Capri — Short Silk Set

Capri before the seven o'clock boat. The Piazzetta is still empty; the bougainvillea on the wall of a closed café has been pink for a hundred years and intends to continue. You take the path down toward the Faraglioni with a coffee and the short set on — sleeves above the elbow, a loose short cut to mid-thigh, a silk so lightly woven it behaves almost like cotton until it catches the breeze and remembers what it is. The sea is the colour of a swimming pool nobody has used yet. A cat appears, considers you, declines. Down on the rocks a fisherman is rinsing octopus in a plastic bucket. By eight the buses will arrive from Marina Grande and the island will become its other self; for now there is only the lemon-and-salt air and the cool insistence of silk against bare skin.

Fabric: 100% mulberry silk in a lightweight weave — the most aerated cloth in the collection.

Details

• Short-sleeve top, slightly cropped, with a narrow piped edge
• Relaxed silk short, elasticated waist, soft tie
• Cool-handed drape — the cloth sits a little off the skin
• Two-piece set, easy to layer or wear alone

Care

Hand wash cold with a pH-neutral silk detergent. Press out water gently between towels; never wring. Dry flat in shade and iron inside-out on low if the cloth has been folded.

From the Silk Sleepwear collection — five pieces named for places of stillness.

• Reduces friction on skin and hair by up to 43% versus cotton — fewer lines on waking, less breakage at the roots.
• Holds your body's temperature without trapping heat — for sleep that does not break at 3am.
• Will not wick away your night serums or eye cream. Your routine stays where you put it.

Mulberry silk shares eighteen amino acids with human skin. Hypoallergenic by nature, it resists dust mites and bacteria — and it drapes beautifully without ever feeling heavy.