. Orders ship by tracked courier and are usually delivered in 5 to 10 working days.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/brown-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/brown-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/brown-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "large-black-silk-scrunchies-3-pack", "sku": "large-black-silk-scrunchies-3-pack", "title": "Large Black Mulberry Silk Scrunchies 3 Pack", "slug": "large-black-silk-scrunchies-3-pack", "price": 43.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scrunchies", "category_label": "Silk Scrunchies", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-black-silk-scrunchies-3-pack/main-large-black-silk-scrunchies-3-pack.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-black-silk-scrunchies-3-pack/large-black-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-black-silk-scrunchies-3-pack/large-black-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-black-silk-scrunchies-3-pack/large-black-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-black-silk-scrunchies-3-pack/large-black-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk with a stretchy inner band that fits fine, thick, straight or curly hair, so one size works for the whole household.", "description": "The small annoyance that adds up\n\nMost people do not think much about hair ties. You buy a bag of thin elastics, they live in your bag and your car and the bottom of a drawer, and every so often one snaps. The problem is not dramatic. It is just the small tug every time you pull one out, the little knot of strands left behind on the band, and the dent that sits in your ponytail for the rest of the afternoon.\n\nThat is friction, and it is mostly down to the material. A thin elastic is narrow and slightly rough. It grips hair tightly across a very small area, and when you twist it off, the hair has to drag across that texture. Silk works differently. The fibre is smooth and the gathered fabric is wide, so the hold spreads out and the hair slides rather than catches.\n\nThis set is three large scrunchies in 100% mulberry silk, all black. Three is a useful number: one in the bathroom, one in your bag and one by the bed, which means you are never hunting for a hair tie at the worst possible moment.\n\nWhat makes silk different\n\nSilk is a natural protein fibre. Mulberry silk specifically comes from silkworms raised on mulberry leaves, and it produces long, even filaments. Woven up, that gives a fabric with a smooth face and a soft sheen. It is the same reason silk pillowcases became popular: hair and skin move across the surface with less drag than they do on cotton.\n\nIn a scrunchie, that smoothness shows up in two moments. The first is when you put it in and the fabric slips easily around the bundle instead of snagging. The second is when you take it out, which is where thin elastics do most of their damage. A silk scrunchie tends to come away cleanly.\n\nThe other half of the equation is shape. A scrunchie is a tube of fabric with elastic threaded through it. The fabric gathers, which gives you a wide, padded ring instead of a narrow cord. Wide spreads pressure. Narrow concentrates it. That is simple physics, and it is why a soft, generous hair tie feels kinder on the scalp during a long day.\n\nWhy the large size matters\n\nSize is the thing most people get wrong when they buy their first silk scrunchie. A small one looks neat in the photo, then you get it home with thick hair and you need four wraps to hold a ponytail. Four wraps stretches the elastic close to its limit, squeezes the hair hard and shortens the life of the scrunchie.\n\nThe large size here stretches from roughly 10cm to 22cm. On thick or long hair that usually means one or two wraps and you are done. The hold is firm but not strangling. On fine or shoulder-length hair you take an extra turn and it sits just as securely, because the gathered silk has enough body to grip a smaller bundle.\n\nThat range is what makes it a genuine free size. It covers high ponytails, low buns, plait ends, half-up styles and the quick twist you do before washing your face. It also means the same pack works for more than one person in a household with very different hair.\n\nWho these suit\n\nIf you have thick or curly hair and you are tired of elastics that bite, this is the obvious category to try. Large silk scrunchies for ponytails do the one job thin bands struggle with: holding volume without compressing it into a hard point.\n\nIf you have fine hair, the appeal is different. Fine hair shows friction damage sooner and shows dents more clearly, so a smoother, wider tie is worth having. Silk scrunchies for fine hair work best with an extra wrap and a slightly looser finish.\n\nIf you tie your hair up at night, a wide silk band is far more comfortable than a thin elastic pressing into the back of your head. Keep it loose. The point of tying hair up for sleep is containment, not tension.\n\nAnd if you are buying a gift, a black silk scrunchies 3 pack is about as low-risk as presents get. No sizing, no shade matching, no guessing someone's taste. Black goes with everything.\n\nHow to choose between options\n\nA few things are worth checking whenever you compare silk hair accessories.\n\nMaterial claim. Look for a clear statement of silk content. This set is listed as 100% mulberry silk. \"Silky\" and \"silk touch\" usually mean polyester, which behaves differently and looks different under light.\n\nSize and stretch. A stated stretch range tells you more than a single diameter. Here that range is about 10cm to 22cm.\n\nColour. Black is the workhorse. It hides marks, matches everything and disappears into dark hair. Pale colours look lovely and show every speck of product and hand cream.\n\nQuantity. Buying in a set of three is not just about value. Rotating scrunchies lets the elastic recover between wears, and it means you always have a spare when one is in the wash.\n\nThings not to worry about: a glossy photo, a long list of claimed benefits, or any suggestion that a hair tie will transform your hair. What silk actually offers is a smoother surface and a wider, softer hold. That is enough.\n\nLooking after them\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it does not like heat, bleach or rough handling. Washing is quick.\n\nFill a bowl with cool water and a small amount of gentle detergent made for delicates. Swirl the scrunchie through, give it a light squeeze, then rinse in clean cool water until it runs clear. Do not wring or twist the fabric, as that is what distorts the gather. Press it inside a towel to take out the water, reshape the ring with your fingers and leave it flat to dry at room temperature.\n\nKeep it out of direct sun and off the radiator. Skip the dryer entirely, because heat is hard on both silk and elastic. If you need to press out a crease, use a cool iron on the reverse of the fabric and keep away from the elastic band.\n\nWith dark colours, wash the set separately the first time in cool water. That is normal practice for any dyed fabric and takes no extra effort.\n\nStorage is easy. Keep them somewhere dry and away from keys, zips and anything else that could snag the weave. A small pouch in your bag is better than loose at the bottom of it.\n\nGetting the most out of three\n\nThree scrunchies sounds like a small thing, but how you use them changes how long they last. Give each one a place. One stays in the bathroom for washing your face and sleeping. One lives in your bag. One sits wherever you get ready in the morning. Rotating them means no single scrunchie takes every day's stretching, and the elastic in each gets time to relax back.\n\nUse the fewest wraps that hold. Over-wrapping is the fastest way to tire out elastic, and with the large size you rarely need more than two turns on thick hair.\n\nWash them before they look dirty rather than after. Oils and styling products build up on any hair tie, and silk is easier to refresh with a quick cool-water wash than it is to rescue later.\n\nThe short version\n\nThese are three large scrunchies in 100% mulberry silk, in black, with an elastic that stretches from about 10cm to 22cm. The silk surface is smoother than cotton or standard elastics, which means less drag when the tie comes out. The large size suits thick and curly hair without over-stretching, and still holds fine hair with an extra wrap.\n\nThey are comfortable enough to sleep in, plain enough to wear with anything, and easy to look after with a cool hand wash and a flat dry. If you have been meaning to upgrade from the bag of thin elastics, this is the sensible place to start.", "llm_summary": "A three-piece set of large black hair scrunchies made from 100% mulberry silk. Each scrunchie is a free size with a stretchy inner elastic band that opens from approximately 10cm to 22cm, which suits fine, thick, straight and curly hair and most ponytail or bun styles. The silk outer has a smooth, glossy surface, so hair slides over it with less friction than a cotton or synthetic elastic. Listed for adult use. Package dimensions are 19.9 x 15.1 x 1.7 cm with a package weight of 50 grams. Care is hand wash in cool water, dry flat, no bleach or tumble drying. Brand, country of origin, momme weight and warranty are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/large-black-silk-scrunchies-3-pack/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/large-black-silk-scrunchies-3-pack/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/large-black-silk-scrunchies-3-pack.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "large-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-black-coffee", "sku": "large-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-black-coffee", "title": "Large Silk Scrunchies 2 Pack (Black & Coffee)", "slug": "large-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-black-coffee", "price": 33.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scrunchies", "category_label": "Silk Scrunchies", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-black-coffee/main-large-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-black-coffee.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-black-coffee/large-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-black-coffee-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-black-coffee/large-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-black-coffee-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-black-coffee/large-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-black-coffee-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-black-coffee/large-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-black-coffee-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk with a stretchy inner band, these large scrunchies glide over hair with less friction than cotton or elastic, and the two neutral shades suit work, gym and sleep.", "description": "The problem with the hair tie in your bag\n\nHave a look at the tie currently on your wrist. If it is like most, it is a thin loop of rubber wrapped in nylon thread, probably bought in a pack of twenty, probably a bit furry by now. It holds hair. It also grips it, which is a different thing. When you pull it out at the end of the day there is that small tug, that dent across the ponytail, and sometimes a couple of strands still looped around the band.\n\nNone of that is a disaster. It is just low level daily friction, and friction is the thing worth fixing when you tie your hair up every single day. A silk scrunchie fixes it by changing the surface that touches your hair. Instead of a rough elastic, you get a wide band of mulberry silk with the stretch hidden underneath. The hold comes from the elastic. The feel comes from the silk.\n\nThat is the whole idea. It is not complicated, which is probably why people who switch tend to stay switched.\n\nHow a silk scrunchie is built\n\nPull one apart in your mind and there are only two parts. There is a tube of silk, sewn into a ring and gathered so it has volume. Inside that tube runs a stretch band, sealed into a loop. The silk never bears the tension, so it does not stretch out of shape the way a knitted band would.\n\nThe silk here is 100% mulberry silk. Mulberry silk comes from silkworms raised on a single diet, which produces long, even fibres. Long fibres mean a flatter, more regular surface with fewer tiny ends sticking up. That is the physical reason silk feels slippery and cotton feels grabby. Your hair slides across it rather than catching on it.\n\nThe second thing that matters is width. A large scrunchie spreads the pressure of the tie across a bigger area of hair. A thin elastic concentrates all of that squeeze into a narrow line, which is exactly where the crease forms. More width, less pressure per millimetre, less of a line.\n\nThis pair stretches from roughly 10cm to 22cm. That range is deliberately broad. Fine hair takes three wraps, average hair two, very thick hair one or two. One size genuinely does cover most people.\n\nWho these suit\n\nIf you tie your hair back for work, these are an easy upgrade on the ties already in the drawer. Black reads as plain and professional with anything, and coffee softens the look without being a colour statement.\n\nIf you have curly or coily hair, the smooth wide band is kinder than a narrow one. Curls catch on rough fibres, and a scrunchie gives them less to catch on. A loose high bun held with a large silk scrunchie is a common way to keep curls out of the way overnight.\n\nIf you sleep with your hair up, this is probably why you are reading. There is no metal join and no hard plastic, so there is nothing to press into your head when you roll over. A loose bun or a low side twist works best. Keep it loose; a tight tie worn for eight hours will mark hair regardless of what it is made of.\n\nIf you are buying a small gift, a neutral two pack is a safe bet. It is useful, it suits any hair colour, and it does not require you to guess a size.\n\nWho might want something else? If you need a very firm, sporty grip for running or contact sport, a dedicated sports elastic will hold tighter. And if you like bright accessories, two neutrals will not scratch that itch, though they will go with everything.\n\nChoosing between sizes and styles\n\nShopping for the best silk scrunchies comes down to four questions.\n\nHow much hair are you tying? Thick or long hair needs a large scrunchie with good stretch, or you will fight it every morning. Fine or short hair can use a smaller one, but a large one still works with an extra wrap and gives a fuller look.\n\nHow much hold do you want? Scrunchies hold by friction and compression rather than by clamping. For a secure, all day ponytail, wrap one extra time than feels necessary. For a soft, relaxed bun, one wrap less.\n\nWhat colour will you actually reach for? Most people buy a bright set, wear the neutral one, and leave the rest in the drawer. Black and coffee are the two that get worn out first, which is why this pack pairs them.\n\nHow will you care for it? Silk wants hand washing and flat drying. If you know you will never do that, a mesh laundry bag on a cold delicate cycle is the realistic compromise. Either is fine. Hot water and tumble dryers are not.\n\nGetting a good ponytail with a scrunchie\n\nA small technique note, because it makes a difference. Gather the hair first and hold it with one hand, then bring the scrunchie over with the other. Do not try to feed the hair into the loop. Wrap, then on the final turn pull the hair through only part way to create a half up bun, or all the way through for a plain ponytail.\n\nIf you want height, tip your head forward while you gather. If you want the scrunchie to sit flat and tidy, give it a quick twist as you make the last wrap so the gathered silk spreads evenly around the base.\n\nFor sleeping, aim for the hair to sit above the pillow line rather than behind your head. A high loose bun does this. So does a loose plait with the scrunchie at the end.\n\nLooking after them\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it does not like heat, bleach or rough handling.\n\nHand wash in cool water with a mild detergent. Swirl the scrunchie around for a minute rather than scrubbing it. Rinse until the water runs clear. Press the water out between your palms or in a towel, never wring or twist, because twisting is what breaks fibres and dulls the sheen.\n\nReshape the loop while it is damp, then lay it flat somewhere shaded with air moving. Direct sun fades dark dyes. A radiator or a hair dryer will stiffen the silk and shorten the elastic's life.\n\nWash the black and the coffee separately the first couple of times. Dark dyes on any fabric can release a little colour early on.\n\nRotate the two. Alternating means each one gets a rest day, the elastic recovers, and both last longer than one worn every day until it gives up.\n\nA word on what silk does and does not do\n\nSilk is smooth. Hair and skin slide over it with less friction than over cotton or bare elastic. That is a property of the fibre, and it is the honest reason to choose a silk scrunchie over a standard one.\n\nWhat we will not tell you is that a hair tie will change your hair's health, thickness or growth. It is a hair tie. A nicer one, with a better surface and no hard parts, but still a hair tie. Buy it because it feels better to wear and looks tidier, and because less daily tugging is a small pleasant thing.\n\nThe short version\n\nTwo large scrunchies, one black and one coffee, both 100% mulberry silk over a strong stretch band. Free size, stretching from about 10cm to 22cm, which fits almost any adult hair thickness. Smooth surface, no metal join, comfortable to sleep in.\n\nHand wash cool, dry flat, rotate the pair. Keep them out of the dryer and out of strong sun.\n\nIf you tie your hair up most days and have never used silk, this is an inexpensive place to find out whether you prefer it. If you already know you do, a second pair in neutral shades is never wasted.", "llm_summary": "This listing is a two piece set of large silk scrunchies, one black and one coffee, made from 100% mulberry silk with a stretchy covered elastic band inside. The free size stretches from roughly 10cm to 22cm and suits adult hair of any length or texture, including straight, curly, thick and thin. Silk has a smooth surface, so hair slides over it with less friction than cotton or bare elastic. Package dimensions are 14.4 x 10 x 1.5 cm and package weight is 30 grams. Brand, momme weight, weave and country of origin are not specified in this record. Care is hand wash cool, reshape and dry flat. Orders ship by tracked courier from Australian warehouses.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/large-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-black-coffee/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/large-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-black-coffee/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/large-silk-scrunchies-2-pack-black-coffee.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne", "sku": "large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne", "title": "Large Silk Scrunchies 3 Pack (Black, Apricot, Champagne)", "slug": "large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne", "price": 43.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scrunchies", "category_label": "Silk Scrunchies", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne/main-large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne-7.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne-8.jpg" ], "description_short": "A three pack of mulberry silk scrunchies in black, apricot and champagne, each with a stretchy inner band that fits from about 10 cm up to 22 cm around.", "description": "The problem with ordinary hair ties\n\nMost of us learned to tie our hair back with whatever was nearest. A thin elastic from a chemist packet. A rubber band off the broccoli. A fabric tie from the supermarket that was fine for a week and then went slack.\n\nThey all do the basic job. They also all share the same flaw. The hold comes from a narrow strip pressing hard against one small section of hair. That concentrated pressure is what gives you the dent, the sore patch behind your ear and the little fuzz of broken ends where the tie sat all day.\n\nA large silk scrunchie solves that by changing the shape of the problem. Instead of a thin line of pressure, you get a wide band of gathered fabric spreading the hold across a much bigger area. Less force in any one spot. Less of a mark when you take it out.\n\nWhat a silk scrunchie actually is\n\nUnder the fabric, a scrunchie is just an elastic loop. The difference is everything wrapped around it.\n\nA sewn tube of silk is gathered along the elastic so the fabric bunches up. That bunching is what creates the soft, full look, and it is also what gives you the wider contact area. When you wrap the scrunchie around a ponytail, the gathers compress and grip, but they grip with cloth rather than rubber.\n\nSilk matters here because of its surface. It is a smooth fibre, so hair slides across it with less friction than it does across cotton, terry towelling or a bare elastic. You feel this most when you take the tie out. A silk scrunchie tends to ease off rather than drag.\n\nThis set is listed as silk, in a large size, with a stretch range of roughly 10 cm to 22 cm around. The momme weight and weave are not specified in this record, so we will not guess at them.\n\nWho these suit\n\nThe honest answer is most people, but some will notice the difference more than others.\n\nIf you have thick or curly hair, the large size is the main draw. A standard small scrunchie has to be stretched near its limit to get around a thick ponytail, and a stretched-out elastic is both uncomfortable and short-lived. A large one takes that bulk in its stride, usually with a single loop and a half twist.\n\nIf you have fine hair, the appeal is comfort rather than capacity. You will need a few wraps to feel secure, and the trade-off is that the fabric never digs in the way a thin elastic does. Plenty of people with fine hair prefer silk hair ties for exactly this reason.\n\nIf you mostly tie your hair up for sleep, a large scrunchie is a good shape to work with. A loose bun held high and soft keeps hair off your face and does not create a hard lump to lie on.\n\nIf you want something that looks a bit more finished than a black elastic on your wrist, the champagne one in this set does that quietly. Silk has a soft shine that reads as considered without being flashy.\n\nChoosing a size\n\nScrunchies come in roughly three sizes, and the right one depends on hair volume more than hair length.\n\nSmall ones are tidy and discreet. They work for fine hair, braids and tight styles, but they struggle with bulk.\n\nMedium is the all-rounder. It handles most ponytails and does not look oversized.\n\nLarge, which is what you have here, is for volume and for look. If your ponytail is thick, if your curls take up space, or if you simply like the fuller look of a big scrunchie sitting at the base of your hair, go large. The stretch range to 22 cm means it will also happily hold a smaller ponytail with extra wraps.\n\nA quick test. Wrap your hand around your dry, gathered ponytail and look at how much space your fingers make. If the circle is close to or wider than a drink can, a large scrunchie is the sensible pick.\n\nPicking colours\n\nYou get three here, so the pressure is off, but it is worth knowing what each one does.\n\nBlack is the workhorse. It vanishes into dark hair, it does not fight with anything you wear, and it is the one to grab for the gym or a long day at a desk.\n\nApricot is warm and soft. It shows up nicely against blonde, light brown and grey hair, and it looks intentional rather than functional.\n\nChampagne is the pale neutral. It has a bit of sheen, which makes it the one for a dinner or an event where you still want your hair up but want it to look considered.\n\nSpread them out. One in the handbag, one on the bedside table, one in the gym bag. That way you always have one to hand, and no single scrunchie takes all the wear.\n\nGetting the hold right\n\nA scrunchie behaves differently from a thin elastic, and a lot of first-time frustration comes from treating them the same way.\n\nGather your hair, hold it in one hand, then slide the scrunchie on rather than stretching and snapping it. Each wrap adds grip, so stop when it feels secure rather than when it feels tight. Overtightening is the main cause of marks and discomfort, and it does not actually make the hold last longer.\n\nFor thick hair, one loop with a half twist usually does it. For fine hair, two or three wraps. For a bun, loop it once around the twisted hair, then pull a section of hair through on the final wrap.\n\nTo take it out, ease the loop open with two fingers and lift it off. Pulling it straight down the length of your hair is what causes snagging, no matter what the tie is made from.\n\nLooking after them\n\nSilk does not demand much, but it does ask for a little care.\n\nWash by hand in cool water with a detergent made for delicates. Swirl rather than scrub, and skip the soaking. Rinse until the water runs clear, then press the scrunchie between a folded towel to take the water out. Do not wring it.\n\nReshape the loop while it is damp and lay it flat to dry, somewhere out of direct sun. Heat and strong sunlight are both hard on silk and on elastic, so skip the dryer and the radiator.\n\nWash the black one on its own the first time, as you would with any dark dyed fabric. After that the three can share a basin.\n\nStore them flat or loosely in a drawer. The one thing to avoid is leaving a scrunchie stretched over a bottle, a jar or a door handle for weeks at a time. That slowly tires the elastic and you lose the snap.\n\nWash every week or two with normal wear, and more often if you wear one to the gym or use a lot of styling product. Rotating through all three keeps any one of them from doing all the work.\n\nWhen a scrunchie is not the answer\n\nIt is worth being straight about this. A scrunchie is a soft, forgiving hold. If you need a ponytail that will not shift through a netball game or a long run, a tight sports elastic will hold firmer, and you accept the crease as the price.\n\nScrunchies are at their best for everyday wear, for working at a desk, for sleep, for the school run and for days when your hair goes up and down a few times. That is a lot of hours, which is why most people end up owning several.\n\nThe short version\n\nA large silk scrunchie spreads the hold across a wide band of smooth fabric instead of a thin line of rubber. That is more comfortable, kinder to the hair where it sits, and it leaves a softer mark when you take it out.\n\nThis set gives you three in black, apricot and champagne, with a stretch range of roughly 10 cm to 22 cm, so it covers fine hair with a few wraps and thick hair with one. Hand wash in cool water, dry flat, store loose, and they will keep their look.