Scarves Chiffon (mousseline) scarves

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Chestnutty said:
Thanks everyone for your compliments and likes. Hope you all enjoyed the eye candies. Wish I could post the pic of the mousse I wore today but the lighting at the restaurant was too dim.


It's an early 2000's cheangante and I realized the mistake was to have let it air dry. I let it go for a fraction of what I bought for afterwards. Funny, the buyer actually liked the new (crepey) texture, so it worked out. Nowadays, I handwash my mousselines but I learned more tricks when ironing. So far no more ruins and tons of savings :nuts:!

Thank you! It ties like a dream, there's just no way to wear it wrong!
Last year I debated a lot whether I should buy the mousselines, since I'm not a fan of the new printing quality. I mulled over it over the past year until I saw your modeling pic of the coral colorway, then finally made up my mind. And, Vanessa Williams was wearing this mousseline in the bleu glacier cw in Royal Pains (a TV show)!
Like another tPFer said aptly, "with H, Buy First Think Later!".
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Would you mind sharing the tips for ironing? I prefer to wash my silks myself. None of my moussies need washing yet but at some point I'm sure I'll have to clean them, and it's definitely better to be prepared before I get into it. I'll really appreciate it.
 
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Chestnutty said:
Just read recent posts on this thread, I couldn't resist jumping in to say this: If you don't know how to iron silk and can't iron 56"x56" square of silk quickly, please DO NOT EVER wash your mousselines AND air dry. It changes the texture of your mousselines and ruins the sheen of changeante. I made such mistake once and I don't want anybody to make the same mistake. With older mousselines that are thick and heavily starched, washing and air drying may not be a huge issue, but recent mousselines are very thin and dry quickly hence change texture in a matter of few minutes after washing. In addition, special attention should be paid when ironing wet mousseline so that the hem doesn't shrink (rolled hem has more layers of silk hence stays wet longer and more prone to air dry and shrink compared to the flat body of the mousseline).
Disclaimer: I'm OCD when it comes to my mousselines. Unlike silk twills, mousselines are rare breed, once you ruin one, it's really difficult to find a replacement.
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OMG. I was just thinking of washing one or more of my moussie's!!!! Thank you so much for posting this Chestnutty:flowers:
May I ask....do you dry clean them ever?
 
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