women’s gloves made of mulberry silk achieves an ultra-micro pore structure of 0.02 mm² with 6A grade raw silk fibers (with a diameter of only 10-12μm and a fineness 300% higher than that of cotton). The air permeability reaches 2,800 g/m²/24h (only 600-800 for wool), while suppressing the fluctuation of skin surface humidity within ±12% RH (ISO 20727 standard). Significantly reduce the stuffy and sticky feeling by 53% (Textile Research Journal 2023 test). The Chloe silk touch gloves (laminated with 18 layers of nanofilament film) released at Milan Fashion Week 2024 set a contact cold sensation index of 0.81 (Q-max value), and the hand temperature dropped by 3.2°C within 5 minutes of wearing (measured by infrared thermal imaging). However, the temperature of ordinary velvet gloves rose by 2.5°C instead (Vogue Trend Report).
The biological activity of silk protein is the core advantage: Each gram of raw silk contains 18 kinds of amino acids (concentration 97 mg/g), among which sericin protein can increase the water content of the stratum corneum by 22% (detected by Raman spectroscopy). Clinical follow-up shows that after continuous use of silk women’s gloves for 28 days, The fine lines on the hands of the subjects decreased by 41% (15% in the control group), due to the serine penetration efficiency reaching 0.4 μg/cm²/h (pharmacokinetic model in the journal Cosmetics). A certain luxury brand implanted 0.3% hyaluronic acid microcapsules into the inner lining of gloves (with a loading of 1.2 mg/cm²), increasing the rate of ceramide synthesis by 2.3 times (detected by ELISA in vitro skin model).
Breakthroughs in mechanical properties subvert traditional perceptions: The 22 mm high-density satin structure (1,100 warp and weft strands /10cm²) endows women’s gloves with a tensile strength of 18.5 cN/dtex (superior to cashmere’s 10.2 cN/dtex). The anti-wrinkle recovery Angle is 268° (the highest grade in the national standard GB/T 3819). The 19th-century Victorian antique gloves (with a thread twist of 1,200 TPM) auctioned by Sotheby’s in 2023 still retain 95% of their strength after 150 years, confirming their bending life of more than 300 times (laboratory accelerated aging test ASTM D3887).
The consumption economics model verifies the unique value: The average price of high-end silk women’s gloves is ¥2,800-15,000 (with 62% of raw materials), which is 20 times that of cotton, but the annual repurchase rate of users reaches 48% (McKinsey Luxury Report). According to Euromonitor data, 68% of purchasers pay a premium for the “sense of ritual in social scenarios”. For example, the embroidered recycled silk gloves (300 working hours per pair) worn by a certain star on the 2024 Met Gala red carpet drove a 740% surge in global search volume. The brand premium index soared to 22.1 (the industry average was 4.3), perfectly interpreting its irreplaceable symbolic value.