\n\nIf you have been using the same stretched-out elastic for a year, this is an easy upgrade and an easier gift.", "llm_summary": "A three piece set of large silk scrunchies in black, apricot and champagne, listed as silk material and sold as 3 count in a single pack. An elasticated band inside the fabric loop allows a stretch range of roughly 10 cm to 22 cm, so the scrunchies suit straight, curly, thick or thin hair. They are described for adult use. Packaging measures 15.8 x 12.4 x 2.6 cm and weighs 30 grams. Brand, country of origin, momme weight and weave are not specified in this record. Care is hand wash in cool water, dry flat, no tumble drying. Shipped by tracked courier from Australian warehouses, most New Zealand orders arrive in 5 to 10 working days.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/large-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-black-apricot-champagne.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-green-grey-navy", "sku": "mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-green-grey-navy", "title": "Mulberry Silk Hair Ties 4 Pack (Green, Grey, Navy, Black)", "slug": "mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-green-grey-navy", "price": 33.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scrunchies", "category_label": "Silk Scrunchies", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-green-grey-navy/main-mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-green-grey-navy.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-green-grey-navy/mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-green-grey-navy-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-green-grey-navy/mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-green-grey-navy-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-green-grey-navy/mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-green-grey-navy-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-green-grey-navy/mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-green-grey-navy-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Silk fabric with a soft sheen, a compact 8 cm loop that stretches to around 20 cm, and four everyday colours so you can match the day's outfit without thinking about it.", "description": "The small annoyance nobody talks about\n\nHair ties are one of those things you only think about when they go wrong. A band snaps halfway through the day. A thin elastic catches and you hear that faint tearing sound when you pull it out. A thick cotton scrunchie leaves a dent across your ponytail that stays there until you wash your hair.\n\nNone of this is a crisis. It is just a low-level irritation that repeats every single day, which is exactly the kind of thing worth fixing properly once.\n\nThat is where silk comes in. A silk scrunchie does the same mechanical job as any other hair tie, it gathers hair and holds it. The difference is the surface your hair sits against while it is held. Silk is a smooth filament fibre, so hair slides across it rather than gripping. You notice it most when you take the tie out, because it tends to come away in one clean motion.\n\nHow a silk scrunchie is built\n\nA scrunchie is simply a tube of fabric gathered over an elastic core. The fabric does the covering, the elastic does the holding. Both parts matter.\n\nOn this set, the fabric is silk and the band is about 1 cm wide. That narrow width is a deliberate choice. Wide, puffy scrunchies look great in a photo but they add bulk to a ponytail and they can feel heavy if you are wearing one all day. A slim band keeps the look tidy and sits flat when you push it onto your wrist.\n\nThe loop measures roughly 8 cm across at rest and stretches to around 20 cm. That gap between resting size and stretched size is the useful number. A tie with a big stretch range covers more hair types, because you can take more wraps on fine hair and fewer wraps on thick hair and still get a secure hold either way.\n\nThe pack weighs 10 grams in total, which tells you how light these are. You will forget it is on your wrist.\n\nFour colours, chosen for real life\n\nThe set includes military green, graphite grey, navy blue and black.\n\nBlack and grey are the quiet workhorses. They sit against dark hair almost invisibly and they do not clash with anything. Navy is the slightly softer alternative to black, useful if your wardrobe leans toward blues and denim. Military green is the one with a bit of personality, a muted shade rather than a bright one, so it still reads as grown-up rather than novelty.\n\nThe practical move is to spread them out. One lives in your bag. One stays on the bathroom shelf. One sits in a desk drawer at work. The fourth goes wherever you keep losing them. Most people who buy a silk scrunchie set do not use four at once, they use four because hair ties vanish and having spares in the right places saves the daily hunt.\n\nMatching a hair tie to your hair\n\nThe wrap count is the thing to think about.\n\nIf your hair is fine or you have a shorter bob, you will probably take three wraps. A compact 8 cm loop handles that without feeling loose, because each wrap tightens the hold without piling up fabric. A very large scrunchie on fine hair tends to slide down through the day.\n\nMedium hair usually lands on two wraps. This is the easiest case and almost any size tie works, so comfort and look become the deciding factors.\n\nThick, long or curly hair generally wants one wrap, sometimes two. Here the stretch range matters more than anything. An elastic that opens to about 20 cm gives you room to gather a lot of hair without the band straining. Strain is what kills elastic early, so a tie that stretches comfortably rather than to its absolute limit will last longer.\n\nCurly hair deserves a quick note. A wide smooth band spreads pressure over more surface area than a thin elastic, which is why so many people with curls look for the best silk hair ties specifically. Keep the wrap loose. A loose hold protects the curl shape at the crown.\n\nEveryday use and the overnight question\n\nDuring the day, a silk scrunchie does everything a normal one does. Ponytail, half-up, low bun, plait tie, quick twist while you cook. Nothing special required.\n\nOvernight use is the other common reason people buy them. The usual approach is a loose plait or a soft bun positioned high on the head so you are not lying on the knot. The appeal is the smooth surface and the gentle hold. Keep it loose. A tight tie worn for eight hours is uncomfortable regardless of what it is made from.\n\nIf you travel, these pack to nothing. The whole set is 10 grams and fits in a corner of a toiletry bag.\n\nWashing and keeping them good\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it does not like heat or rough treatment. Two or three minutes of care keeps a scrunchie looking new for a long time.\n\nHand wash in cool water with a mild detergent. Swirl it gently, do not scrub, and rinse until the water runs clear. Resist the urge to wring it out, because twisting is what stresses both the fibre and the elastic inside. Instead, lay it in a folded towel and press down to lift the water out.\n\nReshape the loop with your fingers and dry it flat, away from radiators, heaters and direct sun. Drying flat matters because a stretched scrunchie dries in a stretched shape.\n\nWash the colours separately the first time or two, especially the navy and the green. That is standard for any dyed silk item and it saves a surprise later.\n\nA few things to avoid. Tumble dryers, because heat damages both silk and elastic. Bleach, for obvious reasons. Leaving a scrunchie stretched over a door handle or a hook for weeks, because that permanently tires the elastic. Store them flat in a drawer or in a small pouch instead.\n\nBuying as a gift\n\nA silk scrunchie set is a genuinely easy gift. There is no sizing to get right, no colour matching to someone's skin tone, and no guessing at preferences. Four neutral-leaning colours cover most tastes.\n\nIt works as a small standalone present, as a stocking filler, or as something to add alongside a larger gift. If you are already buying silk bedding or a sleep mask, a matching set of mulberry silk scrunchies rounds the whole thing out nicely.\n\nDelivery and returns in New Zealand\n\nOrders are sent by tracked courier from Australian warehouses and most arrive within 5 to 10 working days from dispatch. You get tracking so you can see where the parcel is.\n\nDelivery is free NZ-wide on orders over NZ$175. Under that, a standard courier charge applies and it is shown at checkout before you pay.\n\nReturns are accepted within 14 days of delivery, as long as the items are unused and unwashed. If a scrunchie arrives damaged, send us a photo and we will sort it out without a fuss.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a four-pack of silk scrunchies in green, grey, navy and black. The loop is about 8 cm and stretches to roughly 20 cm, with a slim 1 cm band. That size range suits fine hair through to thick hair, and the slim band keeps things neat rather than bulky.\n\nSilk is the point. It is smooth, so hair slides over it instead of catching, and that makes taking a ponytail out a lot less annoying.\n\nHand wash in cool water, dry flat, store flat. Do that and a set like this stays good for a long time. If the fit is not what you hoped, send it back within 14 days unused and unwashed.", "llm_summary": "This is a four-piece set of mulberry silk hair ties in military green, graphite grey, navy blue and black. Each scrunchie has a loop of about 8 cm with a band roughly 1 cm wide, and the elastic stretches to around 20 cm, so the set suits fine, long and thick hair. Packaging dimensions are 8 x 12 x 1.5 cm and the pack weighs 10 grams. The item form is listed as a scrunchie for adult use. Brand, exact silk momme weight, country of origin and certification details are not specified in this record. Care is hand wash in cool water, dry flat. Orders ship by tracked courier from Australian warehouses.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-green-grey-navy/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-green-grey-navy/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/mulberry-silk-hair-ties-4-pack-green-grey-navy.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-brown-black-pink", "sku": "mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-brown-black-pink", "title": "Mulberry Silk Scrunchies 3 Pack (Brown, Black, Pink)", "slug": "mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-brown-black-pink", "price": 32.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scrunchies", "category_label": "Silk Scrunchies", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "8 g", "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-brown-black-pink/main-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-brown-black-pink.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-brown-black-pink/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-brown-black-pink-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-brown-black-pink/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-brown-black-pink-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-brown-black-pink/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-brown-black-pink-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-brown-black-pink/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-brown-black-pink-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-brown-black-pink/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-brown-black-pink-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-brown-black-pink/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-brown-black-pink-7.jpg" ], "description_short": "Three mulberry silk hair ties in brown, black and pink, each with a covered elastic and a smooth silk surface that glides over hair instead of gripping it.", "description": "The problem with most hair ties\n\nThink about the last time you pulled out a ponytail at the end of a long day. If there was a wince, a snag, or a few strands left behind in the band, that is friction doing its work. A thin rubber elastic has a tiny contact area and a grippy surface. All the holding force lands on one narrow line of hair, and the texture of the band itself catches on every strand it touches.\n\nA scrunchie fixes half of that problem by spreading the hold across a wider, softer band. A silk scrunchie fixes the other half by changing what the hair is actually touching. Hair and skin slide over silk with less friction than over cotton, which is why silk pillowcases took off and why mulberry silk hair ties followed them. The elastic inside still does the work of holding. The silk outside just makes the contact easier.\n\nThat is the whole idea behind a silk scrunchies 3 pack. It is not complicated, and it does not need to be.\n\nHow a silk scrunchie is put together\n\nEvery scrunchie is the same basic thing. A loop of elastic runs through a tube of fabric, and the fabric gathers around it to form the familiar ruffle. What changes between a cheap one and a good one is the fabric, the width of the tube, and how much elastic is inside.\n\nWith this set, the outer is silk and each piece measures around 10 cm across when it sits flat on a table, about 0.8 cm deep. That puts it in the mid-size range. Not a thin little band that disappears into the hair, and not one of the oversized puffy ones that takes over the whole look. Mid-size is the most useful shape because it does two jobs. It holds a ponytail firmly, and it looks deliberate enough to leave on show.\n\nThe pack weighs 8 grams in total. There is almost nothing to it. That matters more than it sounds, because a hair tie you can forget on your wrist is a hair tie you will actually have with you when you need it.\n\nWho these suit\n\nHonestly, most people. The listed hair type for this set is all, and that is fair. The reason silk works across the board is that the benefit is about surface, not about hair thickness.\n\nIf you have fine hair, the smooth surface means fewer strands catch when the tie comes out. Wrap three times and you will still get a secure hold without crushing anything. People searching for silk scrunchies for fine hair are usually trying to stop the slow loss of strands that comes from rough elastics, and a wider softer band helps with that.\n\nIf you have thick hair, the wider band spreads the pressure instead of carving a line into the ponytail. Two loops is often enough. This is where a lot of thin elastics give up entirely, snapping or sliding down within an hour.\n\nIf your hair is curly, the silk slides over the coils rather than tangling in them. Keep the loop a touch looser than you would with straight hair so you do not flatten the curl at the root.\n\nAnd if you are buying for a teenager or a child, the size here works fine for smaller heads and shorter hair. The record lists kids in the age range description. A set of three colours also means fewer arguments about whose is whose.\n\nPicking a colour from the three\n\nYou get one brown, one black and one pink. There is a reason packs are built this way.\n\nBlack is the default. It works with a uniform, it works with gym gear, and in dark hair it more or less vanishes. If you only wear one, it will probably be this one.\n\nBrown is the quiet one. In mid brown, chestnut or warm blonde hair, a brown tie blends in better than black does, which is handy when you want a neat ponytail without a visible band. It also sits well against tan, cream and olive clothing.\n\nPink is the one you wear on purpose. A silk scrunchie with a bit of sheen is a reasonable accessory in its own right, and a soft pink against dark hair reads as a deliberate choice rather than a forgotten elastic.\n\nKeep in mind that screens shift colour. The pink is a soft tone, the brown is a mid brown, and the black is a true black.\n\nUsing them at night\n\nA lot of people buy silk accessories specifically for bedtime, and silk scrunchies for sleeping are one of the most common searches in this category. The approach is simple. Tie the hair in a loose plait or a soft bun on top of the head, use two loops rather than three, and leave it slightly looser than you would during the day.\n\nThe point of the loose tie is comfort. A tight band pressed against a pillow for eight hours is not pleasant, and you will feel it in the morning. A soft silk band holds the shape without that pressure, and because the surface is smooth, taking it out before a shower is one quick pull.\n\nIf you already use a silk pillowcase, a scrunchie that matches makes sense. Same fabric, same logic, applied to the one part of your hair that a pillowcase cannot help with.\n\nGetting the hold right\n\nGrip comes down to wrap count, and it is worth experimenting rather than assuming.\n\nStart with two loops. If the ponytail slides down within half an hour, go to three. If three feels tight enough to give you a headache by midday, go back to two and tie the hair slightly lower on the head. A lower ponytail puts less tension on the roots.\n\nFor a bun, fold the scrunchie over itself and twist as you go, which doubles the tension without doubling the pressure on any single spot. For a half-up style, one loose loop is usually plenty.\n\nLooking after silk\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it does have preferences. Heat and bleach are the two things to avoid.\n\nHand wash in cool water with a mild detergent made for delicates. Swirl rather than scrub, then rinse until the water runs clear. Press the water out in a towel, never wring or twist, because twisting is what breaks the fibres and leaves permanent creases. Reshape the gather with your fingers and lay it flat to dry somewhere shaded. Direct sun fades dye and weakens silk over time.\n\nWash the pink and brown separately the first few times so there is no colour transfer. Skip the tumble dryer entirely. And keep the scrunchie away from straighteners and curling tongs, because a hot plate will mark silk instantly.\n\nRotating between the three in the pack spreads the wear. One tie worn every single day will loosen faster than three worn in turn.\n\nA note on what we do and do not claim\n\nWe list what comes with the product. The material type is silk, the pack contains three pieces, each measures about 10.01 x 10.01 x 0.79 cm, and the pack weighs 8 grams. The momme weight, brand and country of origin are not specified in the supplied record, so we do not state them.\n\nWhat we can say with confidence is physical. Silk has a smoother surface than cotton or rubber, which means less friction where the band touches the hair. That is a property of the fabric, not a promise about your hair.\n\nThe short version\n\nA silk scrunchies 3 pack is a small upgrade that you notice every single day. The band is wider, the surface is smoother, and the tie slips out at the end of the day instead of fighting you.\n\nThis set gives you brown, black and pink in one go, so you can work out which one you reach for most without buying three separate packs. The mid-size shape suits ponytails, buns, plaits and half-up styles, and it holds across fine, thick, straight and curly hair with a change in wrap count.\n\nHand wash it, dry it flat, keep it away from heat, and it will keep looking like something you chose rather than something you grabbed. For a set that weighs 8 grams, that is a fair return.", "llm_summary": "This is a three piece set of mulberry silk scrunchies supplied as one pack containing one brown, one black and one pink hair tie. The listed material type is silk and the item form is a scrunchie. Each piece measures about 10.01 x 10.01 x 0.79 cm, and the pack weight is 8 grams. The listed hair type is all hair types. The model number recorded for the item is Silk Hair Tie Mixed 3 Color. Brand, GTIN, country of origin and exact momme weight are not specified in this record. The product is sold new and in stock. Care is hand wash in cool water with a mild detergent and dry flat away from heat and direct sun.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-brown-black-pink/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-brown-black-pink/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/mulberry-silk-scrunchies-3-pack-brown-black-pink.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack", "sku": "skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack", "title": "Skinny Mulberry Silk Scrunchies 4 Pack", "slug": "skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack", "price": 41.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scrunchies", "category_label": "Silk Scrunchies", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack/main-skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-7.jpg" ], "description_short": "Four slim scrunchies made from 100% pure mulberry silk in two black, one coffee and one beige, with a 1cm width that stretches from roughly 7cm to 21cm so they suit fine, thick, straight or curly hair.", "description": "The small annoyance nobody talks about\n\nHair ties are one of those things you buy without thinking, lose constantly, and then quietly resent. The cheap packs of thin rubber bands snap, dig in and catch on strands when you pull them out. Bigger fabric scrunchies fix the digging-in part but look bulky, and some of them stretch out after a month. Meanwhile the elastic you actually like has vanished into a car seat somewhere.\n\nSilk sits in a useful middle spot. It is a fabric band, so it spreads pressure instead of concentrating it in one thin line. But the fibre itself is smooth, which means hair moves across it rather than gripping it. That is the whole pitch, and it is a practical one rather than a dramatic one.\n\nThis set is four skinny scrunchies made from 100% pure mulberry silk. Two black, one coffee, one beige. Each band is about 1cm wide and stretches from roughly 7cm to 21cm across.\n\nWhat mulberry silk actually means\n\nSilk comes in different grades, and mulberry silk is the one most people mean when they say silk. It comes from silkworms raised on mulberry leaves, which produces a long, uniform fibre. Long fibres mean fewer joins, and fewer joins mean a smoother surface and a more even sheen.\n\nIn a hair tie, that smoothness is the functional part. Cotton has a textured surface. Bare rubber has grip by design. Silk is slippery by comparison, so when you wind the band on and slide it off, there is less drag on the strands.\n\nIt is worth being clear about what that does and does not mean. Silk is smooth, and hair slides over it with less friction than cotton. That is a material fact. It is not a treatment, and it will not change the hair you have. Anyone promising more than that is selling you something else.\n\nWhy skinny rather than wide\n\nWidth changes the whole feel of a scrunchie. A wide, gathered scrunchie is a visible accessory. You see it, it is part of the look, and it holds a loose bun nicely because there is a lot of fabric to grip.\n\nA skinny band at around 1cm does something different. It mostly disappears. A ponytail looks like a ponytail rather than a ponytail wearing a fabric donut. For work, for a neat updo, or for anyone who just wants the hair held without a statement, the slim shape is the better pick.\n\nThere are practical wins too. A slim band fits under a cycling helmet, a cap or a hood without a lump. It sits flatter on your wrist, so it does not bunch your sleeve. And in a small bag or travel pouch, four of them take up almost no room. The pack itself is only 14.4 x 10 x 1.2cm and weighs about 30 grams.\n\nThe trade-off is that a narrow band gives you less surface area, so very heavy hair may need two wraps instead of one. That is usually all it takes.\n\nMatching stretch to your hair\n\nThe stretched diameter here runs from about 7cm to 21cm, which is a wide range for a small tie. Here is how that plays out in practice.\n\nIf your hair is fine or shoulder length, you will probably wrap two or three times. Fine hair slips out of ties that are too loose, and the extra wraps give you grip without any pinching. People hunting for the best silk scrunchies for thin hair often end up on a narrow band for exactly this reason: more wraps, more hold, less bulk.\n\nIf your hair is thick or long, one or two wraps will do it. The band opens wide enough to take a full ponytail without straining, which matters because over-stretching is the main thing that kills elastic over time. Do not force a band to its absolute limit every day and it will last far longer.\n\nCurly hair is its own case. Curls catch easily on rough textures, so the smooth surface helps. Wind the band gently rather than tightly, because compressing curls at the base is what flattens the shape near your scalp.\n\nThe colour mix and why it works\n\nYou get two black, one coffee and one beige. That is a deliberate split rather than a random one.\n\nBlack is the default. It works on dark hair where it genuinely disappears, and it works on everything else because black reads as neutral. Getting two of them means you have a spare when one is in the wash.\n\nCoffee is a mid-brown that blends into brunette and chestnut shades. Beige is the light neutral, good against blonde, grey and light brown hair, and good with a lot of clothing. Neither shouts.\n\nIf you were hoping for colour, this is not the set for you, and that is fine. Think of this one as the everyday pack, the set of neutral silk scrunchies you keep in rotation and do not have to think about.\n\nWhere you will actually use them\n\nFour is a good number because hair ties live in different places. One in the bathroom, one in the handbag, one in the gym bag, one by the bed.\n\nFor sleep, the soft fabric and light weight make them comfortable to leave in overnight. Tie loosely at the crown or the nape so there is no hard pressure point against the pillow. For the gym, they hold a standard ponytail fine, though high-impact running may call for something gripper. For work, the slim shape is the main attraction: a neat tie that does not pull focus.\n\nThey also post well as a gift. A small set of silk hair ties avoids all the usual gift problems around sizing and taste, and the packaging is flat enough to slip into a card envelope or a stocking.\n\nKeeping them in good shape\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it does want a gentler routine than a cotton band.\n\nHand wash in cool water with a mild detergent made for delicates. Swirl rather than scrub. Rinse, then press the scrunchie between a folded towel to get the water out. Do not wring or twist, because that stresses both the fibre and the elastic inside.\n\nDry flat, out of direct sunlight and away from radiators. Sun fades dye and heat is hard on elastic. If the band ever needs pressing, use a cool iron on the reverse or hold a steamer a little way off the fabric.