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It takes time and money to make the material itself, which begins with the work of busy silkworms, according to professional undergarment educator Kimmay Caldwell. So the prices of silk are ...

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The cloth is used to make shirts, saris and traditional dresses worn by Assamese women. Saris are also being made with eri, a new trend. Maintaining a silk business is hard work. “It takes a lot of ...

Unlike traditional silks, Eri Silk is made from the broken cocoons of silkworms, a process that aligns with the principle of ahimsa, meaning non-violence. This silk is harvested without killing ...

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The biodegradable thread has proven to be tougher and more flexible than silk extracted from silkworms or spider web, according to Kowa Co. Kowa, whose business fields range from textile trading to ...

Drawing upon these insights, Kraig Labs has successfully incorporated key genetic elements of this remarkable silk into its proprietary transgenic silkworms to create a scalable production system ...

The biodegradable thread has proven to be tougher and more flexible than silk extracted from silkworms or spider web, according to Kowa Co. Kowa, whose business fields range from textile trading ...