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To find out when silk was first used is almost impossible because its use is very ancient. There are historians that think it may have started between 3 and 6000 B.C. But it is agreed that it all started in China. In the beginning of silk production it was controlled by royalty. So the everyday use of silk was very limited for common folks unless you were close to the king or queen and got it as a gift.

Gradually use of silk spread in Chinese society and ultimately it spread to other cultures. It has been found as far Egypt as long ago as 1000 B.C. Because of silks unique texture and luster, the demand for silk spread far and wide. Chinese merchants took their product further and further from their homeland and thus started the famed road known as the silk route.

Silk is produced from a particular variety of worm, known as the mulberry silk worm. The silk threads are extracted from the cocoons of this worm. They are grown in special farms and the process is called sericulture. What gives the silk thread its special luster is the fiber which has a triangular pattern which reflects the light like a prism. Silks are produced by several insects but only the ones from mulberry silk worm are used in textiles.

Apart from China, Thailand and India are also major manufacturers of the silk fabric. In these countries both sericulture silk worms and wild silk worms are used for the production of silk. In Thailand the organic silk is bleached to take out its natural yellow color and then dyed to make exquisite color patterns. Usually it is bleached using hydrogen peroxide. In India also silks were being produced for thousands of years and in both countries silk was used more for ceremonial purposes rather than as day to day clothing.

In North America silk was introduced in 17th century, by King James I of England with the hope that it would curb farmers from growing tobacco. In the 1800's silk manufacturing started in a big way in Patterson, New Jersey earning it the nickname "silk city". Silk is a very strong natural fiber, combined with its softness and thermal qualities it was only a matter of time before somebody thought of it as an excellent material for undergarments, hence the long silk underwear.

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