\n\nWash the black separately from the beige for the first few washes. Any dyed fabric can transfer a little colour early on, and cool water and short washes keep that to a minimum.\n\nTwo other small habits help. Take the band off carefully rather than dragging it over a ring or watch clasp, because a snagged thread is the most common damage on any silk item. And rotate all four rather than always reaching for the same one, so the wear spreads out.\n\nA quick note on expectations\n\nA hair tie is a hair tie. These will hold your hair, feel soft, and look tidy. The silk gives you a smoother surface than cotton or rubber, which is noticeable when you take them out. Beyond that, the honest answer is that it is a well-made small thing that does its job without annoying you.\n\nSome specs for this set are not listed in our record, including momme weight, brand and country of origin. We would rather say that plainly than guess.\n\nThe short version\n\nIf you want a hair tie that holds without the hard pinch of a rubber band and without the bulk of a big scrunchie, a skinny silk band is a good answer. This pack gives you four of them in 100% pure mulberry silk, sized to stretch from about 7cm to 21cm so it covers fine hair through to thick.\n\nTwo black, one coffee, one beige. Slim enough to vanish in a ponytail, soft enough to sleep in, small enough to keep everywhere. Hand wash, dry flat, and they will stay in rotation for a long while.\n\nOrders go out by tracked courier from Australian warehouses and most land in 5 to 10 working days, with free delivery NZ-wide on orders over NZ$175. Returns are open for 14 days from delivery as long as the set is unused and unwashed.", "llm_summary": "The Skinny Mulberry Silk Scrunchies 4 Pack is a set of four slim hair ties made from 100% pure mulberry silk. The pack contains two black, one coffee and one beige scrunchie. Each band is around 1cm wide with a stretched diameter of roughly 7cm to 21cm, which suits fine, thick, straight and curly hair. Packaging measures 14.4 x 10 x 1.2cm and weighs about 30 grams. Silk has a smooth surface, so hair moves across it with less friction than cotton or rubber bands. Care is hand wash in cool water, dry flat, no bleach. Brand, momme weight, country of origin and warranty are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/skinny-mulberry-silk-scrunchies-4-pack.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "skinny-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-green-blue", "sku": "skinny-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-green-blue", "title": "Skinny Silk Scrunchies 4 Pack, Green and Blue", "slug": "skinny-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-green-blue", "price": 41.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-scrunchies", "category_label": "Silk Scrunchies", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-green-blue/main-skinny-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-green-blue.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-green-blue/skinny-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-green-blue-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-green-blue/skinny-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-green-blue-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-green-blue/skinny-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-green-blue-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-green-blue/skinny-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-green-blue-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-green-blue/skinny-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-green-blue-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-scrunchies/skinny-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-green-blue/skinny-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-green-blue-7.jpg" ], "description_short": "Four mulberry silk hair ties in black, dark green, lake green and peacock blue, each about 1 cm wide with a gentle stretch that suits thin, thick, straight or curly hair.", "description": "The problem with most hair ties\n\nOpen any bathroom drawer and you will find the graveyard. Thin elastics that have lost their snap. A metal-crimped band that pulled out a few strands last time. One enormous fabric scrunchie that looks great in photos and feels like a tennis ball when you lie down. Hair ties are such a small thing that most of us never actually choose one. We just use whatever is nearest.\n\nThat is a shame, because the tie you use every single day has more contact with your hair than almost anything else you own. It wraps the same section, twice a day, for years. A rough loop drags. A tight elastic pinches one spot. A bulky scrunchie is comfortable in the hand and awkward on the pillow.\n\nA skinny silk scrunchie is the answer a lot of people land on. It is the fabric comfort of a scrunchie with the slim profile of an elastic, and the silk surface is the part that makes the difference.\n\nWhat makes silk different\n\nSilk is a filament fibre. That means the thread runs long and continuous rather than being spun from short fluffy staples the way cotton is. The result is a surface with very little texture to it. Run your finger over silk and then over a cotton towelling tie and you can feel the gap immediately.\n\nFor hair, that smoothness means less catching. Hair slides across the silk instead of gripping it, which is why silk hair ties are such a common fixture in bedtime routines and in bags for long days with hair up. Nothing magic is happening. It is just a smoother surface doing less grabbing than a rough one.\n\nThe second thing silk gives you is softness under tension. A fabric-covered elastic spreads the pull across a wider band than a bare rubber band does, and the fabric itself has give. Combine a slim band with a soft surface and you get a tie that holds without feeling like a clamp.\n\nWhy skinny instead of chunky\n\nBig scrunchies had their moment and they still look great on a high bun. But they come with trade-offs. The extra fabric sits behind your head, which matters if you lean back in a chair or lie down. They can also overwhelm fine hair, where the tie ends up looking bigger than the ponytail.\n\nSkinny silk scrunchies solve that. The band on this set is narrow, roughly a centimetre, so the hold comes from how many times you wrap rather than from fabric volume. Two wraps for fine hair, three or four for thick. You control the tension instead of the tie controlling you.\n\nThe slim shape also sits better inside other styles. Tucked into a plait, hidden under a twisted bun, holding the base of a half-up, a skinny tie disappears. A chunky one announces itself. Neither is wrong. They just do different jobs.\n\nWho this set suits\n\nThis four pack works across most hair types, and the record lists it as suitable for all hair.\n\nIf you have fine hair, the slim width is the main appeal. A thick scrunchie on a small ponytail looks unbalanced and often slips anyway. A skinny one with two snug wraps holds neatly.\n\nIf you have thick hair, you may be sceptical of anything described as skinny. Try it. The stretch is generous enough to take three or four wraps, and four wraps of a narrow band holds a heavy ponytail more reliably than one wrap of a wide one. People hunting for the best silk scrunchies for thick hair often end up here for that reason.\n\nIf you have curls, the skinny profile is kind to the curl pattern around the base of a bun. Loose pineapple at night, firmer wrap during the day.\n\nIf you are buying a gift, four colours in one small pack is an easy win. Black for every day, two greens and a peacock blue for when the outfit asks for it.\n\nHow to choose the right scrunchie\n\nStart with width. Ask yourself whether you want the tie to be visible or invisible. If you want it on show as an accessory, go wide. If you want it to hold and then vanish into the style, go skinny.\n\nThen think about hold. Hold in a scrunchie comes from three things: the strength of the elastic, the width of the band, and how many times you wrap. The first is fixed when you buy. The second is a style choice. The third is entirely up to you, which is why it pays to experiment on day one rather than deciding after a single try.\n\nColour matters more than people expect. A set that is all pastels looks lovely and then you realise none of them go with half your wardrobe. This pack is built sensibly, with one true neutral and three colours that sit in the same green-blue family. They coordinate with each other, so even if you keep one at work and one in your bag you are not stuck with an orphan shade.\n\nFinally, think about how many you actually need. One tie means one tie to lose. Four means you can put one in the gym bag, one in the car, one by the bed, and keep one spare. Rotation also means each tie gets a rest between wears, which is good for the elastic inside.\n\nGetting the most out of them\n\nTake the tie out gently. The single fastest way to wear out any hair tie, silk or not, is yanking it off a ponytail. Ease it down with both hands, unwrapping rather than pulling through.\n\nDo not stretch them wide and leave them that way. Wearing a scrunchie tight on your wrist all day keeps the elastic under constant load. Loose is fine. Tight for eight hours is what kills it.\n\nKeep them away from snag risks. Velcro, hook earrings, sharp hair clips and rough handbag linings are the usual suspects for a pulled thread on silk. A small zip pouch solves this completely.\n\nWashing and care\n\nHand washing is the way to go. Use cool water and a mild detergent made for delicates, swirl the scrunchies around for a minute, then rinse until the water runs clear.\n\nDo not wring them. Twisting is hard on both the fibre and the elastic. Instead, lay the tie on a clean towel, roll the towel up and press. That gets most of the water out in seconds.\n\nDry flat, out of direct sunlight, away from radiators and heated towel rails. Heat is the enemy of elastic. A dryer will shorten the life of a scrunchie faster than anything else you can do to it.\n\nWash the darker colours on their own the first couple of times, as you would with any dyed fabric. After that, washing the set together is fine.\n\nIf you are washing every week or so and still rotating four ties, you will barely notice the chore. One pack, four colours, one small basin of cool water on a Sunday.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a four pack of skinny silk scrunchies in black, dark green, lake green and peacock blue. The material listed is silk, the form is a scrunchie, and it is described as suitable for all hair types. The pack measures 11.9 x 8.6 x 1.7 cm and weighs 20 grams, and the country of origin is China. Brand, momme weight and exact tie diameter are not specified in this record, so we do not claim them.\n\nWhat you are buying is a slim, smooth hair tie that holds through wraps rather than bulk, in four colours that work together. Hand wash it, dry it flat, do not yank it off your ponytail, and it will quietly do its job for a long time.", "llm_summary": "This product is a four pack of skinny silk scrunchies in black, dark green, lake green and peacock blue. The listed material is silk and the item form is a scrunchie, suitable for all hair types. Each tie is slim rather than bulky, so it holds a ponytail or bun with a low profile and can be wrapped multiple times for a firmer hold. Package dimensions are 11.9 x 8.6 x 1.7 cm with a package weight of 20 grams. Country of origin is China. Brand, GTIN, MPN, momme weight and exact tie diameter are not specified in this record. Care is hand wash in cool water, press out moisture and dry flat away from direct heat and sunlight.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/skinny-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-green-blue/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/skinny-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-green-blue/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/skinny-silk-scrunchies-4-pack-green-blue.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "19-momme-silk-sleeping-mask", "sku": "19-momme-silk-sleeping-mask", "title": "19 Momme Mulberry Silk Sleeping Mask with Twin Adjustable Straps", "slug": "19-momme-silk-sleeping-mask", "price": 25.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "45 g", "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/19-momme-silk-sleeping-mask/main-19-momme-silk-sleeping-mask.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/19-momme-silk-sleeping-mask/19-momme-silk-sleeping-mask-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/19-momme-silk-sleeping-mask/19-momme-silk-sleeping-mask-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/19-momme-silk-sleeping-mask/19-momme-silk-sleeping-mask-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/19-momme-silk-sleeping-mask/19-momme-silk-sleeping-mask-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk with a twin adjustable strap system, it stays put all night, blocks light, and packs flat for travel.", "description": "The problem is almost never the bed\n\nPeople spend a lot of money fixing sleep from the mattress up. New pillows, new sheets, a new topper. Then they lie down and the room is still faintly lit, and nothing else they bought can do a thing about it.\n\nLight is the most direct signal your body uses to decide whether it is time to be awake. It does not take much of it. A standby LED on a television, the glow around the edge of a curtain, a hallway light left on for a child, a partner scrolling. In summer, sunrise in New Zealand can arrive well before you want it to, and no amount of good bedding will argue with that.\n\nA sleep mask fixes the problem at the one place it matters, which is a few centimetres in front of your eyes. That is why it works so well and why it costs so little compared with blackout blinds or a room renovation. The only question worth spending time on is which mask, and that comes down to three things: the fabric, the weight of that fabric, and how it is held on.\n\nWhat momme means and why it matters here\n\nMomme is an old Japanese unit used to describe the weight of silk. You will see it written as mm or momme, and the number tells you how much a standard length of that fabric weighs. Higher number, denser fabric.\n\nMost silk eye masks on the market sit between 12 and 16 momme. That is perfectly usable silk, but it is thin. Hold a 12 momme mask up to a lamp and you will see the filament through it. This mask is 19 momme, which is a noticeable step up in body. The difference you feel is less about luxury language and more about physics. Heavier fabric drapes. It follows the dip of your eye socket and the slope of your nose instead of bridging across them and leaving light gaps.\n\nThere is a practical argument too. A denser weave simply has more material in it, so it stands up to repeated hand washing better than a thin one. For something you wear against your face every night and wash every week or two, that matters more than it sounds.\n\nSilk versus everything else\n\nThe three common mask materials are silk, cotton and moulded foam.\n\nFoam masks give the best light seal, especially the contoured ones with eye cups. They are also bulky, they get warm, and they tend to feel like equipment rather than bedding. If total blackout is your single priority and comfort is second, foam has a case.\n\nCotton is cheap and washes easily, but woven cotton has a textured surface. If you have ever woken up with a crease line across your temple or felt the mask dragging at the fine hair near your hairline, that is friction. Cotton also holds warmth more than silk does.\n\nSilk sits in between and is why most people settle there. The surface is very smooth, so skin and hair slide over it rather than catching. It is a light natural fibre, so it breathes. And at 45 grams for this particular mask, it is light enough that you genuinely stop registering it a few minutes after lights out. For anyone comparing the best mulberry silk eye mask options against a foam one, the trade is a slightly softer light seal in exchange for a much more comfortable night.\n\nThe strap is half the product\n\nThis is the part most people ignore when buying, and the part that decides whether the mask is still on your face at 3am.\n\nA single elastic band has one job and one place to do it. To hold a mask firmly, that band has to be tight, and all the tension lands in a narrow line around the back of your head. Tighten it enough to stay put and it presses. Loosen it so it is comfortable and it slides.\n\nThis mask uses two straps. Because the hold comes from two separate lines, each one can be looser while the total grip stays the same. You position one higher and one lower on the back of the skull, which also means the mask resists rotating upward. That rotation is the usual failure mode for side sleepers, where the pillow catches the bottom edge of the mask and walks it up over your eyebrows.\n\nBoth straps adjust independently. Spend a minute on the first night getting it right and then leave it. The goal is secure enough that you can roll over without thinking about it, loose enough that there is no pressure line in the morning.\n\nWho this suits\n\nLight sleepers who wake at first light. Anyone sharing a room with someone on a different schedule. Shift workers trying to sleep through the middle of the day, where a mask does more useful work than almost anything else you could buy. Frequent travellers, because a mask that folds to half a centimetre and weighs 45 grams takes up no meaningful room in a carry-on.\n\nIt also suits people who have tried a cheap mask and given up. A lot of first masks are thin synthetic things with a single tight band, and the experience puts people off the whole idea. A heavier silk with a proper strap system is a different object.\n\nIt is less suited to very small heads, since the age range is adult, and to anyone who needs an absolute light seal and is willing to accept bulk to get it.\n\nGetting the fit right\n\nPut it on sitting up, with the mask centred over both eyes and the top edge just under your brow bone. Set the lower strap first so it sits at the base of your skull, then the upper one so it crosses higher. Tighten until the mask stops moving when you shake your head gently, then back off slightly.\n\nIf you feel pressure on your eyelids, the mask is too tight or sitting too low. If light comes in beside your nose, pinch the fabric down into that gap with a fingertip once the straps are set. The 19 momme weight helps here because the fabric holds the shape you give it better than thinner silk.\n\nGive it three or four nights. Most people need a couple of small adjustments before it disappears.\n\nLooking after it\n\nHand wash in cool water with a mild detergent or a gentle soap. Swish, do not scrub. Rinse in clean cool water. Press the water out between your palms or in a towel rather than wringing, because twisting stresses both the silk and the elastic in the straps. Reshape it flat and leave it to air dry somewhere out of direct sun.\n\nSkip bleach, skip fabric softener, skip the tumble dryer. Heat and harsh chemicals are the two things that shorten the life of silk, and avoiding both is not difficult.\n\nWash it every week or two with regular use, more often if you wear skincare or makeup to bed. Wash it in the morning and it will be dry by bedtime.\n\nThe short version\n\nIf your room is not dark, no mattress will fix your sleep. A mask will. This one is 100% mulberry silk at 19 momme, which is heavier than the 12 to 16 momme fabric used in most eye masks, so it drapes better and holds up to washing. It is black, solid, 21.5 cm by 11 cm, and weighs 45 grams. The twin adjustable straps spread the tension across two points instead of one, which keeps it in place for side sleepers and means you do not need to cinch it uncomfortably tight.\n\nHand wash, air dry, and it will do its job for a long time. Orders go out by tracked courier from our Australian warehouses and most land in 5 to 10 working days, with free delivery NZ-wide over NZ$175 and 14 days to return it unused and unwashed if it is not right.", "llm_summary": "A 19 momme sleeping mask made from 100% mulberry silk in solid black, supplied as a single unit. It measures 21.5 cm wide by 11 cm high by 0.5 cm thick and weighs 45 grams. The closure is an adjustable twin strap system, with both straps adjustable to suit different head sizes. The fabric is described as natural mulberry silk; 19 momme is a heavier silk weight than the 12 to 16 momme commonly used in eye masks. Care is hand washing with a mild detergent in cool water followed by air drying. Country of origin, brand and certification details are not specified in this record, and no rating or review data is held here.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/19-momme-silk-sleeping-mask/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/19-momme-silk-sleeping-mask/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/19-momme-silk-sleeping-mask.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-black", "sku": "22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-black", "title": "22 Momme Contoured Silk Sleep Mask in Black", "slug": "22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-black", "price": 90.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-black/main-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-black.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-black/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-black-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-black/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-black-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-black/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-black-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-black/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-black-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-black/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-black-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-black/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-black-7.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 22 momme mulberry silk with deep moulded eye cups, a padded nose panel and a silk-wrapped adjustable strap, it blocks stray light while leaving room to blink.", "description": "The problem with most sleep masks\n\nAlmost everyone has tried a sleep mask at some point. A flat strip of fabric, a thin elastic band, maybe a freebie from an airline. They work for about twenty minutes. Then you roll onto your side, the mask slides a few millimetres, and a thin bar of light appears along the side of your nose. You press it back down. It slides again.\n\nThe second problem is pressure. A flat mask sits directly on your eyelids. If you are the kind of person whose eyes move a lot while falling asleep, or if you have lash extensions, or if you simply dislike the feeling of fabric touching your lids, that contact is enough to keep you awake. Pulling the strap tighter to stop the light leaking only makes the pressure worse.\n\nThose two problems pull in opposite directions. Tighter means darker but more pressure. Looser means comfier but brighter. A contoured mask solves it by changing the shape rather than the tension.\n\nHow a 3D contoured mask works\n\nInstead of one flat panel, the front of this mask is moulded into two cups. Each cup arches over an eye socket, leaving an air pocket inside. The silk never touches your lashes or your lids. What makes contact is the rim of the cup, which rests on bone: the brow ridge above, the cheekbone below, the nose on the inside and the temple on the outside.\n\nThat is a much better place to apply gentle pressure. Bone does not mind being leaned on the way an eyelid does. And because the rim follows the natural contours of your face, it forms a seal with far less strap tension than a flat mask would need.\n\nThe nose is the weak point in every design. The bridge creates a wedge-shaped gap on each side, and light pours straight into it. This mask uses a padded wing in that area, soft enough to compress against the shape of your nose and fill the space. It is a small piece of construction that does a lot of the work.\n\nWhy silk, and why 22 momme\n\nSilk gets talked about a lot, and some of the talk is overblown. Here is the straightforward part. Silk fibres are smooth, so hair and skin glide across the surface with less friction than they do across cotton. It is light, it breathes, and it does not feel clammy the way some synthetics do when the room is warm.\n\nMomme is the measure of silk weight, written as a number before the word. Lower momme silks feel thin and translucent. Higher momme silks feel dense and have more body. At 22 momme you are in the range most people associate with good silk bedding. It drapes properly, it does not feel flimsy, and it holds up better to repeated washing than a lightweight silk would.\n\nThis mask uses silk on both faces, inside and out. That matters more than it seems. Some masks use silk on the side you see and something cheaper against your skin. Having it on both sides means the surface touching your face and the surface touching your pillow are the same quality.\n\nWho this suits\n\nLight sleepers are the obvious group. If a streetlight, a hallway lamp or an early sunrise regularly wakes you, blocking that light at the source is simpler than rehanging curtains.\n\nShift workers come next. Sleeping during the day is hard work, and daylight is many times brighter than anything you deal with at night. A mask that seals properly is one of the cheapest fixes available for a sleep for shift workers problem.\n\nTravellers get a lot out of it too. Planes, trains and hotel rooms are all unpredictable for light, and a mask you can fold into a bag solves all of them at once. Side and stomach sleepers in particular benefit from the silk-wrapped strap, because a bare elastic band with a plastic slider pressing into the side of your head is genuinely uncomfortable to lie on.\n\nAnyone with lash extensions or recent eye makeup will appreciate the air gap in the cups. Nothing presses, nothing smudges.\n\nHow to choose and how to fit it\n\nStart with the seal, not the strap. Put the mask on with the band loose, then press each cup gently into place so the rim sits on your brow and cheekbone. Only then tighten the slider, and only until the mask stays put when you turn your head. If you have tightened to the point where you can feel the band on your temples, you have gone too far.\n\nCheck the nose. Run a finger along the padded wing and make sure it is sitting against your nose rather than bridging over it. A tiny adjustment here fixes most light leaks.\n\nGive it two or three nights. Any new mask feels like a foreign object the first time. The shape settles, you stop noticing it, and by the third night most people forget it is there. If after a week it still feels wrong, the fit is probably the issue rather than the mask.