Scarves worth keeping
Solwain is a small studio with one stubborn idea: a scarf should be a natural fibre, finished by hand, and kept for years.
We started Solwain because we were tired of scarves that pilled, bled colour or felt like plastic — synthetic blends that looked tired after a season and ended up in the bin. We wanted to make the opposite: scarves cut from a single natural fibre, finished by hand, that get softer and better with every year.
Everything is drawn in our studio and woven by specialist mills across Europe — silk in Como, cashmere and lambswool in Scotland, linen and cotton in Portugal. We work only in natural fibres, and we keep the line tight: silk carrés, wool and cashmere, linen and cotton, prints, shawls and bandanas.
How we make them
Our silk carrés are printed or woven on heavy mulberry silk in Como, then hand-rolled at the edge — a tiny rolled hem sewn by hand that no machine can match. It is slower and more expensive than an overlocked edge, and it is the whole point: it gives the square its weight, its drape and its finished look.
Our knits and wovens are made in Scottish and European mills from cashmere, lambswool, merino, linen and cotton, finished with hand-knotted fringes or frayed edges, and we say plainly on every product page exactly which fibre you are buying.
Made to be kept
Buying fewer, better scarves is the most sustainable thing any of us can do. So we work only in natural fibres, we publish honest care notes on every page, and we size and describe each piece exactly. Look after a real silk or cashmere scarf and it will outlast the trends by years.
The team
We're a small group of designers, textile people and scarf obsessives spread between our studio and the mills. The names behind Solwain will appear here soon.
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