Evening
the silk hour
everything sold as a slip dress is polyester. these are the ones that aren't.
Evening
everything sold as a slip dress is polyester. these are the ones that aren't.
the slip dress is the most counterfeited garment in fashion. the shape reads as silk, the drape is close enough under store lighting, and the label says polyester satin. it is a plastic dress, which is why it clings, holds heat, and smells after one night out. every piece in this edit is real silk, a protein fiber that breathes and moves with temperature, and every one is scored on the composition the brand actually published.
read the editRead the composition, not the product name. Real silk lists 'silk' with a percentage; imitations list polyester, nylon, or just the word 'satin', which describes a weave rather than a fiber. Toxome reads the label for you and scores the garment by what it is made of.
Silk absorbs moisture and moves heat away from the body, so it stays cool in warmth and warm in cold. Polyester satin does neither: it holds heat and sweat against the skin, which is why the same dress feels clammy after an hour.
Silk is a natural protein fiber spun by silkworms. It contains none of the petroleum-based plastic in polyester or nylon and sheds no microplastics in the wash.