\n\nOne practical note on colour. The interior being black helps with the sense of darkness. A pale lining can glow slightly when there is light hitting the outside of the mask, and your eyes pick that up.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is tougher than its reputation suggests, but it does not like heat, bleach or rough handling. Hand wash the mask in cool water with a detergent made for delicates. Swish it gently, rinse it, then press the water out with a towel. Do not wring it, and do not leave it soaking.\n\nReshape the cups while the mask is damp, then dry it flat and out of direct sun. Hanging it by the strap stretches the elastic, and sunlight fades dark dyes over time.\n\nWashing every week or two keeps it fresh. If you use eye cream or oils at night, let them absorb before the mask goes on, and wash more often. Store it flat or back in its box so nothing crushes the moulded shape.\n\nDelivery and returns in New Zealand\n\nOrders are sent by tracked courier from Australian warehouses, and most reach New Zealand addresses within 5 to 10 working days. Delivery is free NZ-wide on orders over NZ$175. Returns are accepted within 14 days of delivery for items that are unused and unwashed, so keep the gift box until you have decided.\n\nThe short version\n\nA flat mask asks you to choose between darkness and comfort. A contoured one does not. The moulded cups keep silk off your lashes, the padded nose wing closes the gap that lets light in, and the silk-wrapped strap means you can lie on it without feeling the hardware.\n\nAdd 22 momme mulberry silk on both faces and you have a mask that is light, breathable and smooth against your skin. It arrives in a gift box, which is handy whether you are keeping it or handing it to someone who has been complaining about the sunrise.\n\nIf you have been sleeping badly because of light, this is one of the simpler things you can change.", "llm_summary": "A contoured silk sleep mask in black, made from 22 momme silk on both faces. The front is moulded into deep 3D eye cups that keep fabric off the lashes and lids, so the eyes can blink freely underneath. A padded nose wing panel closes the gap at the bridge of the nose, which is where most flat masks leak light. The strap is adjustable elastic wrapped in silk, so the slider does not press into hair or the temple, suiting back, side and stomach sleepers. Listed features are soft, lightweight, breathable, 3D contoured, adjustable strap and complete blackout. Package dimensions are 24.31 x 10.9 x 4.7 cm at 209 grams, supplied in a gift box. Country of origin is China. Shipped weight, brand and fabric certification are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-black/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-black/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-black.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-pink", "sku": "22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-pink", "title": "Pink Contoured 22 Momme Mulberry Silk Sleep Mask", "slug": "22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-pink", "price": 90.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-pink/main-22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-pink.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-pink/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-pink-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-pink/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-pink-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-pink/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-pink-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-pink/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-pink-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-pink/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-pink-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-pink/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-pink-7.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 22 momme mulberry silk with deep 3D eye cups, a padded nose panel and a silk-wrapped adjustable strap, it stays soft and light from lights-out to morning.", "description": "The problem with most sleep masks\n\nYou buy a sleep mask because the streetlight outside your window is too bright, or because your shift finishes at 7am and you need to sleep through the morning. Then you put it on and run into the same two issues almost everyone hits.\n\nThe first is pressure. A flat mask lies directly on your eyelids. Every time you blink, you feel fabric. Some people get used to it. Plenty of people take the mask off at 3am without really waking up and find it on the floor in the morning.\n\nThe second is leakage. Faces are not flat. There is a gap on either side of the bridge of your nose, and a flat band of fabric cannot close it. That is where the light gets in, which is why a lot of masks feel dim rather than dark. At night you might get away with it. In daylight you will not.\n\nA contoured mask is the answer to both. The moulded cups lift the fabric off your eyes, and a padded nose panel fills the gap. Add silk instead of synthetic lining and you have something you can wear for eight hours without thinking about it.\n\nWhat 22 momme silk actually gives you\n\nMomme is the silk world's version of thread count. It measures weight rather than thread density, and the number tells you how much silk is in the fabric. Thin silk sits around 12 to 16 momme. Bedding silk usually lands between 19 and 25. At 22 momme this mask is firmly in the bedding range.\n\nTwo things come from that weight. The fabric blocks light better than a flimsy weave, and it drapes rather than crinkles. Lightweight silk can feel papery. Heavier silk feels like fabric.\n\nThe other thing silk gives you is low friction. Your face and hair slide across it instead of dragging, which is why silk pillowcases took off for the same reasons. A cotton mask can crease the skin around your eyes by morning. Silk is far less likely to.\n\nBoth faces here are silk, which is worth checking when you shop. A good number of masks look like silk on the outside and use polyester against your skin. The side that touches you is the side that matters.\n\nHow the contoured shape works\n\nLook at the mask side on and you will see two domes. Those are the eye cups, and they are deeper on this design than on a lot of budget contoured masks. Deeper cups mean more clearance between the lining and your lashes.\n\nThat clearance does three jobs. It stops the sensation of fabric on your lids, it lets you open your eyes inside the mask if you wake, and it leaves lash extensions alone. If you spend money on extensions, flattening them under a mask for eight hours a night is an expensive habit. The best contoured sleep mask designs give you room to spare.\n\nThere is a comfort benefit too. Air sits in that space, so the area around your eyes stays cooler than it would under a flat pad. People who find masks stuffy are often reacting to trapped heat rather than the mask itself.\n\nThe nose panel is the quiet hero\n\nIf you only compare one feature between masks, make it the nose. The padded panel on this one is shaped to follow the bridge of the nose and seal the triangle of space beside it.\n\nYou can test it yourself once it arrives. Put the mask on in a bright room, settle the panel against your nose, and look down. If you can see your cheeks, the panel is not seated. Nudge the mask up a few millimetres and ease the strap. Most people get a proper seal within a minute of fiddling.\n\nThis is also the part of a mask that varies most between faces. A shallow nose bridge seals easily. A high one needs the mask positioned slightly lower. Neither is a fault in the mask, it is just fit.\n\nThe strap, and why silk-wrapping matters\n\nAn adjustable elastic strap sounds like a small detail until you sleep on your side. Then the buckle ends up pinned between your skull and the pillow, and that is what wakes you.\n\nHere the elastic is wrapped in silk along its run, so the hardware is cushioned and the band itself glides over hair rather than grabbing it. Set the tension with the slider. Snug enough that the nose panel stays sealed, loose enough that you do not feel a line across your temples.\n\nA common mistake is overtightening. People assume a tight mask is a dark mask. It is not. Light comes in at the nose, not around the strap, so once the panel is seated you can back the tension right off.\n\nWho this suits\n\nShift workers get the most obvious benefit, because daylight sleeping is the hardest kind. So do people in apartments with thin curtains, anyone who shares a room with a partner on a different schedule, and frequent flyers dealing with cabin lighting.\n\nIt also suits two groups that usually struggle with masks. People with lash extensions, for the clearance. And people who simply cannot stand pressure on their eyes, which is more common than you might think.\n\nA lightweight eye mask for naps is a different purchase from a full-night mask, and this one does both reasonably well. At around 220 grams packaged, it goes in a bag without you noticing.\n\nChoosing between masks\n\nA few things worth weighing up before you commit.\n\nDepth of the cups is the main one. Shallow contoured masks exist and they are not much better than flat. If the photos show a barely raised profile, keep looking.\n\nFabric on the inside face. Silk against the skin, not a synthetic lining pretending to be silk.\n\nStrap style. Adjustable beats fixed, and a covered buckle beats a bare one if you sleep anywhere other than flat on your back.\n\nThen there is the practical question of care. Silk needs hand washing, and if you know you will not do that, a washable cotton mask might actually serve you better. Be honest with yourself about it.\n\nLooking after it\n\nHand wash in cool water with a mild detergent made for delicates. Swirl it, do not scrub. Rinse, then press the water out between a folded towel rather than wringing, which can distort the cups.\n\nDry flat and out of direct sun. Heat and UV both dull silk over time. Do not tumble dry and do not bleach.\n\nEvery week or two is a sensible washing rhythm. Push it longer if you go to bed with a clean face, shorten it if you use night creams or serums, since oils collect on the lining. Air it out during the day between washes and it stays fresher.\n\nStore it in its box or a soft pouch. The cups hold their shape better when they are not squashed under other things in a drawer.\n\nThe short version\n\nA good sleep mask is one you forget you are wearing. This one gets there by keeping fabric off your eyes with deep moulded cups, closing the light gap at your nose with a padded panel, and using 22 momme mulberry silk on both faces so the surface against your skin stays smooth and light.\n\nThe strap adjusts and is wrapped in silk, which solves the buckle problem that ruins most masks for side sleepers. It packs flat for travel and comes in a gift box, so it works as a present as easily as it does for yourself.\n\nSpend the first night adjusting the fit rather than judging it. Get the nose panel seated, ease the strap off, and see how dark it goes.", "llm_summary": "A pink contoured sleep mask made from 22 momme mulberry silk on both faces. The design uses deep 3D moulded eye cups that hold the fabric away from the eyelids, leaving room to blink and space for lash extensions, plus a padded nose panel that closes the gap at the bridge of the nose to reduce light leakage. The strap is adjustable elastic wrapped in silk to limit buckle pressure on the temple and hair. Supplied as a single mask in a gift box. Packaged dimensions are 24.2 x 10.9 x 4.7 cm at about 220 grams, country of origin China. Brand, certification, product weight on its own and exact mask dimensions are not specified in this record. Hand wash cool and dry flat.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-pink/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-pink/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/22-momme-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-pink.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "22-momme-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-burgundy", "sku": "22-momme-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-burgundy", "title": "Burgundy 22 Momme Mulberry Silk Sleep Mask", "slug": "22-momme-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-burgundy", "price": 111.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-burgundy/main-22-momme-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-burgundy.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-burgundy/22-momme-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-burgundy-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-burgundy/22-momme-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-burgundy-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-burgundy/22-momme-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-burgundy-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-burgundy/22-momme-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-burgundy-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-burgundy/22-momme-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-burgundy-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "A 3D contoured shape keeps the fabric off your lashes, the buckle strap adjusts to your head, and the smooth silk face feels cool and light all night.", "description": "The problem with most sleep masks\n\nYou buy a mask because the room is not dark enough. Then you discover a new set of problems. The elastic cuts a line into your head. The fabric presses on your eyelids until you can feel your own pulse. Light still creeps in beside your nose. By four in the morning the thing has slid up onto your forehead and you are no better off than you were before.\n\nNone of that is inevitable. It comes down to three things: what the mask is made of, what shape it is, and how it holds on. Get those right and you stop noticing the mask, which is the entire point.\n\nThis guide walks through each one, using a 22 momme mulberry silk mask in burgundy as the example. The same thinking applies whatever you end up buying.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nSilk is sold by momme, written as \"mm\" but pronounced \"mummy\". It is a weight measure. One momme is roughly 4.3 grams per square metre of fabric. So a higher number means more silk in the same area, which means a denser, heavier cloth.\n\nCheap silk masks often sit around 16 momme or lower. They feel fine in the shop and thin out quickly in the wash. Very heavy silk, up in the 30s, is lovely for bedding but starts to feel stiff when it has to curve around a face.\n\nTwenty-two momme is where most people land. It has enough body to drape properly and hold its shape, and it is still soft enough to sit lightly on skin. If you are comparing the best 22 momme silk sleep mask options, you are already shopping in the right band.\n\nThe grade matters too. Mulberry silk is graded by filament quality, topping out at 6A. A 6A fabric comes from long, even filaments, which is why it feels uniformly smooth rather than slightly nubby in patches.\n\nOne more thing worth checking on any listing. Is the silk on both sides? Plenty of masks use silk on the outer face and a synthetic lining underneath, where you cannot see it but your skin certainly can. The mask described here uses 6A mulberry silk on both faces.\n\nFlat versus contoured\n\nThis is the biggest single difference between masks, and it changes how the thing feels more than the fabric does.\n\nA flat mask is a panel of fabric on a strap. It lies directly on your eyelids. Some people genuinely like that gentle weight. Many do not, and if you wear lash extensions a flat mask will press them against your lids all night.\n\nA contoured mask has moulded cups that arch over each eye socket. The fabric never touches your lashes. You can open your eyes inside it and blink freely. The cups also create a deeper seal around the brow bone and the bridge of the nose, which is exactly where flat masks leak light.\n\nThat nose gap is the thing most people complain about. Lie on your back in a lit room wearing a flat mask and you will see a soft triangle of light down by your cheekbones. A contoured edge is shaped to close that off.\n\nThe trade-off is bulk. Contoured masks have depth, so they take up a bit more room in a bag and side sleepers sometimes feel the edge against the pillow at first. In practice most people stop noticing within a few nights.\n\nIf you are after the best contoured sleep mask for genuine darkness rather than just a bit of shade, the shape is doing most of the work.\n\nHow it holds on\n\nStraps fall into two camps. Plain elastic, or an adjustable strap with a buckle or slider.\n\nPlain elastic is cheaper to make and it is fine until it is not. New elastic is often too tight, which is where forehead marks come from. Old elastic is too loose, which is why the mask ends up around your neck by morning. You have no say either way.\n\nAn adjustable strap lets you set the tension once and forget it. You want it snug enough that it does not shift when you roll over, loose enough that you cannot feel pressure. There is a surprisingly wide gap between those two points, and finding it is the difference between a mask you wear and a mask that lives in a drawer.\n\nA silk-wrapped strap is worth having if you sleep on your side, because you will be lying on it. Bare elastic against the ear or temple gets uncomfortable in a way that a soft covering does not.\n\nThe mask here uses a buckle on a silk-wrapped strap, adjustable across adult head sizes. Set it in good light the first time rather than fumbling with it at bedtime.\n\nWho it suits\n\nLight sleepers are the obvious group. If a streetlight through a gap in the curtains is enough to wake you, a proper blackout mask is a cheaper fix than new curtains.\n\nShift workers have the hardest version of the problem, because daylight is far brighter than anything indoors. A contoured mask helps a great deal, though pairing it with a blind helps more. Anyone hunting for the best blackout eye mask for day sleeping should plan on using both.\n\nTravellers benefit for a different reason. Cabin lighting, airport lounges and unfamiliar hotel rooms are all out of your control, and a mask you can fold into a pouch gives you back a small piece of that control. Keep it in the carry-on, not the checked bag.\n\nPeople with lash extensions, or anyone who just hates pressure on their eyes, should go contoured without much further thought.\n\nAnd it is a practical gift. There is no sizing to guess at with an adjustable strap, and a mask that comes boxed with its own pouch does not need wrapping.\n\nLooking after silk\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it is particular. The rules are short.\n\nHand wash only, in cool water, with a detergent made for delicates. Wool wash works. Regular laundry powder does not, because the enzymes in it break down protein fibres, and silk is a protein fibre.\n\nDo not wring it. Lay the mask on a clean towel, roll the towel up and press. That gets most of the water out without stressing the fabric or the seams around the cups.\n\nDry flat, at room temperature, out of direct sun. Sunlight fades dyes and weakens silk. Heat does the same thing faster, so skip the dryer and the radiator.\n\nWash it about once a week, more if you use oils or heavy night creams. Residue builds up and dulls the surface, and once a mask feels grubby you stop reaching for it.\n\nBetween uses, put it in its pouch. A bedside drawer has more grit in it than you would think, and a bag definitely does.\n\nThe short version\n\nLook for 22 momme or thereabouts, mulberry silk on both faces, and a decent grade. Choose a contoured shape if you want real darkness or you wear lash extensions. Insist on an adjustable strap, and pick a soft covered one if you sleep on your side. Wash it by hand in cool water and dry it flat.\n\nDo that and the mask disappears. You put it on, the room goes dark, and you stop thinking about it, which is the only review a sleep mask ever really needs.", "llm_summary": "This is a burgundy sleep mask made from 100% 6A grade mulberry silk at 22 momme on both the inner and outer faces. It uses a 3D contoured cup design that holds the fabric away from the eyes, allowing the wearer to blink freely and avoiding pressure on lash extensions, and it is shaped to block out light. The strap is silk-wrapped with a buckle closure, adjustable to different head sizes. The product is a single mask, supplied with a travel pouch in a gift box. Package dimensions are 26.29 x 12.19 x 3.2 cm with a package weight of 200 grams. Care is hand wash only. Country of origin is China. Brand, GTIN and mask-only weight are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/22-momme-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-burgundy/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/22-momme-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-burgundy/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/22-momme-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-burgundy.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "22-momme-silk-eye-mask-black", "sku": "22-momme-silk-eye-mask-black", "title": "Black 22 Momme Silk Eye Mask", "slug": "22-momme-silk-eye-mask-black", "price": 61.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-silk-eye-mask-black/main-22-momme-silk-eye-mask-black.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-silk-eye-mask-black/22-momme-silk-eye-mask-black-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-silk-eye-mask-black/22-momme-silk-eye-mask-black-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-silk-eye-mask-black/22-momme-silk-eye-mask-black-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-silk-eye-mask-black/22-momme-silk-eye-mask-black-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-silk-eye-mask-black/22-momme-silk-eye-mask-black-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-silk-eye-mask-black/22-momme-silk-eye-mask-black-7.jpg" ], "description_short": "Mulberry silk on both sides, a shaped nose panel to close the light gap and an adjustable hook and loop strap that sits flat on the back of your head.", "description": "The light you stopped noticing\n\nMost people adjust to the light in their bedroom without realising it. The standby LED on the television. The streetlight that finds the inch of gap between the curtain and the wall. The hallway light someone leaves on. None of it feels like a problem while you are awake. It becomes a problem at two in the morning when you surface, see the glow, and your brain decides that counts as information.\n\nA sleep mask is a small, cheap, low-effort fix for a very specific thing. It does not help with noise, a hot room, or a racing mind. It does one job, and if light is what is waking you, it does that job better than almost anything else you can buy for the price of a takeaway dinner.\n\nThe catch is that masks vary enormously. A free airline mask is a rectangle of thin polyester on an elastic string. It slides, it leaks light at the nose, and it sticks to your face by the end of the night. A properly made silk mask is a different object, and the differences are worth understanding before you spend money.\n\nWhat momme means, in plain terms\n\nSilk is sold by momme. It is a weight measure, roughly the number of pounds a specific bolt size would weigh, and the practical takeaway is simple. Low momme means thin and light. High momme means dense and substantial.\n\nSilk used for scarves and linings often sits around 12 to 16 momme. Quality silk bedding tends to land between 19 and 25. This mask is 22 momme, which puts it in that bedding range rather than the scarf range. You can feel the difference immediately. Lower momme silk has a slight papery quality and lets more light through when you hold it to a lamp. At 22 momme the fabric has body, blocks more on its own, and holds up better to being washed and squashed into a suitcase.\n\nBoth faces of this mask are mulberry silk, and the filling inside is silk as well. That matters more than it sounds. Plenty of masks use a nice fabric on the outside and a cheap synthetic wadding in the middle, which is the part that actually touches you once the outer layer compresses. Here the whole sandwich is the same fibre.\n\nThe nose gap is the whole game\n\nIf you have ever worn a mask and still seen a wedge of light at the bottom of your vision, you have met the nose gap. A flat piece of fabric cannot sit against both the bridge of your nose and your cheeks at the same time. It bridges across, and daylight walks straight in underneath.\n\nThis mask is shaped at the nose to close that gap. That is the single feature that separates a mask that works from a mask you give up on. When you first put it on, spend thirty seconds getting it right. Settle the nose section down against the bridge, then tighten the strap. You should be looking at black rather than a grey strip at the bottom.\n\nHow complete the blackout feels will vary a little with face shape, because faces vary a lot. Most people find they get a genuinely dark field once the strap is set properly. If you can still see light, loosen the strap, reseat the nose area, and re-tighten rather than just pulling harder.\n\nWhy the strap matters more than people expect\n\nMasks fail on fit far more often than they fail on fabric. Three common problems come up.\n\nElastic that is too tight gives you a headache and leaves a line across your face. Elastic that is too loose rides up over your forehead by morning. And a buckle or plastic slider on the back of the strap becomes a small hard lump that you lie on all night if you sleep on your side.\n\nThis mask uses a hook and loop strap with no buckle. You set the length once, press it closed, and that is that. The back of your head meets a flat band and nothing else. If you are hunting for the best silk eye mask for side sleepers, that absence of hardware is the specification to look for, more than any fabric claim.\n\nIt also means one mask can suit different people. A partner with a larger or smaller head can reset it in a second, which is handy if you share a travel kit.\n\nWho this suits\n\nTravellers are the obvious group. At around 60 grams packed, the mask vanishes into a carry-on. Cabin lights come on at odd hours, window shades get opened by the person in 32A, and a mask gives you back some control. The best travel eye mask is simply the one you actually have with you, and something this light clears that bar.\n\nShift workers are the other big group. Sleeping through daylight is hard, and curtains alone rarely finish the job. Pairing blockout curtains with a proper blackout mask gets you much closer to real darkness than either on its own.