Why it is called peace silk
Most silk is reeled from a cocoon with the pupa still inside. Eri is not. The moth completes its life cycle and leaves, which breaks the filament, so eri is spun from short lengths the way cotton or wool is rather than reeled as one continuous thread.
That is the whole reason it looks and feels different. Spun yarn is matte. It has a slight irregularity along its length. It traps air, which is why a fabric this light is noticeably warm.
What that means to wear
It does not have the glassy shine people expect from silk, and if that is what you want this is the wrong jacket. What it has instead is a soft, dry, slightly woolly surface that takes no effort to wear and does not look formal to the point of costume.
It is undyed. The ivory is the fibre’s own colour.
It gets better, not worse
Eri is the one silk that improves with ordinary use. The spun surface relaxes and the fabric drapes closer to the body after a few wearings. There is more on the fibre itself in eri silk, the peace silk.
