Only a part of the silk material won from the cocoon of the silkwom fed with mulberry leaves can be used for a fine purely silken yarn. There is a big quality difference especially in woven fine silk materials, that, for example, the material is heavier through treatment (silk weighting), giving them a density that they don't actually have. MM or m/m (Momme) is a weight specification. 1 MM means: 4,3 g/m2 of a silk material.
Properties of pure silk Skin-friendly, supple, acts climate-balancing, has shine, high rigidity, easy to color, crumples less in knitted fabrics.