\n\nThen there are people in ordinary bedrooms with ordinary light problems. Apartment living, a partner who reads later than you, summer mornings that start at half five. A mask is a lot cheaper than new window treatments.\n\nIt also works for naps and quiet time. Twenty minutes of dark in the middle of a bright afternoon is a reasonable reason to own one.\n\nHow to choose between masks\n\nA few practical points to compare when you are looking at options.\n\nCheck the silk content on both sides, not just the front. A mask advertised as silk sometimes means one printed silk face and a polyester back. Check the fill too.\n\nLook at the momme number. If it is not stated, the fabric is usually on the lighter side. A stated 22 momme tells you what you are getting.\n\nLook for a shaped nose. Flat rectangles are cheaper for a reason.\n\nCheck the closure style against your sleeping position. Buckles are fine for back sleepers and irritating for side sleepers.\n\nAnd think about colour honestly. Black hides makeup residue and skincare marks better than a pale shade, which is one of the quiet reasons it stays the most popular choice.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it is not indestructible either. The routine is short.\n\nHand wash in cool water with a detergent made for delicates. Hot water and ordinary laundry powder are the two things that age silk fastest. Do not bleach, do not soak it for an hour, and do not wring it out. Squeeze the water through it gently, then roll it in a towel and press.\n\nDry it flat, out of direct sun. Sun fades and weakens silk over time, and a windowsill is the worst place to leave it. If it needs a press, use the coolest iron setting with a cloth in between.\n\nOne small habit makes a real difference. Close the hook and loop strap before washing. The hook side will grab at silk if it is left open and tumbling around in water.\n\nWashed every week or two and dried properly, a mask like this stays in good shape for a long run of nights.\n\nThe short version\n\nIf light is interrupting your sleep, a mask is the cheapest fix available. The things that make one worth owning are a dense fabric, silk on both faces and in the filling, a shaped nose section that closes the light gap, and a strap you can adjust with nothing hard on the back of your head. This one has all four, in plain black, at about 60 grams packed.\n\nSet the fit properly the first night, hand wash it when it needs it, and keep it in the bedside drawer or the travel bag. That is genuinely all there is to it.", "llm_summary": "A black sleep mask made from 22 momme mulberry silk on both faces with a silk filling. The listing describes complete blackout as a feature, helped by a shaped nose section that reduces light leaking along the bridge of the nose. The closure is a hook and loop strap with no buckle, adjustable to a range of adult head sizes and flat enough for side sleepers. Colour is solid black with no pattern. The pack contains one mask. Package dimensions are 24.2 x 13.6 x 1.9 cm and package weight is about 60 grams. Country of origin is China. Brand, GTIN, MPN, product weight and a separate certification record are not specified in this record. Care is gentle hand washing and flat drying.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/22-momme-silk-eye-mask-black/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/22-momme-silk-eye-mask-black/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/22-momme-silk-eye-mask-black.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers", "sku": "22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers", "title": "22 Momme Silk Sleep Mask for Side Sleepers", "slug": "22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers", "price": 103.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "134 g", "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers/main-22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers/22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers/22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers/22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers/22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers/22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Silk on both sides, a 3D contoured nose panel, a wide cushioned band and a hook-and-loop closure that adjusts to any head size.", "description": "The problem with most eye masks\n\nBuy a cheap eye mask and you get a flat rectangle of fabric on a thin elastic loop. On your back, it is fine. The trouble starts the moment you roll onto your side.\n\nThree things go wrong. The flat panel presses straight onto your eyelids and lashes. The thin elastic lands under your ear and starts to dig in. And the gap beside your nose opens up, letting in exactly the light you bought the mask to block.\n\nThat last one is the one people notice at 5am. You wake up because a stripe of daylight has found its way under the edge, and the mask you are wearing is doing nothing about it.\n\nA side sleeper silk sleep mask is designed around those three failures. It is shaped rather than flat, banded rather than strung on elastic, and it has a panel that follows the line of the nose.\n\nHow a contoured mask works\n\nThe term \"3D contoured\" sounds like marketing, but the idea is simple. Instead of a flat sheet of fabric lying on your face, the mask is formed with a slight dome over each eye. That leaves a pocket of space in front of the eyelids.\n\nTwo things follow from that. First, nothing presses on your lids, so you can open and close your eyes under the mask without the fabric rubbing. People with lash extensions or anyone who wears makeup to bed care about this a lot. Second, that raised edge gives the mask a rim that sits against the brow, cheekbone and nose rather than floating across them.\n\nThe nose wing extends that rim downward beside the bridge of the nose. On a flat mask, this is the weak point. The bridge of your nose is higher than your cheeks, so a flat panel bridges across it and leaves two triangular gaps underneath. The wing drops into those gaps.\n\nThe cushioned band is the third piece. A wide band spreads the holding pressure across a broader area of the head. A thin elastic concentrates it into a line, which is why thin-strap masks leave a mark and feel tight after an hour. The band on this mask is wide and padded, and it closes with hook and loop so you set the tension yourself.\n\nWhy silk, and what momme means\n\nSilk gets talked about a lot in bedding, sometimes with claims that go well past what the fabric actually does. Here is the plain version.\n\nSilk is a smooth filament fibre. Cotton and most synthetics are made from shorter, rougher fibres that create more surface texture. Skin and hair slide over silk with less friction than over cotton. That is a measurable property of the fabric, not a health claim.\n\nSilk also does not hold heat against the skin the way a dense synthetic can. The supplier lists this mask as soft, breathable and cool, and those are reasonable descriptions of what a silk surface feels like against the face.\n\nMomme, written mm and pronounced \"mommy\", is the weight measure for silk. It tells you how dense the fabric is. Lower momme silks are thin and sheer. Higher momme silks are heavier and more opaque. A 22 momme silk sits in the range most people would call proper bedding weight, substantial enough to feel like fabric rather than a scarf.\n\nThis mask uses silk on both sides. That matters because plenty of masks put a silk face on the outside and a cheaper lining against your skin, where it actually touches you. Both surfaces here are silk, with a cushioned layer sandwiched between them to give the mask its shape and block light.\n\nWho it suits\n\nSide sleepers are the obvious group. If you have given up on eye masks because they shift the moment you turn, the low profile and the wide band are the two features that change the result.\n\nIt also suits anyone sleeping somewhere they cannot control the light. Hotel rooms with curtains that do not quite meet. Long haul flights. A spare room with a street light outside the window. The best silk eye mask for travel is one that packs flat and comes with a bag, and this one does both at 134 g.\n\nShift workers are a third group. Daytime sleep is harder because the light is coming from every direction, not just one lamp. Better edge coverage around the nose and cheeks makes a real difference there.\n\nIf you share a bed with someone who reads late or gets up early, a mask is often a simpler fix than negotiating over lamps.\n\nThere is one group it does not suit. It is listed for adults, and both the panel size and the band length reflect that. On a child it will be loose and will not seal.\n\nHow to choose and set the fit\n\nIf you are comparing masks, there are four things worth checking.\n\nLook at the profile. A contoured mask will show a visible dome in the product photos. A flat one looks like a padded rectangle. If you sleep on your side, you want the contoured one.\n\nLook at the strap. A wide band with an adjustable closure holds better and marks less than a thin elastic loop. Hook and loop lets you fine tune, and unlike elastic it does not lose tension over months of use.\n\nLook at what touches your face. Silk on both sides is better than silk on one. Check the listing rather than the headline wording.\n\nLook at the nose area. If there is no shaped wing or dip there, you will get light leakage at the bottom edge.\n\nSetting the fit takes a minute. Put the mask on sitting up, with the contours centred over your eyes, then pull the band until it is snug but not tight. A good test is to turn your head left and right fairly quickly. If the mask stays put and you cannot feel pressure on your temples, you have it right. Most people need one or two tries before they stop adjusting it.\n\nLooking after it\n\nThe care instruction is hand wash only. Do not shortcut this one. A machine cycle is hard on silk and harder on the cushioned inner layer, and it tends to pull the hook-and-loop closure out of shape.\n\nCool water, a small amount of detergent made for delicates, and a gentle squeeze is all it needs. Do not wring it. Press the water out in a towel, then lay it flat to dry somewhere out of direct sun. Fasten the closure before you wash so the hooks do not catch the silk.\n\nEvery week or two is a sensible washing rhythm if you wear it nightly, more often if you use oils or night creams. If you want to keep one in the suitcase permanently, a second mask makes the rotation simple.\n\nStore it in the pouch it comes with. Loose in a drawer or a handbag it will pick up lint and catch on things.\n\nThe short version\n\nIf you sleep on your side and flat masks keep failing you, the fix is shape, not thickness. A contoured panel keeps pressure off your eyelids, a nose wing closes the gap where light gets in, and a wide adjustable band holds the whole thing in place when you turn over.\n\nThis one is silk on both sides at 22 momme, in Midnight Blue, with a hook-and-loop closure that suits most adult head sizes. It weighs 134 g and comes boxed with a carry bag, which makes it easy to pack and easy to give.\n\nHand wash it, dry it flat, keep it in its pouch, and it will go on doing its job for a long time.", "llm_summary": "This is a 22 momme contoured silk sleep mask made for side sleepers, listed in Midnight Blue. The supplier record states silk on both sides, a 3D contoured shape with a nose wing, a wide cushioned band and a hook-and-loop closure for adjustable fit. Stated material features are soft, breathable and cool. Product dimensions are 69.01 x 0.99 x 11.51 cm and item weight is 134 g. The model number is 510020-LB-ED01_MB and country of origin is China. Care is hand wash only. It is supplied as a single mask, pack of one, for adults, and comes in a gift box with a carry bag. Brand, GTIN and warranty are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/22-momme-silk-sleep-mask-for-side-sleepers.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "3d-contoured-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask", "sku": "3d-contoured-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask", "title": "3D Contoured Mulberry Silk Sleep Mask", "slug": "3d-contoured-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask", "price": 129.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "0.07 kg", "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/3d-contoured-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask/main-3d-contoured-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/3d-contoured-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask/3d-contoured-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/3d-contoured-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask/3d-contoured-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/3d-contoured-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask/3d-contoured-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-4.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from pure mulberry silk with a moulded eye cavity, a pull-on fit and a soft travel pouch, it shuts out light on planes, night shifts and bright summer mornings.", "description": "The problem with waking up at 5am\n\nLight is a blunt instrument. It does not care that you went to bed at midnight or that you finished a night shift at seven in the morning. The sun comes up, a sliver of it finds the gap in your curtains, and your body starts the process of waking whether you are ready or not.\n\nMost people try to fix this with the room first. Heavier curtains, a blind, a towel over the window. Those help, but they are expensive, they do not travel, and they do nothing for the glow from a smoke alarm or a partner's phone. An eye mask solves the problem at the source, which is your eyes, and it costs a fraction of blockout curtains.\n\nThe catch is that a lot of eye masks are unpleasant to wear. A flat panel of fabric sits directly on your lids. You blink, you feel it, and the sensation nags at you right when you are trying to stop thinking. Add an elastic strap with a plastic buckle and you have something that also digs into your skull the moment you roll onto your side. Plenty of masks get taken off at 2am and found on the floor in the morning.\n\nHow a 3D contoured mask works\n\nA contoured mask changes one thing, and it is the thing that matters most. Instead of a flat face, the eye area is moulded into two cups. When the mask is on, those cups arch over your eye sockets and rest on the bone around them: the brow, the sides of the nose, the top of the cheek. The fabric never touches your lids.\n\nThat small pocket of air does a few useful things. You can blink and open your eyes freely under the mask, which stops the mild claustrophobia some people feel with flat masks. Nothing presses on lashes, so they do not get bent sideways overnight. And because less fabric is sitting on your skin, the area under the mask stays cooler.\n\nThis particular mask pairs that shape with silk and a pull-on closure. The silk face is smooth, so it glides across the skin around the eyes rather than tugging at it the way a stiffer woven fabric might. It also breathes, which is part of why a silk mask feels less sweaty on a warm night than a padded synthetic one. The pull-on fit means there is nothing hard at the back of your head. You slip it on, nudge the cups into place, and leave it alone.\n\nAt about 70 grams, it is light enough to forget. The packed size of roughly 30.1 by 14.5 by 3.1 cm is small enough that it disappears into a carry-on or a bedside drawer.\n\nWho it suits\n\nSide sleepers. This is the group that struggles most with masks. Anything rigid at the back of the head becomes a pressure point against the pillow. A pull-on band with no buckle removes that problem entirely.\n\nTravellers. Cabin lights, window shades going up for breakfast service, airport lounges and overnight buses all involve light you cannot control. A light, packable mask is the simplest fix. If you are hunting for the best silk eye mask for travel, prioritise low weight and no hard parts over anything else.\n\nShift workers. Sleeping in daylight is the hardest version of this problem. A mask alone will not do everything, but combined with a dark room it makes a real difference to how long you stay asleep.\n\nAnyone with lash extensions. The whole reason a 3D shape exists is to keep fabric off the lashes. If you have spent money on extensions, a flat mask pressing them against your lids every night is working against you.\n\nLight sleepers generally. If you wake at the first hint of dawn in summer, this is a cheap experiment with a decent hit rate.\n\nHow to choose between masks\n\nA few things are worth checking before you buy anything in this category.\n\nShape. Flat masks are cheaper and pack smaller. Contoured masks are more comfortable and better for lashes. If you have ever taken a mask off in your sleep, go contoured.\n\nClosure. Buckles and sliders are adjustable but create pressure points. Pull-on bands are simpler and kinder to side sleepers, with the trade-off that you cannot fine-tune the tension. This mask is a pull-on.\n\nFabric. Silk is smooth, breathable and light. Cotton is cheaper but can feel rougher on thin eye-area skin. Foam with a synthetic cover blocks light well but traps heat. For the best mulberry silk eye mask experience, you want the silk on the side that actually touches your face.\n\nWeight. Under 100 grams is comfortable for most people. Anything heavier starts to feel like equipment rather than bedding.\n\nNose fit. This is where masks vary most, because noses vary most. A contoured mask with a shaped nose area usually seals better than a flat one, but no mask is identical on every face. If you need complete darkness, test it against a bright lamp before you rely on it.\n\nLooking after silk\n\nSilk is not difficult, it just does not like being treated like a tea towel.\n\nHand wash only. Cool water, a small amount of detergent made for delicates, and a gentle squeeze rather than a scrub. Do not bleach it and do not leave it soaking. Rinse until the water runs clear.\n\nTo dry, press the mask between a clean towel to take most of the water out. Do not wring it, because twisting distorts the moulded eye cups. While it is still damp, push the cups back into shape with your fingers, then lay it flat somewhere out of direct sun and away from heaters. Tumble dryers are not an option here.\n\nWash it every week or two in normal use. Wash sooner if you use rich night creams or go to bed with makeup on, since oils build up on the inside face faster than you would think. If the mask ever needs pressing, use the coolest iron setting on the back of the fabric and keep well clear of the contoured section.\n\nStore it flat or loosely in its pouch rather than crushed at the bottom of a bag. The cups keep their shape better that way.\n\nA realistic expectation\n\nA mask is one part of sleeping well, not the whole thing. It handles light. It does not handle noise, a hot room, caffeine at 4pm or a brain that will not stop running through tomorrow's list. If light is genuinely what wakes you, a good mask can be the single cheapest improvement you make to your sleep. If it is something else, be honest about that before you expect miracles.\n\nIt also takes a few nights to get used to. The first night with anything on your face feels odd. Most people stop noticing by night three.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a 3D contoured sleep mask in silk, black, solid pattern, sold singly. The moulded eye cups hold fabric off your lids and lashes. The pull-on closure means nothing digs into the back of your head when you turn over. It weighs about 70 grams and packs into a small space, so it travels easily. Care is hand wash only, dry flat, reshape the cups while damp.\n\nIf you sleep on your side, fly often, work nights, or simply wake up earlier than you want to in summer, it is a straightforward thing to try. Orders ship by tracked courier from Australian warehouses, most arrive in 5 to 10 working days, delivery is free NZ-wide over NZ$175, and returns are open for 14 days from delivery on unused, unwashed items.", "llm_summary": "A 3D contoured sleep mask made from silk, sold as a single mask in black with a solid pattern. The moulded eye cavity holds the fabric away from the lids and lashes, and the mask uses a simple pull-on closure with no buckles or clips. Item weight is about 0.07 kg and the package measures 30.1 x 14.5 x 3.1 cm. Material features are listed as natural, and the special feature is the 3D contoured construction. Care is hand wash only. The model name and number are both SILK-SLEEP-MASK and it is listed for all ages. Brand, country of origin, momme weight and exact strap dimensions are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/3d-contoured-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/3d-contoured-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/3d-contoured-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "adjustable-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-navy-pink", "sku": "adjustable-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-navy-pink", "title": "Adjustable Mulberry Silk Sleep Mask 2 Pack (Navy Blue & Pink)", "slug": "adjustable-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-navy-pink", "price": 77.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/adjustable-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-navy-pink/main-adjustable-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-navy-pink.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/adjustable-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-navy-pink/adjustable-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-navy-pink-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/adjustable-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-navy-pink/adjustable-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-navy-pink-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/adjustable-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-navy-pink/adjustable-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-navy-pink-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/adjustable-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-navy-pink/adjustable-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-navy-pink-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/adjustable-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-navy-pink/adjustable-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-navy-pink-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Made from 100% mulberry silk on both sides with an adjustable buckle strap, a lightweight build and a small storage bag, so one mask stays home and one lives in your bag.", "description": "The problem with most sleep masks\n\nAlmost everyone who buys a sleep mask buys a second one. The first is usually abandoned in a drawer within a month, and the reasons are always the same. It was too hot. The elastic cut into the back of the head. It slid off at two in the morning. The padding pushed against the eyelashes. Or it simply let light in down the side of the nose, which defeats the entire point.\n\nA mask is one of the few sleep products where small details decide whether you use it. There is no middle ground. Either it disappears on your face and you forget about it, or it bothers you enough that you take it off without really waking up.\n\nThat is the lens to use when looking at this one. It is two masks made of 100% mulberry silk on both sides, with an adjustable buckle strap and almost no weight to it. Every one of those choices targets a specific reason people give up on masks.\n\nWhy silk, and why both sides matter\n\nSilk is a smooth fibre. Compared with a woven cotton or a brushed polyester, there is less drag between the fabric and your skin or hair. You feel it most when you turn over. A rougher mask catches and tugs. Silk slides.\n\nThe detail worth paying attention to is which parts are silk. A lot of masks on the market use an attractive silk-look outer and a cheaper lining. The lining is the side that spends eight hours against your eyelids, so a silk outer with a synthetic inner is mostly a photograph. This pack specifies 100% mulberry silk on both faces, which is the configuration you want when you are comparing options and trying to work out what makes the best mulberry silk eye mask.\n\nSilk is also breathable, which is listed among the material features here. That matters if you run hot. The classic complaint about a padded contoured mask is that the area around the eyes gets warm and slightly damp by morning. A thin, breathable fabric does not create that pocket of trapped air in the first place.\n\nOne honest note. The momme weight, which is the standard way silk density is measured, is not specified in this product record. If momme is something you track closely when buying silk, take that into account.\n\nThe strap is the part people get wrong\n\nStrap style decides comfort more than fabric does, and it is the thing most shoppers skip past.\n\nThere are three common approaches. A sewn elastic loop is cheapest and has no adjustment at all, so it either fits you or it does not. A velcro strap adjusts well but can catch hair and tends to get noisy and furry with age. A buckle, which is what this mask uses, sits in between. You set it once to your head size and then it holds that setting indefinitely without any hook-and-loop to snag.\n\nThe practical advantage shows up in two situations. First, sharing. A buckle means the same mask can move between a partner, a teenager and a guest without anyone having to stretch it out permanently. Second, position. The tension that feels right lying flat on a pillow is usually tighter than what feels right sitting upright in an aircraft seat with a headrest pressing from behind. With a buckle you can slide it a centimetre either way in a second.\n\nIf you have been looking for the best adjustable sleep mask, the question to ask is not whether it adjusts but whether the adjustment stays put. Buckles stay put.\n\nWeight, and why 41 grams is the headline number\n\nThe pack weight listed is 41 grams, and that is the whole pack as it ships. A single mask, on your face, registers as close to nothing a few minutes after you put it on.\n\nLow weight solves a few problems at once. There is no padded dome pressing into your brow bone. There is no need for a thick strap to hold a heavy front piece in place, so nothing digs into the back of your head. And when you pack it, it folds flat into a corner of a bag rather than taking up the space of a rolled pair of socks.\n\nThis is exactly why thin silk masks dominate lists of the best silk eye mask for travel. A contoured foam mask protects your lashes nicely but it is bulky, it holds its shape in your luggage and it traps heat in a warm cabin. A flat silk mask squashes, recovers and breathes.