What Shapes It
50,000 times
The mulberry silkworm eats 50,000 x its own weight in Mulberry leaves during its short life
1 Silkworm
Springs a continuous filament up to 900 meters long, invisible to the naked eye, just 13 microns. It takes 8 cocoons reeled simultaneously to create one usable thread
It takes 2,500
Cocoons and 45 days of uninterrupted cultivation to create the material for one silk wrap
Bombyx mori silkworm
Exclusively feeds on the leaves of the white mulberry tree, Morus alba, the same tree cultivated across northern Italy since the Renaissance.
The World Reveres Silk
Archaeological discoveries confirm that China's silk weaving technology appeared at least 5,500 years ago during the Henan Province, the cradle of Chinese civilization. The cultivation of silkworms began 4700 BCE ago during the Neolithic period. The oldest silk ever found dates to 3630 BCE, recovered from process of making silk, known as sericulture, was, according to Chinese tradition, developed sometime around the year 2,700 BCE. Regarded as an extremely high value product, silk was reserved for the exclusive usage of the Chinese imperial court. Its production technique was a fiercely guarded state secret, protected by imperial decree, the most severe consequence awaiting anyone who attempted to carry silkworms or their eggs beyond China's borders.
In ancient China, silk was far more than a fabric, it was a standardized currency as reliable as gold. During the Han and Tang Dynasties, silk was an official form of tax payment. Soldiers were paid in it. Alliances were forged with it. From the courts of the Byzantine Empire to the palaces of Persia, receiving Chinese silk from an Emperor was the highest possible honor. This was the language of power, spoken in thread.
1400s
Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, plants Mulberry trees across northern Italy, establishing the silk cultivation tradition that would make Italian silk the standard of excellence for the next six centuries and beyond.
1600
Milan rises as the creative and commercial heart of Italy's silk industry, drawing master weavers, dyers, and printers whose families would carry their techniques forward across generations, each one adding refinement.
1869
The Setificio Paolo Carcano is founded, a dedicated school for silk masters, producing the finest textile artisans in all of Italy. The curriculum: one material, total mastery.
Today
The Conscious Collection is printed and made in Milan, on Italian Mulberry silk, alive with original art, numbered and signed. Six thousand years of thread, in your hands.
DOUBLE-SIDED
printing
Double-sided printing on Italian Mulberry silk, Grade 6A, the highest classification, is among the most technically demanding processes in luxury textile production. The dye penetrates the full depth of the weave, saturating every fiber so that the face and reverse of the silk carry the same luminous color intensity.
Milan's master printmakers make this possible, atelier hands trained across generations in the most exacting standards of Italian textile craft. The color saturation achieved through Milanese double-sided printing remains unmatched anywhere on earth. The technique is an ingredient as essential as the silk itself.
The experience of true Italian silk begins with the touch. High-quality silk has a complex, multi-tonal sheen that catches the light with a soft, pearlescent glow. In double-sided printing, this sheen is uninterrupted, the light moves through color the same way it moves through stained glass. Pure luminosity. It simply glows.
Collect
wear & converse
Every silk wrap in the Conscious Collection is regal and refined - lustrous under gallery light and fabulous in the sun. Light dappled. Alive. Color that shifts as you move through the world, catching the light and illuminating your presence.
The art is original. The symbolism is deliberate and ancient. The colors were chosen to nourish your aura, electrify your biofield, and beautify the tone of your skin - revealing the sparkle in your eye.
Each piece is signed by Heidi Krauss and numbered - a limited edition wearable work of art. Printed on Italian Mulberry silk in Milan. Collect it. Wear it. Frame it. An heirloom for life. Let it start a conversation that lasts longer than a season.
The silkworm is dedicated to transformation. A reminder that you are immersed in metamorphosis daily - lean into change and cultivate your existence.
