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‘Silky’ doesn’t mean it’s made from silk – how confusing textile language can harm the environment

By Rebecca Van Amber, Senior Lecturer in Fashion & Textiles, RMIT University
Pia Interlandi, Associate Professor of Creative Practice, School of Design and the Built Environment, Curtin University

Brands can imply a product inherits the cultural value of silk – even when the fibre itself is fossil-fuel derived or heavily chemically processed.

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