\n\nWho this suits\n\nSide sleepers do well with a flat mask. There is nothing rigid to press between your cheek and the pillow, which is the usual failure point for anyone searching for the best sleep mask for side sleepers.\n\nShift workers and day sleepers are the other obvious group. Daylight through curtains is harder to beat than a streetlight, and the listed blackout feature combined with a strap you can tighten properly is what gets you there. If you work nights, the realistic setup is a mask plus a quiet room, and a mask is the cheaper half of that equation.\n\nTravellers get use out of the two-pack structure in a way one mask cannot deliver. One lives in the suitcase permanently, so it is never forgotten, and one stays on the bedside table at home.\n\nCouples and flatmates benefit from the two colours. Navy blue and pink are easy to tell apart at 6am, which stops the usual argument about whose mask is on the floor.\n\nPeople who sleep warm should like the breathable silk more than foam. People who want total eye-space, meaning no fabric touching the lashes at all, should know that a flat mask does rest lightly on the eye area. If that bothers you, a contoured mask is the different tool for that job.\n\nHow to get the fit right on night one\n\nPut it on sitting up, with the buckle fairly loose. Lie down on your back and slide the buckle until the edges of the mask meet your skin along the nose and cheekbones without any squeezing. Then roll onto your side and check that it has not shifted. Most people need one more small adjustment at that point.\n\nCheck for light at the bottom corners, next to the nose. That is where leaks happen. A slight downward tilt of the mask usually closes the gap better than yanking the strap tighter.\n\nIf you wake up with a line across your temples, the strap was too tight, not too loose. Loosen it slightly. The mask does not need pressure to work, it needs contact.\n\nLooking after it\n\nHand wash only. That is the one hard rule, and it is listed in the product details.\n\nCool water, a small amount of mild detergent, and gentle movement for a minute or two. Rinse until the water runs clear. Do not wring it out, because twisting is what breaks down fine silk fibres fastest. Lay it on a clean towel, press, then dry flat somewhere out of direct sun and away from a heater or dryer.\n\nEvery week or two is a sensible washing rhythm for nightly use. If you apply moisturiser or oils before bed, wash it more often, since product residue builds up in the fabric and dulls it.\n\nBetween uses, the included storage bag earns its keep. Loose in a drawer, silk finds zips, hair clips and watch bands. In the bag it stays snag-free and clean, and it also stops the two masks from being separated.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a two-pack of 100% mulberry silk sleep masks, navy blue and pink, with an adjustable buckle strap, a light weight and a storage bag included. The silk is on both sides, which is the detail that separates a mask you keep from a mask you photograph.\n\nIt suits side sleepers, travellers, shift workers and anyone who has given up on padded masks because they get hot or leave marks. Care is simple as long as you stick to hand washing in cool water and drying flat.\n\nIf you want one mask by the bed and one that lives permanently in your bag, a pair makes a lot more sense than buying the same thing twice.", "llm_summary": "A two-pack of adjustable sleep masks in navy blue and pink, made from 100% mulberry silk on both sides. Each mask uses a buckle closure on an adjustable strap so the fit can be set for most head sizes. Listed features are an adjustable strap, breathability, complete blackout and light weight. The pattern is solid and the material is described as soft, breathable, lightweight and natural. Packaged dimensions are 23.19 x 11.71 x 2.59 cm with a package weight of 41 grams, and a storage bag is included. Care is hand wash only. Country of origin is China. Brand, GTIN, momme weight, individual mask dimensions and product-only weight are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/adjustable-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-navy-pink/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/adjustable-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-navy-pink/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/adjustable-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-navy-pink.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "black-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-side-sleepers", "sku": "black-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-side-sleepers", "title": "Black 19 Momme Silk Eye Mask for Side Sleepers", "slug": "black-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-side-sleepers", "price": 61.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-side-sleepers/main-black-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-side-sleepers.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-side-sleepers/black-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-side-sleepers-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-side-sleepers/black-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-side-sleepers-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-side-sleepers/black-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-side-sleepers-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-side-sleepers/black-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-side-sleepers-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/black-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-side-sleepers/black-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-side-sleepers-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Generously sized with a contoured nose panel, soft ear coverage and a long adjustable strap, this mulberry silk sleep mask blocks light without pressing on your eyes.", "description": "The problem with most eye masks\n\nYou buy one, you try it for a week, and then it ends up in a drawer. That is the standard life cycle of a cheap sleep mask. There are usually three reasons it fails.\n\nThe first is light leak. Thin fabric glows when the sun hits it, and almost every flat mask leaves a gap beside the nose where a thin wedge of daylight gets in. Once you notice that wedge, you cannot unnotice it.\n\nThe second is pressure. A padded mask that sits directly on your eyelids feels fine for ten minutes and uncomfortable by hour three. If you sleep on your side, the pillow pushes the mask harder into your face, which makes it worse.\n\nThe third is friction. Cotton and polyester masks grip your skin. When you roll over, the mask does not roll with you, it bunches and pulls and eventually slides up your forehead.\n\nA contoured silk mask answers all three. It is worth understanding how, so you can judge whether this one suits your sleep.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nSilk is sold by momme, written as mm in some listings. It is a weight measure, not a quality grade exactly, but weight correlates closely with how a silk behaves. Low momme silks, say 12 or 13, are light and translucent. They drape beautifully and they are cheaper, but held up to a window they let a surprising amount of light through.\n\nAt 19 momme you are into the range used for good pillowcases and sleepwear. The fabric has body. It holds a shape. Light does not pass through a single layer the way it does with thin silk. For an eye mask, where the whole point is darkness, that weight does real work.\n\nThe other quality of silk that matters here is the surface. Silk fibre is smooth at a microscopic level, so fabric made from it has low friction against skin. When this mask shifts a few millimetres as you turn, it slides rather than catching. That is the difference between a mask you forget you are wearing and one that keeps waking you.\n\nSilk is also listed here as breathable and moisture-wicking. If you run warm at night, a synthetic mask can feel clammy against the face within an hour. Silk moves moisture away instead of holding it.\n\nWhy the contoured shape matters for side sleepers\n\nA flat mask is a rectangle of fabric sitting directly on your face. It touches your eyelids, your lashes, everything. It works well enough on your back. Turn onto your side and the pillow becomes the problem, because now there is a load pressing the mask into your eye socket.\n\nA 3D contoured mask is moulded into two shallow cups. Those cups create a pocket of air over each eye. You can open your eyes inside the mask and feel nothing touching them. When you roll onto your side, the structure takes the pressure rather than passing it to your eyelid.\n\nThat structure is also what gives this mask its seal. The nose panel is shaped to follow the bridge of the nose, pressing into the curve rather than bridging over it. The side panels run wide, out towards the ears, so there is no gap at the temples. The result is a mask that keeps the dark in from every angle, not just straight on.\n\nAnyone shopping for the best contoured sleep mask is really shopping for this combination: structure that resists pressure, plus coverage that follows the shape of a face.\n\nWho it suits\n\nSide and stomach sleepers. This is the group a flat mask lets down most. If you have tried masks before and given up because of eye pressure, the contoured build is the thing to try next.\n\nShift workers. Sleeping at two in the afternoon is a different challenge from sleeping at midnight. Blackout curtains help, but they rarely seal completely. A mask with a good nose contour finishes the job.\n\nTravellers. At 100 grams packaged, it goes in the carry-on without thought. Daytime flights and bright cabins are exactly where a blackout mask earns its place, and the soft ear panels take a little of the engine drone out of the picture.\n\nAnyone sensitive around the eyes. If you wear lash extensions, or you simply dislike fabric touching your eyelids, the contour keeps everything clear.\n\nLight sleepers in shared rooms. A partner reading, a hallway light, a phone screen. The wide coverage handles all of it.\n\nHow to choose and set it up\n\nStart with the fit of the strap. This is where most people go wrong. The instinct is to pull it tight so the mask cannot move, but a tight strap creates pressure points at the temples and a crease across the forehead. Set it so the mask holds its position when you turn your head side to side, and no tighter. The long adjustable strap on this mask gives you plenty of range to find that point.\n\nNext, seat the nose panel properly. Settle the contour into the bridge of your nose before you lie down, rather than pulling the mask on and hoping. Ten seconds of adjustment here removes almost all the light leak people complain about.\n\nThen give it a few nights. Any new sleep accessory feels odd at first, and a mask is no exception. Most people adapt within three or four nights, and after that they notice its absence more than its presence.\n\nIf you share a bed and your partner wants one too, note that this pack contains a single mask. Order accordingly.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is not difficult, it just does not like heat and harsh chemicals.\n\nWash it in cool water, either by hand or on a gentle machine cycle with the mask inside a mesh laundry bag. Use a detergent made for delicates. Skip the bleach and do not leave it soaking.\n\nTo dry, squeeze the water out gently between your palms or in a towel. Do not wring it, which twists the fibres and can distort a moulded shape. Lay it flat somewhere out of the sun and away from any heater, and leave it to dry naturally. This usually takes a few hours.\n\nAvoid the tumble dryer entirely. Heat is what shortens the life of silk faster than anything else, and a dryer will also fight the contour that makes this mask work.\n\nOnce a fortnight is a sensible washing rhythm for most people. Wash more often in summer or if you use rich night creams, since oils build up on the fabric over time. Store it flat rather than crushed in a bag, so the cups keep their shape.\n\nWith that routine, a 19 momme silk mask stays smooth and dark for a long time.\n\nThe short version\n\nIf you sleep on your side and you want genuine darkness, the two things to look for are a contoured shape and a shaped nose panel. The contour keeps pressure off your eyes when the pillow pushes back. The nose panel closes the gap that every flat mask leaves open.\n\nThis one is black, 19 momme mulberry silk, with soft panels running out towards the ears and a long adjustable strap. It weighs 100 grams packaged, so it travels easily. Set the strap just snug, seat the nose contour properly, wash it cool and dry it flat.\n\nGet those small things right and you have a mask that works night after night, rather than one that lives in the drawer.", "llm_summary": "This is a black silk sleep mask made from 19 momme silk, supplied as a single mask per pack. It is designed with a 3D contoured shape that keeps the fabric off the eyelids and lashes, a shaped nose panel to reduce light leakage, soft side panels extending towards the ears, and a long adjustable strap. The listed material features are soft, breathable and moisture-wicking. Package dimensions are 25.9 x 19.1 x 2.8 cm with a package weight of 100 grams. Country of origin is China. Brand, GTIN, MPN and product warranty are not specified in this record, and no customer rating data is held. Care is hand or gentle machine wash, dry flat away from heat.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/black-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-side-sleepers/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/black-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-side-sleepers/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/black-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-side-sleepers.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "classic-black-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask", "sku": "classic-black-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask", "title": "Classic Black Mulberry Silk Sleep Mask", "slug": "classic-black-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask", "price": 46.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/classic-black-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask/main-classic-black-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/classic-black-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask/classic-black-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/classic-black-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask/classic-black-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/classic-black-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask/classic-black-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/classic-black-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask/classic-black-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/classic-black-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask/classic-black-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "A mulberry silk outer with a soft cotton inner, a solid black finish and a fully adjustable buckle strap that sits flat at the back of your head.", "description": "The problem with most sleep masks\n\nAlmost everyone has owned a bad sleep mask. It usually came free on a plane, it was made of thin foam with a strip of flat elastic, and within twenty minutes it had slid up your forehead or pressed a dent into your nose. You woke up with it around your neck and decided masks were not for you.\n\nThat is a shame, because the idea is sound. Your body reads darkness as a cue to wind down. Street lights, a phone charger LED, a partner reading late, early summer sunrises at five in the morning: all of it adds up. A mask is the cheapest way to take light out of the equation without rewiring your bedroom or buying new curtains.\n\nThe reason the cheap ones fail is not the concept. It is the build. Flat elastic digs in. Foam traps heat. Hard stitching sits right where your lashes are. Fix those three things and the mask stops being something you tolerate and starts being something you reach for.\n\nWhat silk actually does\n\nSilk gets talked about in a lot of flowery language, so it helps to be plain about it. Silk fibre is very smooth. Under magnification it looks like a long, even rod rather than the scaly, twisted structure you get with cotton or wool. That smoothness is why fabric made from it feels slippery and why skin and hair slide across it with less friction than they do over a cotton weave.\n\nFor a sleep mask, that matters in a practical way. You move at night. You roll onto your side, you push your face into the pillow, you shift the mask slightly without waking. On a rough fabric, every one of those movements drags. On silk, your skin moves and the fabric mostly stays put. You notice it less, and noticing it less is the entire point.\n\nSilk also feels cool on first contact and breathes reasonably well. If you run warm or sleep in a room that stays stuffy overnight, that is a real advantage over a padded foam mask that holds heat against your face.\n\nThis particular mask pairs a mulberry silk outer with a cotton inner. The silk is what meets your skin from the outside and gives the mask its hand feel. The cotton inner adds a bit of body so the mask holds its shape rather than collapsing flat.\n\nThe strap is more important than people think\n\nIf you only check one thing before buying, check the strap.\n\nA thin band of flat elastic is the usual culprit behind a mask that migrates in the night. It has one tension, that tension is rarely right for your head, and over time it stretches out and gets worse. Elastic also tends to tangle hair, which is its own small annoyance in the morning.\n\nThis mask uses a buckle closure instead. You set the length once to the tension you like, and that is where it stays. There is no nightly guessing and no slow loosening over the months. Just as importantly, the buckle sits at the back of the head rather than off to one side. If you sleep on your side, that detail is the difference between a comfortable mask and a small piece of hardware pressing into your ear for six hours.\n\nSet the tension so the mask sits flush around the nose and cheeks but does not pinch. Too tight and you will feel it on the bridge of your nose by morning. Too loose and light sneaks in along the bottom edge.\n\nWho this suits\n\nLight sleepers are the obvious group. If you wake at the first hint of dawn, a mask buys you the extra hour or two you keep missing.\n\nShift workers are the next. Sleeping during the day is hard work, and a mask handles the part of the problem that blackout blinds often miss, like the gap at the edge of the curtain or the hall light someone leaves on.\n\nTravellers get a lot out of it too. Planes, trains, hotels with thin curtains and a bright exit sign across the hall. A light, flat, plain black mask packs into any pocket and does not care which time zone you are in.\n\nThen there are people who simply share a room with someone on a different schedule. If your partner reads late or gets up at four, a mask is a lot easier than negotiating over the bedside lamp.\n\nHow to choose between masks\n\nStart with material. Silk is the smoothest common option and the one most people describe as the most comfortable. Cotton is breathable but duller against the skin. Polyester satin looks similar to silk and costs less, but it does not breathe the same way and tends to feel warmer after an hour.\n\nNext, look at the closure. Buckle, slider or hook closures let you set the fit and keep it. Plain elastic does not. A rear position for the hardware is better than a side position for anyone who sleeps on their side.\n\nThen weight. A heavy mask feels substantial in your hand and wrong on your face. Lighter is nearly always better for sleep. This one is listed at 32 grams including packaging, which tells you it is on the very light end.\n\nFinally, think about shape and coverage. A mask that sits too high leaves a light gap at the cheekbone. One that sits too low presses on the lashes. The finished worn measurements are not specified in this record, so if coverage is a specific concern for you, use the returns window to check it against your own face rather than guessing from a photo.\n\nCaring for silk without overthinking it\n\nThe care instruction on this product is dry clean only, and that is worth taking at face value. Silk does not like hot water, bleach or fabric softener, and a machine cycle can rough up the surface that made you want silk in the first place.\n\nBeyond cleaning, most of the care is just storage. Keep the mask somewhere it will not snag. A soft pouch, a bedside drawer, the inside pocket of a travel bag. The enemies are zips, velcro, hooks and anything with a rough edge. Direct sunlight over long periods is not kind to silk either, so do not leave it sitting on a sunny windowsill.\n\nAiring it out between uses helps more than people expect. Give it a few hours flat on a cool surface rather than stuffing it straight back into a bag.\n\nA few honest limitations\n\nNo mask gives everyone identical results. Faces are different shapes, noses sit at different heights, and the amount of light that creeps in along the bottom edge varies from person to person. If you have a very deep-set eye line or a particularly high nose bridge, you may need to play with the strap tension for a night or two before it settles.\n\nThe mask is also a single item in a single colour. If you want a spare for travel plus one for home, you would order two.\n\nAnd a note on claims: we are not going to tell you a piece of fabric will do anything to your skin, your hair or your health. What we will say is that silk is smooth, light and cool to the touch, that the strap adjusts and holds, and that a darker room is easier to sleep in. The rest is up to your own experience.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a plain black sleep mask with a mulberry silk outer, a cotton inner and an adjustable buckle strap that sits at the back of your head. It weighs almost nothing, packs flat, and is dry clean only. There is no pattern, no branding and nothing complicated about it.\n\nIf you have written off sleep masks because of a bad foam one, this is a reasonable second attempt. And if it does not suit you, send it back unused and unwashed within 14 days of delivery.", "llm_summary": "The Classic Black Mulberry Silk Sleep Mask is an adult sleep mask with a mulberry silk outer and a cotton inner layer. It is supplied as a single mask, one count per pack, in a solid Original Black colour with no pattern. The closure is a buckle strap, described as minimalist and simple in the product details. Package dimensions are 23.19 x 11.99 x 1.09 cm with a listed package weight of 32 grams, and the model number is AB-EM001-14. Care is listed as dry clean only. Brand, momme weight, country of origin and finished mask measurements are not specified in this record. No health, medical or cosmetic outcome claims are made for this product.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/classic-black-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/classic-black-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/classic-black-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "contoured-silk-sleep-mask-no-pressure-black", "sku": "contoured-silk-sleep-mask-no-pressure-black", "title": "Contoured No Pressure Silk Sleep Mask (Black)", "slug": "contoured-silk-sleep-mask-no-pressure-black", "price": 41.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "0.02 kg", "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/contoured-silk-sleep-mask-no-pressure-black/main-contoured-silk-sleep-mask-no-pressure-black.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/contoured-silk-sleep-mask-no-pressure-black/contoured-silk-sleep-mask-no-pressure-black-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/contoured-silk-sleep-mask-no-pressure-black/contoured-silk-sleep-mask-no-pressure-black-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/contoured-silk-sleep-mask-no-pressure-black/contoured-silk-sleep-mask-no-pressure-black-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/contoured-silk-sleep-mask-no-pressure-black/contoured-silk-sleep-mask-no-pressure-black-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/contoured-silk-sleep-mask-no-pressure-black/contoured-silk-sleep-mask-no-pressure-black-6.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/contoured-silk-sleep-mask-no-pressure-black/contoured-silk-sleep-mask-no-pressure-black-7.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/contoured-silk-sleep-mask-no-pressure-black/contoured-silk-sleep-mask-no-pressure-black-8.jpg" ], "description_short": "Hidden moulded eye cups, a raised nose curve and a smooth silk face panel give you room to blink while light stays out.", "description": "The problem with most sleep masks\n\nYou buy a sleep mask because the streetlight outside, or the hallway light, or the 5am sun in summer keeps nudging you awake. Then you put it on and find a new problem. The fabric lies flat on your eyelids. You can feel it. Every time your eyes move under the lids, which they do constantly during light sleep, you are aware of the pressure. Your lashes are folded against the cloth. Within an hour there is a faint ache across the bridge of your nose from the strap holding everything in place.\n\nAnd here is the worst part. After all that, it still is not dark. A flat mask cannot follow the slope of your nose, so two small triangles of light sneak in at the sides and point straight at your eyes. You end up pulling the strap tighter to close the gap, which makes the pressure worse without really fixing the light.\n\nThat is the gap a contoured mask is built to fill.\n\nHow a contoured mask works\n\nInside the silk shell of this mask is a shaped foam insert. It is hidden, so from the outside the mask looks much like any other. What it does is create two domed recesses that arch over your eye sockets.\n\nThe result is that the mask touches your brow bone, your temples and your cheekbones, and nothing else. There is clear air over each eye. You can blink freely. You can open your eyes inside the mask if you want to, and quite a few people find that reassuring if flat masks make them feel shut in.\n\nThe second piece is the nose curve. Rather than cutting the lower edge in a straight line, this one rises higher at the centre and drops down to meet the cheeks on either side. It follows the actual shape of a face. That means the edge sits against skin all the way around instead of tenting over the nose and leaving a light gap. Because the seal comes from the shape and not from tension, you do not have to crank the strap down to get darkness.