Silk chiffon is an uncommon silk fabric in silk fabric industry. People say more georgette than chiffon.

The composition of silk chiffon is 100% mulberry silk yarn. Clothes of real silk fabric are good to people’s skin. People may find silk-like fabric in Internet, which is not 100% silk fabric and not breathable and moisture absorbing. Silk chiffon also has some disadvantage which cannot be compared with chiffon-like fabric. Silk chiffon fabric is easily get dimmed after washing and not solid for the stitches is easily torn; it may grow yellow in sun exposure; it needs hand washing.

Now silk chiffon and georgette is two different varieties. The manufacturer would label different mark.

Generally speaking,

Smooth and wrinkle-free silk fabric is called silk chiffon (the shrinkage after washing is about 10%).

Coarse and wrinkled silk fabric is called silk georgette (the shrinkage after washing is about 15%).

Now there are many chiffon clothes which is a silk-like fabric. Chiffon is thin, soft and has good drape. Of course these features are only appearance characteristics and cannot be kept up with silk chiffon. Because silk-like chiffon is made from chemical fiber, it has the characteristics of chemical fiber such as it is solid, not easy to fade and easy to take care (machine washable).