\n\nWhy silk against the skin\n\nThe side touching your face is silk. There are two practical reasons that matters.\n\nThe first is friction. Cotton and polyester both drag a little on skin. Over a night of turning, that drag is what folds and creases the thin skin around your eyes. Silk is smooth, so your face slides across it rather than catching. It is the same reason people switch pillowcases.\n\nThe second is airflow. Your eye area is a warm spot, and a dense padded mask can turn it into a sauna. Silk breathes. Combined with the air pocket created by the eye cups, the area under this mask tends to stay cooler than under a flat padded band.\n\nOne more detail worth mentioning. There is no piping and no raised stitching on the inner face. Piping seems harmless until you sleep on your side and wake up with a groove stamped under one eye. Smooth edges all round means nothing to press a line into you.\n\nWho it suits\n\nSide sleepers do well with this shape, because the cups hold the fabric off the eye on the pillow side even when your head is pressed into the pillow. The absence of inner seams helps for the same reason.\n\nAnyone with lash extensions tends to look for a domed mask specifically. A flat mask presses the lashes down all night, every night. Recessed cups let them sit in the hollow untouched.\n\nTravellers are the other obvious group. The mask is 12.7 cm square and weighs about 17 grams, so it disappears into a carry-on, a jacket pocket or a seat-back pocket. On a plane, light comes from everywhere, including low from the aisle floor, and the nose seal handles that angle better than a flat band does.\n\nShift workers sleeping through daylight have the hardest version of the problem. Daytime light is bright, comes in at low angles and finds every curtain gap. A mask that seals under the nose makes a real difference, though pairing it with a blackout blind is still worth doing.\n\nAnd if you meditate or take short rests through the day, the no-pressure design means you can keep your eyes open or closed without the fabric sitting on your lids.\n\nHow to choose and how to fit it\n\nThree things decide whether a sleep mask works for you. Shape, seal and strap.\n\nShape you have already sorted if you choose a contoured one. Seal depends on how closely the lower edge matches your face, and a raised nose curve is the single biggest factor there. Strap is where most people go wrong.\n\nThe temptation is to pull it tight. Do not. A contoured mask gets its darkness from the shape, not from compression. Set the hook and loop closure so the edges are just in contact with your skin and no tighter. If you wake with a red line across your forehead or an ache at your temples, loosen it by a few millimetres and try again. It usually takes two or three nights to find your setting.\n\nPosition the closure at the back of your head, ideally slightly off to one side so it does not sit between your skull and the pillow. If your hair tangles in the hook side, fasten the strap first and then slide the whole mask into position rather than doing it up on your head.\n\nLooking after it\n\nCare is simple and the instructions are specific. Machine wash on a gentle cycle, inside a lingerie bag. The bag matters more than people expect, because it stops the hook and loop strip grabbing other items and stops the mask getting battered against the drum.\n\nUse cool water and a mild detergent. Skip bleach and skip fabric softener, which coats fibres and dulls the surface of silk over time. Reshape the mask by hand once it comes out, then dry it flat, away from direct sun and away from heaters. No tumble dryer, because heat is hard on both the silk and the foam insert. Do not iron the eye cups.\n\nEvery week or two is a sensible wash interval for nightly use. Sooner if you tend to go to bed with skincare or makeup on. If you use a mask every single night, two in rotation is a small expense that keeps one clean and dry at all times.\n\nA note on expectations\n\nNo mask gives you total blackout for everyone, because faces differ. What a contoured design with a raised nose curve does is remove the two biggest failure points of a cheap flat band, pressure on the eyes and light leaking under the nose. For most people that is the difference between a mask they take off at 2am and a mask they forget they are wearing.\n\nIt is also worth being clear about what we do not claim. This is a piece of fabric and foam that blocks light and feels smooth. It is not a treatment for anything.\n\nThe short version\n\nIf your current mask presses on your eyes, bends your lashes or lets a wedge of light in beside your nose, a contoured design fixes all three at once. Hidden eye cups lift the fabric off your lids, a higher nose curve closes the gap at the bottom, and a silk face panel with no piping keeps the surface smooth against delicate skin. The hook and loop strap lets you set the tension yourself, which is the part that decides whether you wear it all night or pull it off at 2am.\n\nAt 17 grams and under 13 cm square, it travels well. Wash it gently in a lingerie bag, dry it flat, and it will stay in shape. Set the strap looser than feels natural on the first night, then adjust from there.", "llm_summary": "This is a contoured black silk sleep mask for adults, model AB-EM-001, sold as a single unit. It uses a hidden moulded foam insert to form eye cups, so the mask arches over the eye sockets rather than pressing on the eyelids, and a raised nose curve blocks light that normally leaks in underneath a flat mask. The face side is silk, described as breathable and non-irritating, with no piping or rough edges. Closure is hook and loop, so fit is adjustable. Dimensions are 12.7 x 12.7 x 1.78 cm and the item weight is 17.01 g (0.6 oz), with a shipping weight of 0.02 kg. Pattern is a letter print. Care is machine wash on a gentle cycle in a lingerie bag. Silk momme weight, weave and country of origin are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/contoured-silk-sleep-mask-no-pressure-black/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/contoured-silk-sleep-mask-no-pressure-black/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/contoured-silk-sleep-mask-no-pressure-black.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "kids-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack", "sku": "kids-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack", "title": "Kids Mulberry Silk Sleep Mask 2 Pack", "slug": "kids-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack", "price": 41.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/kids-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack/main-kids-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/kids-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack/kids-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/kids-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack/kids-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/kids-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack/kids-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/kids-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack/kids-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Two silk masks with adjustable straps and a shaped nose edge, sized for smaller faces and light enough to forget you are wearing one.", "description": "The problem with light and small children\n\nMost sleep advice aimed at parents is about routines. Baths, stories, no screens, same time every night. All useful. But a lot of the time the thing that actually wakes a child is simpler than any of that, and it is light.\n\nChildren are not small adults when it comes to sleep. They spend more of the night in light sleep stages, and they surface more often. During those brief surfacings, the brain does a quick scan of the room. If the room is dark, the child rolls over and drops back down. If there is a glow under the door, a street light through thin curtains or an early summer dawn at five in the morning, the scan returns something interesting and the child wakes properly.\n\nNew Zealand summers make this worse than most parents expect. Light at both ends of the day, long twilight, and blinds in most rental houses that were never designed to block anything. You can spend a few hundred dollars on blackout curtains for one room and then find the problem reappears at the bach, at grandma's house or on the first night of camp.\n\nA sleep mask solves the problem differently. Instead of changing the room, you change what the child's eyes can see. It costs a fraction of blackout curtains, and it goes wherever the child goes.\n\nWhy silk, specifically\n\nWalk through the sleep aisle and you will find masks made of foam, polyester, brushed cotton and silk. They are not interchangeable.\n\nFoam masks with moulded cups block light well but they are bulky. On a child, the cups often sit in the wrong place, and side sleepers end up pushing the mask off against the pillow. Polyester is cheap, which is why most hotel masks are made of it, but it does not breathe and it gets warm and slightly clammy over a few hours. Brushed cotton is comfortable at first and then grabs at the skin as it ages and the nap flattens.\n\nSilk is a long, fine, smooth filament. Fabric made from it has very little surface texture, so skin slides over it instead of catching on it. For a strip of fabric that rests on the thinnest skin on the body for eight hours, that matters. Silk also sits cool against the face when it first goes on, which children tend to find calming rather than stimulating.\n\nThat is the honest case for silk. It feels better, so it gets worn. A mask that gets taken off at eleven at night is not doing anything.\n\nWhat makes a kids' mask different\n\nA shrunken adult mask is not a kids' mask. There are three things that separate a good one from a bad one.\n\nThe first is the strap. Children's heads vary enormously between a four year old and a nine year old, and they keep growing. A fixed elastic loop will be wrong for most of them. An adjustable buckle, like the one on this set, lets you set the tension to the head in front of you and then leave it. This is the single most common reason a mask fails in practice. Too loose and it migrates up the forehead within twenty minutes. Too tight and it presses on the temples and gets flung across the room.\n\nThe second is the nose. Light does not mostly come through the fabric, it comes in through the triangular gaps either side of the nose. A mask with a contoured lower edge that follows the nose and brow line closes those gaps. A flat rectangle of fabric does not, no matter how opaque it is.\n\nThe third is weight. The pack here weighs 50 grams in total for two masks, so each one is a handful of grams. Children notice weight on their face far more than adults do. The lighter the mask, the faster they stop thinking about it.\n\nWhy two masks is the sensible number\n\nA single mask creates a logistics problem. It needs to be at home for bedtime and in the bag for the flight, and it cannot be both. The usual outcome is a forgotten mask and a very long trip.\n\nTwo masks removes the decision. One lives by the bed and one lives in the travel bag or school bag permanently. When one is drying after a wash, the other covers the gap. If you have two children sharing a room, they each get one, which also saves the nightly argument about ownership.\n\nIt is a small thing, but it is the difference between a product that gets used for years and one that disappears into a drawer after a fortnight.\n\nGetting the fit right on the first night\n\nSpend five minutes on this and the mask will work. Skip it and it probably will not.\n\nPut the mask on your child while they are sitting up, not lying down. Adjust the buckle until the mask sits flat against the face with no gap at the nose, then back it off one small notch. You want contact, not pressure. If you can slide two fingers under the strap at the back of the head without the mask lifting, that is about right.\n\nThen have them lie down and roll onto each side. If the mask slides or lifts, tighten slightly. If they say it feels tight on the temples, loosen it. Check the fit again every few months as they grow.\n\nIt also helps to introduce the mask before it is needed. Let them wear it for the last ten minutes of a bedtime story, at home, on an ordinary night. By the time you put them on a plane with it, it is familiar rather than strange.\n\nWhere a mask earns its keep\n\nAt home, the obvious use is summer mornings and street lights. Less obvious is the child who shares a room with a sibling who reads later, or the one who needs to nap in the afternoon with the sun still up.\n\nTravel is where parents become believers. Cabin lights come on for meals at odd hours, the window shades never all stay down, and overnight buses and trains are worse. A flat 50 gram pack costs nothing in luggage terms.\n\nCamping is the other big one. A tent starts glowing around five in the morning in summer, and no amount of fabric on the outside of the tent changes that. A mask is lighter and more reliable than any other option.\n\nThen there is the grandparents' house, the bach, the hotel room with curtains that do not quite meet in the middle, and every holiday house you have ever stayed in. The mask makes all of those rooms the same.\n\nLooking after silk without any fuss\n\nSilk is not fragile, but it does not like heat or harsh chemicals.\n\nHand wash in cool water with a mild detergent made for delicates. Swirl rather than scrub. Rinse in clean cool water, press the water out in a towel, and lay it flat to dry somewhere shaded with a bit of air movement. Do not wring it, do not bleach it and do not put it in the dryer. Heat damages the fibre and destroys the elastic in the strap.\n\nWash every week or two with nightly use, more often after a cold. Keep it away from bleach and from detergents with optical brighteners, which are the usual culprits when colour fades. If it needs pressing, use the coolest iron setting on the reverse side and keep the iron away from the strap.\n\nTwo masks makes all of this easier, because you are never washing the only one you have.\n\nThe short version\n\nLight wakes children more than most parents realise, and a mask is the cheapest, most portable fix available. Silk earns its place because it is smooth and light enough that a child forgets they are wearing it, which is the whole game.\n\nLook for an adjustable strap and a shaped nose edge, because those two features decide whether a mask stays on all night. This set has both, in a pack of two that weighs 50 grams and shapes to a smaller face.\n\nSet the fit on the first night, hand wash it in cool water, and keep one by the bed and one in the bag. That is the entire instruction manual.", "llm_summary": "This is a two pack of kids' silk sleep masks sold by Mulberry Silk Company in New Zealand. Each mask is made of silk with silk on both sides, has an adjustable elastic strap with a buckle, and a contoured edge shaped to sit close around the nose and brow to block light. The listed pack dimensions are 23.98 x 1.57 x 13.49 cm and the pack weighs 50 grams. Country of origin is China. Momme weight, weave type and exact mask measurements are not specified in this record, and no colour is recorded here. Care is hand wash cool, dry flat, no bleach or tumble drying. Orders are sent by tracked courier from Australian warehouses, with most arriving in 5 to 10 working days.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/kids-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/kids-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/kids-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-black-pink", "sku": "mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-black-pink", "title": "Mulberry Silk Sleep Mask 2 Pack (Black & Pink)", "slug": "mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-black-pink", "price": 33.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "850 g", "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-black-pink/main-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-black-pink.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-black-pink/mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-black-pink-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-black-pink/mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-black-pink-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-black-pink/mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-black-pink-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-black-pink/mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-black-pink-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-black-pink/mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-black-pink-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Silk on both faces, a solid black and a solid pink mask in every pack, and an adjustable strap that lets you settle on your side, your back or a plane seat without pressure on your eyelids.", "description": "The problem with trying to sleep in a bright room\n\nMost bedrooms are not as dark as people think. There is the standby light on the TV, the glow from a phone charging on the nightstand, a streetlight through a gap in the curtain, and the early sun in summer. Each one on its own is small. Together they add up to a room your eyes keep reacting to.\n\nThat gets worse the moment you leave home. Hotel curtains never quite meet in the middle. Plane cabins switch the lights back on an hour before anyone wants them. Night shift workers face the hardest version of all, trying to sleep at ten in the morning with daylight pressing against the blinds.\n\nA sleep mask is the simplest fix available. It costs very little, takes up no room and works everywhere. The trick is picking one you will actually keep wearing, because a mask that digs in, slides off or feels hot gets pulled off at two in the morning and never used again.\n\nWhy silk is the material people keep coming back to\n\nSilk has a smooth surface. Fabrics like cotton or polyester fleece have more texture, so when your face moves against them there is more drag. Silk slides instead. If you sleep on your side with the mask pressed between your face and the pillow, that difference is noticeable over a whole night.\n\nIt also feels cool when you first put it on. Silk does not hold heat the way a thick padded mask does, and it does not feel damp if you sleep warm. For a lot of people that is the deciding factor, more than anything else.\n\nThis pack uses mulberry silk on both faces of the mask. That matters. A common shortcut is to put a nice fabric on the outside, where you can see it, and something cheaper on the inside, where it actually touches your skin. Silk on both sides means the surface against your face is the same material you are paying for.\n\nOne honest note. Silk is a fabric, not a medical device. It feels smooth and it blocks light. That is what it does, and that is enough.\n\nWhat a two pack actually solves\n\nBuying two masks instead of one sounds like upselling until you have lived with a single mask. Silk is hand wash only, and hand washed silk needs a day or so to dry flat. On that day you either sleep without one or you use something scratchy you found in a drawer.\n\nTwo masks mean one is always ready. The other common setup is to keep one permanently in your travel bag so you never pack it and never forget it. The black one lives in the suitcase, the pink one stays by the bed, and the question of where it went simply stops coming up.\n\nThe two colours also make a pack easy to split between two people. A couple can share one purchase, and nobody argues about whose mask is whose because the difference is obvious in the dark.\n\nFit is the whole game\n\nHere is where most cheap masks fail. They use a single fixed elastic loop. For a smaller head, that loop is loose and the mask creeps up your forehead over the night. For a larger head, it is a tourniquet, and you wake with a red line across your temples and a dull ache behind the ears.\n\nThis mask uses an adjustable strap. You set the length once, roughly, then fine tune it over the first two or three nights. Start looser than feels right. A mask only needs enough tension to stay put, not enough to seal against your skin. Over-tightening is the single most common reason people decide masks are uncomfortable.\n\nThickness matters too. At about 1.57 cm the mask is slim, so it does not sit between your cheek and the pillow like a cushion. Side sleepers in particular should avoid bulky moulded masks for this reason, unless they specifically want the eye-cup shape.\n\nWho it suits\n\nLight sleepers at home are the obvious group. If you wake at the first hint of dawn in December, a mask buys you another hour or two without blackout blinds or building work.\n\nTravellers come next. Anything flat and light earns its space in a carry-on, and a silk eye mask for travel handles planes, trains, buses and unfamiliar hotel rooms equally well.\n\nShift workers need it most and are often served worst. Sleeping through daylight is genuinely difficult, and a mask on its own will not solve everything, but combined with decent curtains and a quiet room it makes a real difference.\n\nThen there are the smaller uses. Naps on the couch. Lying down with a headache. Meditation, where some people find closing out visual input helps them settle. Long car journeys as a passenger.\n\nWho might want something different\n\nIf you need total, absolute darkness with zero light leak at the nose, a moulded contoured mask with a nose flap seals more tightly than a flat silk mask. The trade-off is bulk and heat.\n\nIf you want gentle pressure on the eyes, look at weighted masks instead. This one is deliberately light.\n\nAnd if you want something you can throw in the washing machine every few days without thinking, silk is the wrong fibre. It is hand wash only, and that is part of the deal.\n\nLooking after it\n\nHand wash in cool water with a mild detergent made for delicates. Swirl rather than scrub. Do not use bleach and do not leave it soaking for hours.\n\nTo dry, press the mask between a clean folded towel to pull out most of the water. Never wring silk, because twisting stresses the fibres. Then lay it flat somewhere out of direct sun and away from a heater or radiator. Heat and strong light are what dull silk over time.\n\nKeep the elastic strap out of hot water, since heat is what kills elastic faster than anything. If the mask needs smoothing, use a very low iron with a cloth over the top, and keep the iron off the strap entirely.\n\nWash every week or two under normal use. More often if you sleep warm, use night cream or wear makeup to bed. Wash each colour separately the first time, which is standard practice for any dyed silk.\n\nA few practical buying notes\n\nCheck the size against your own face. At roughly 24 cm wide and 13.5 cm tall, this is a standard adult mask that covers the eye sockets and extends towards the temples. It is listed for adults, so it is not sized for children.\n\nIgnore the colour codes suppliers use in their catalogues. What you get here is one solid black mask and one solid pink mask, plain, with no pattern.\n\nFinally, think about where the mask will live. A mask in a drawer in another room does not get used. A mask on the bedside table, within reach in the dark, does.\n\nThe short version\n\nTwo mulberry silk sleep masks per pack, one black and one pink, silk on both faces, with an adjustable strap and a slim flat profile that packs easily. Hand wash only, dry flat, and keep heat away from it.\n\nIt is a small, low-cost change that fixes a specific problem, a room that is never quite dark enough. If you sleep lightly, travel often or work nights, having two of them in rotation is a sensible place to start.", "llm_summary": "This product is a two pack of mulberry silk sleep masks, supplied as one solid black mask and one solid pink mask. The listed material is silk, described as natural, with silk on both sides of the mask. Each mask closes with an adjustable elastic strap and is intended for adults. Listed product dimensions are 23.98 x 13.49 x 1.57 cm, with a listed item weight of 850 g for the pack as recorded by the supplier. The model number is BV-BU002-Mask and the country of origin is China. Care is hand wash only. Momme weight, exact silk grade, brand and GTIN are not specified in this record. No rating or review data is held for this item.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-black-pink/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-black-pink/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-2-pack-black-pink.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "pink-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-gift-box", "sku": "pink-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-gift-box", "title": "Pink 19 Momme Mulberry Silk Eye Mask with Gift Box", "slug": "pink-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-gift-box", "price": 40.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "110 g", "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/pink-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-gift-box/main-pink-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-gift-box.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/pink-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-gift-box/pink-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-gift-box-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/pink-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-gift-box/pink-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-gift-box-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/pink-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-gift-box/pink-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-gift-box-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/pink-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-gift-box/pink-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-gift-box-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/pink-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-gift-box/pink-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-gift-box-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Both sides are 19 momme mulberry silk with an adjustable strap that will not tangle your hair, and it arrives in a gift box ready to give.", "description": "The real reason you keep waking up early\n\nMost people blame noise. In practice, light is the bigger culprit, and it is the one you have the least control over. Sunrise in a New Zealand summer can arrive before five in the morning. A street lamp outside the window never switches off. A partner on a different schedule turns a lamp on at six. On a plane, the cabin crew flood the whole cabin with light halfway through the night because it suits their service timetable, not your sleep.\n\nBlackout curtains help at home, but they are expensive, they only work in one room, and they do nothing on a bus, a plane or a spare bed at your in-laws. An eye mask solves the problem at your face instead of at the window. It travels with you, it costs a fraction of the price, and it works the same way in every room you ever sleep in.\n\nThe catch is that a bad mask is worse than no mask. Too tight and it presses on your eyelids until you take it off. Too loose and it slides onto your forehead at two in the morning. Too rough and it pulls at your hair every time you roll over. The job is to find one that you forget you are wearing.\n\nWhat momme actually tells you\n\nSilk is sold by momme, which is a weight measure rather than a thread count. It describes how much a set area of the fabric weighs, so a higher momme means a denser, heavier, more substantial cloth. Lightweight silk scarves often sit around 12 momme. Bedding silk is usually somewhere between 19 and 25.\n\nThis mask is 19 momme on both faces. That matters for two reasons. The first is substance. A 19 momme fabric has enough body to sit properly against the contours of your face, rather than collapsing like a thin handkerchief. The second is honesty about construction. A lot of cheap masks put a small panel of silk on the outside where you can see it and back it with polyester where it touches your skin. Both sides here are the same silk, so the face against your skin is the one described on the label.\n\nWhat momme does not tell you is how well a mask blocks light. That comes down to the cut, the fit and whether the fabric is opaque. Momme is about the cloth, not the design, and both parts need to be right.\n\nFit is the part people get wrong\n\nThink about what a mask has to do for seven or eight hours. It has to stay in place while you roll from your back to your side. It has to apply even pressure across your face without digging in anywhere. It has to not catch your hair every time your head moves on the pillow.\n\nAn adjustable closure is the single most useful feature here. Fixed elastic is a lottery. If your head happens to match the designer's assumption, it is fine. If it does not, the mask is either a headache or a slipper. With an adjustable strap you set the tension once, on the first night, and then leave it. You want it just firm enough that the mask does not shift when you turn over, and no firmer.\n\nThe strap on this mask is designed to slide over hair rather than snag it. If you have long hair, the usual trick still applies. Lift the hair clear, settle the mask on your face first, then pull the strap down behind your head and let the hair fall back. That takes two seconds and saves a lot of tugging.\n\nFlat masks versus contoured masks\n\nThere are two schools of design. Contoured masks have moulded cups that arch over the eye sockets so nothing touches your eyelids. Flat masks, like this one, sit against the face in a single soft layer.\n\nContoured masks suit back sleepers and people who wear eye makeup to bed. They are bulkier, they take up more room in a bag, and they can create an odd pressure ring around the eye socket if the shape does not match your face.\n\nFlat silk masks suit side sleepers and anyone who moves around at night. There is nothing rigid to press into the pillow, so there is no hard edge between your cheek and the mattress. They also fold down to nothing, which matters if the mask lives permanently in a carry-on. For most people searching for the best silk eye mask for travel, a flat mask wins on packability alone.\n\nWho this suits\n\nEarly risers who do not want to be early risers. If your bedroom faces east and you are awake at the first hint of light, a mask buys you the extra hour.\n\nShift workers. Sleeping through the day is the hardest version of this problem, because the light is relentless and the household is awake. Covering your eyes is usually more practical than trying to black out a whole room with foil and curtains.\n\nTravellers. Long haul flights, bus trips, hostels, hotels with gappy curtains and a smoke alarm LED that could guide ships. A 110 gram mask in your bag covers all of it.\n\nNew parents and anyone catching sleep in snatches. When your sleep window is ninety minutes, you cannot afford twenty of them spent waiting for your eyes to settle.\n\nIt also works as a gift for someone who has mentioned any of the above. It comes in its own box, so the wrapping is done for you.\n\nLooking after it\n\nSilk is a natural protein fibre and it behaves a bit like hair. It does not like heat, harsh detergent or being wrung out.\n\nHand wash only, in cool water, with a mild detergent made for delicates. Swirl it rather than scrubbing it. Rinse until the water runs clear. Lay the mask on a towel, roll the towel up and press to get the water out, then unroll, reshape the mask and let it dry flat somewhere out of direct sun. Heat and sunlight are what make silk go dull and brittle, so avoid the clothesline on a hot day and avoid the dryer entirely.\n\nHow often? Every week or two for nightly use is sensible, and more often if you sleep in skincare or makeup. Letting the mask air out during the day instead of stuffing it straight back in a drawer makes a noticeable difference to how often it needs washing.\n\nIf you travel with it, keep it in its box or a small pouch rather than loose in a bag where it collects grit and gets caught in zips.\n\nSmall things that make a difference\n\nPut the mask on before you need it, not after you have been lying awake for twenty minutes. Part of the point is the habit. Your brain learns that mask on means sleep now, and that association does some of the work for you.\n\nIf light is leaking in at the bottom near your nose, try sliding the mask slightly higher on your face and tightening the strap a notch. Most leaks come from the mask sitting too low rather than from the mask being too small.\n\nKeep a second one if you travel a lot. Owning one mask that lives in your suitcase and one that lives on your bedside table removes the only real failure mode, which is forgetting to pack it.\n\nThe short version\n\nLight wakes you up earlier than you want, and a mask is the cheapest, most portable fix there is. Look for real silk on both sides, a reasonable momme weight so the fabric has some substance, and an adjustable strap so the fit is yours rather than a guess. This one is 19 momme mulberry silk front and back, pink, flat rather than contoured, with an adjustable closure, and it ships in a gift box at 110 grams.\n\nHand wash it in cool water, dry it flat, keep it out of the sun, and it will stay soft. If it turns out not to be right, it can come back within 14 days of delivery as long as it is unused and unwashed.", "llm_summary": "A pink mulberry silk eye mask made from 19 momme silk on both the inner and outer faces, supplied in a gift box. The mask has a solid pink colour, no pattern, and an adjustable closure designed not to tangle hair. Packed dimensions are 23 x 14 x 2.3 cm and the item weight is 110 grams. It is a single-unit pack intended for adults, suitable for sleeping at home, for travel and as a gift. Care is hand wash only. Country of origin is China. Brand, GTIN and MPN are not specified in this record, and no fill colour code, certification, warranty or review data is recorded. Orders ship by tracked courier from Australian warehouses.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/pink-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-gift-box/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/pink-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-gift-box/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/pink-19-momme-silk-eye-mask-gift-box.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-black", "sku": "wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-black", "title": "Wide Band Mulberry Silk Sleep Mask, Black", "slug": "wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-black", "price": 64.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-black/main-wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-black.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-black/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-black-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-black/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-black-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-black/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-black-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-black/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-black-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-black/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-black-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Smooth silk over the eyes, a broad adjustable band that sits past the ears instead of digging in, and a hook-and-loop closure you can set once and forget.", "description": "The problem with most sleep masks\n\nAlmost everyone has owned a sleep mask that did not work. It usually ends the same way. You put it on, it feels fine for ten minutes, and then you roll onto your side and the elastic cord presses your ear flat against the pillow. Or you wake at five in the morning with the mask halfway up your forehead and the sun doing whatever it likes.\n\nThere are only a few real failure points, and they are worth naming because they tell you what to look for.\n\nThe first is coverage. A small eye shade leaves gaps at the bridge of the nose and at the outer corners, and light finds those gaps. In a dark bedroom that might not matter much. On a plane with the cabin lights on, or in a bedroom with thin curtains in midsummer, it matters a lot.\n\nThe second is the strap. A thin elastic concentrates all the tension into a narrow line. Tighten it enough to stop the mask moving and you have created a pressure point. Leave it loose and the mask wanders.\n\nThe third is the fabric itself. A stiff or slightly rough face fabric drags on your skin and lashes every time you move. You feel it most around the eyes, where the skin is thinnest.\n\nHow a wide band mask solves it\n\nA wide band mask takes the strap problem head-on. Instead of a cord, the band is a broad panel that continues out from the eye shade and carries across the ear area. The same amount of holding force is now spread over a much larger surface, so nothing digs in.\n\nIf you sleep on your side, this is the whole argument in one sentence. The spot where a thin strap sits is exactly the spot your ear meets the pillow. Remove the thin strap and you remove the problem.\n\nThe larger face panel helps with the coverage issue in the same plain way. More fabric between you and the room means fewer edges for light to sneak around. It will not be a hard seal, no fabric mask is, but the difference between a slim strip and a generous panel is obvious the first night.\n\nThen there is the fabric. This mask uses silk on the face. Silk is smooth, which is not a marketing word here, it is a measurable property. Your skin and lashes move over it with less friction than they do over a woven cotton or a polyester shell. When the mask shifts slightly during the night, and it will, you want it to glide rather than grab.\n\nWho this suits\n\nSide sleepers. This is the clearest fit. If you have given up on masks because of the strap, a wide band design is the version to try next.\n\nFrequent flyers. At 68 grams and 5 x 5 x 5 cm packed, there is no reason not to carry it. Upright sleeping in a seat is where masks slip most, and a broad band gives the mask more surface to hold on to.\n\nShift workers and daytime sleepers. Sleeping when the sun is up is a different task to sleeping at night. You need more coverage, not less, and you need the fit to survive a full sleep cycle without being readjusted. The extra panel size is doing real work here.\n\nPeople who find elastics uncomfortable. Some of us just have a head shape that thin straps dislike. A hook-and-loop band set to your own tension is a kinder solution than hunting for a stretchier elastic.\n\nIt is sold as an adult item. Very young children are not the target, and the band will not shorten enough for a small head.\n\nHow to choose, and how to set the fit\n\nOnce you have decided on a wide band style, there are only a handful of things left to think about.\n\nClosure type. This one uses hook and loop. The advantage over a fixed elastic loop is that you set the tension yourself and it stays where you put it. Elastic stretches out over months, a hook-and-loop band does not. The one small discipline it asks is that you fasten it when you store it, so the hooks never rub against the silk.\n\nTension. Here is the most common mistake. People pull the band far too tight because they think tightness equals darkness. It does not. A wide band only needs to hold the panel flat against your face. If you can feel firm pressure on your temples, you have gone too far. Set it so the mask stays in place when you turn your head side to side, and no tighter.\n\nColour. Black for a travel item, every time. It hides the marks that any accessory picks up from bags, plane trays and bedside tables. This one is black in a solid pattern, which is the sensible default.\n\nWhat you do not need to choose. Size. The adjustable band does that job, so you are not guessing at measurements.\n\nLiving with it\n\nCare on this mask is dry clean only. That is the instruction on the product and the one to follow if you want the silk and the closure to stay in good condition.\n\nThat said, most people are not dry cleaning a sleep mask every fortnight, and they do not need to. Between cleans, a wipe with a barely damp cloth on the outer fabric handles the day-to-day. Let it air dry flat, away from radiators and away from direct sun. Heat and strong sunlight are harder on silk than ordinary use is.\n\nStorage is simpler than people expect. Fasten the closure, then lay the mask flat in a drawer or roll it loosely into a pouch. The thing to avoid is folding it hard along the same crease every time, because that line eventually becomes permanent. If you keep it in a carry-on, give it a corner of its own rather than letting it rattle around with chargers and zips.\n\nIf you travel with earplugs, keep them together. The band sitting over the ear area tends to stop foam plugs from working loose, which is a small practical win on a noisy flight. Worth saying clearly though, a sleep mask band is not hearing protection and should not be relied on as such.\n\nCommon questions people ask before buying\n\nWill it be too hot? Silk is a light fabric and this is a small item sitting on your face, not a blanket. Most people find it less warm than a padded foam mask.\n\nWill it leave a mark? A broad band spread across a large area is much less likely to mark than a thin cord. Any faint impression from the panel edge usually settles within a few minutes of taking it off.\n\nDoes it press on the eyes? It sits over the eye area rather than pushing into it, and because the band distributes tension, you can get good coverage without a tight fit. If it feels like pressure, loosen it.\n\nIs silk worth it over cotton? For friction, yes. For ease of laundering, cotton wins. Silk is the choice when you care how it feels against the skin around your eyes, which is most people's reason for upgrading from the free airline mask in the first place.\n\nThe short version\n\nIf thin elastic straps have ruined sleep masks for you, a wide band is the fix. The broad panel spreads pressure instead of concentrating it, which matters most if you sleep on your side. The larger face area cuts the light leaking in at the nose and corners. Silk on the face keeps things smooth rather than draggy. Hook-and-loop lets you set the tension once and leave it.\n\nIt weighs 68 grams, packs to 5 x 5 x 5 cm, comes in black, and it is dry clean only. Set it snug rather than tight, fasten it before you store it, and it will go a long way.\n\nOrders go out by tracked courier from Australian warehouses and most land in 5 to 10 working days, with free delivery NZ-wide on orders over NZ$175. If it is not right, return it unused and unwashed within 14 days of delivery.", "llm_summary": "This is a wide band mulberry silk sleep mask in black, sold as a single unit. The face fabric is listed as silk with a natural material feature and a solid pattern. It uses a hook-and-loop closure with an adjustable strap, and the band is wider than a standard thin-elastic sleep mask, extending past the eye panel toward the ear area, which suits side sleepers. Packed dimensions are 5 x 5 x 5 cm and the item weight is 68 grams. The model number is SGBSM01-Black. Care instructions state dry clean only. Momme weight, exact face panel measurements, silk grade details, brand and country of origin are not specified in this record. Intended for adult use at home or while travelling.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-black/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-black/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-black.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }, { "id": "wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-light-plum", "sku": "wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-light-plum", "title": "Wide Band Mulberry Silk Sleep Mask in Light Plum", "slug": "wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-light-plum", "price": 67.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "silk-sleep-masks", "category_label": "Silk Sleep Masks", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-light-plum/main-wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-light-plum.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-light-plum/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-light-plum-2.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-light-plum/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-light-plum-3.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-light-plum/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-light-plum-4.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-light-plum/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-light-plum-5.jpg", "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/dropship-images/silk-sleep-masks/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-light-plum/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-light-plum-6.jpg" ], "description_short": "Cut larger than a standard eye mask, with a contoured nose edge and an adjustable strap that spreads across the side of the head instead of digging in behind the ears.", "description": "The problem with most sleep masks\n\nAlmost everyone has owned a cheap eye mask at some point. It came free with a flight, or in a hamper, or off a shop shelf for a few dollars. And almost everyone has the same story about it. It worked for about twenty minutes, then it slid up your forehead, or the elastic cut into the skin above your ear, or you woke at 5am because the sun found that little gap beside your nose.\n\nThe failure is not usually the fabric. It is the geometry. Budget masks are cut small to save material, the nose edge is a straight line, and the strap is a thin cord that concentrates all the holding force into a band of skin about four millimetres wide. Lie on your side and that cord becomes a ridge between your head and the pillow. Move in your sleep and the mask shifts off the eye socket. Then light gets in and the whole point of wearing it disappears.\n\nA better mask fixes three things at once. It covers more area, it follows the shape of the nose, and it holds on with a band wide enough that you forget it is there.\n\nHow a wide band mask works\n\nThis mask extends the band outward from the sides of the eye panel so that it runs across the side of the head rather than pinching over the ear. Think of the difference between carrying a heavy bag on a thin string handle versus a broad fabric strap. The weight is the same. The way it feels on your skin is not.\n\nThere are a few knock-on benefits. The first is that nothing rubs the top of the ear, which is where most people get the red crease mark. The second is that side sleeping becomes comfortable, because a broad band flattens against the pillow instead of forming a lump. The third is that if you wear earplugs, the band sits over and around the ear area rather than slicing across it, so plugs are less likely to get nudged out during the night. For light sleepers who use both, that combination is the real draw.\n\nThe eye panel itself is cut larger than the usual template. More surface area means more margin for error. If the mask shifts half a centimetre while you turn over, a generous panel still covers the eye. A small one does not.\n\nThen there is the nose. A shaped, contoured edge follows the slope either side of the bridge instead of bridging straight across it. That one detail is the difference between a mask that goes dark and a mask that leaks two thin wedges of light right into your field of vision at sunrise.\n\nWhy silk\n\nSilk is used for sleep masks for practical reasons, not just because it sounds nice. It is smooth, so skin and eyelashes slide across it rather than catching. It feels cool on contact, which matters when the fabric is sitting directly on the thin skin around the eyes for seven or eight hours. And it is light. This whole mask weighs 68 grams in its packaging, which tells you how little there is to it.\n\nCompare that with a padded polyester mask. Padding adds blackout, but it also adds bulk and holds warmth, and the outer fabric is often a synthetic that feels slightly grippy against the face. Some people get on fine with that. Others find it hot and heavy by 2am.\n\nWe will not tell you a silk mask will change your skin or your hair. What we will say is that it is a smoother surface with less friction than cotton, and that is simply how the fibre behaves.\n\nWho this suits\n\nShift workers are the obvious group. If you finish at 7am and need to sleep through a bright morning, a small mask will not cut it. Neither will blackout curtains alone, because light bounces around a room. A larger panel with a sealed nose edge is the practical answer, and it travels with you between bedrooms.\n\nFrequent flyers are the second group. Cabin lighting on a long-haul flight is unpredictable, your neighbour will open the window shade at exactly the wrong moment, and you are usually trying to sleep upright. A packable mask that holds its position is worth more than most of the other gear people buy for flights. People searching for the best eye mask for long flights are usually searching because the last one slid off.\n\nNew parents, hospital patients, people sharing a room with someone on a different schedule, and anyone whose bedroom faces east all land in the same camp. So do people who simply find they sleep deeper in full darkness, which is a lot of us.\n\nSide sleepers deserve a specific mention. If you sleep on your side and have given up on eye masks entirely, the strap design is usually the reason, and it is worth one more try with a wide band version.\n\nHow to choose and how to fit it\n\nStart with coverage. Hold a mask up to your face and look for whether it reaches past the outer corner of your eye and up over the brow. If it stops short on either, light will find a way in.\n\nNext, check the nose. Run a finger along the bottom edge. A straight edge is a warning sign. A shaped one is doing the hard work.\n\nThen the strap. Adjustable beats fixed every time, because heads vary more than manufacturers assume. This mask uses a long adjustable elastic closure, which means you can set it once and leave it. The common mistake is setting it too tight. People assume a tighter mask blocks more light, but over-tightening presses the panel into the eyelids, which is uncomfortable and can make the mask feel worse than nothing. Aim for firm enough that it stays put when you turn your head side to side, and no firmer. If light still gets in at the nose, adjust the position of the panel rather than cranking the strap.\n\nFinally, think about weight. A heavy mask feels reassuring for the first ten minutes and tiresome by morning. Light and well-shaped beats thick and padded for most sleepers.\n\nLooking after it\n\nHand wash only. That is the care instruction for this mask and it is worth following. Use cool water and a small amount of detergent made for delicates, swirl it gently, and rinse. Do not bleach it, do not leave it soaking, and do not wring it out. Twisting is what damages silk fibres and stretches seams.\n\nTo dry, lay the mask on a towel, roll the towel to press out the water, then reshape the mask and dry it flat. Keep it away from direct sun, radiators and clothes dryers. Heat is hard on both the silk and the elastic in the strap.\n\nWash it every week or two if you wear it nightly, and more often if you use heavy night creams. Letting products absorb for a few minutes before you put the mask on will keep it cleaner for longer. Store it flat or loosely folded in a drawer or a soft pouch rather than crammed into the bottom of a bag with keys and chargers.\n\nDelivery and returns\n\nOrders go out by tracked courier from Australian warehouses, and most arrive within 5 to 10 working days. Delivery is free nationwide on orders over NZ$175. Returns are accepted within 14 days of delivery as long as the mask is unused and unwashed, which is the standard rule for anything worn against the face.\n\nThe short version\n\nIf you have written off sleep masks because the last one dug in, slid off or let the morning in, the problem was almost certainly the shape and the strap. This one is cut larger than standard, has a contoured nose edge to close the usual light gap, and uses a wide band across the side of the head instead of a thin cord over the ear. It is silk, it is light at 68 grams packaged, and it adjusts to fit. Hand wash it, dry it flat, and it will keep earning its place on your bedside table.", "llm_summary": "A wide band mulberry silk sleep mask in light plum, sold as a single mask. The listing describes the material as silk with a natural material feature, a solid pattern, an adjustable elastic strap closure and a larger than standard eye panel with a contoured nose edge and a band that extends out to the sides of the head. It is intended for adults. Care is hand wash only. Package dimensions are 24.31 x 13.59 x 1.9 cm and the packaged weight is 68 grams. The model number is SGBSM01-Light Plum. Brand, momme weight, silk grade, exact mask dimensions when flat and country of origin are not specified in this record. Orders ship by tracked courier.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees 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.co.nz/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-light-plum/", "canonical_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-light-plum/", "json_url": "https://mulberrysilk.co.nz/api/products/wide-band-mulberry-silk-sleep-mask-light-plum.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" } ] }