Product Care

Care

Product care

Silk is tougher than its reputation suggests, and leather only improves with age, but both have opinions about a few things. Looked after properly, a Baroque piece will outlast most of what hangs beside it.

Before you wear it

Perfume, hairspray and deodorant do more damage to silk than washing ever will. The alcohol in them dulls the colour and weakens the fibre where it lands. Let all three dry completely before the scarf goes on, and it will need washing far less often. The same goes for handling leather with clean hands, since leather absorbs whatever it meets.

Silk twill

Patterned scarves

Washing Dry clean, or hand wash alone in cool water with a detergent made for silk or wool. Never use anything labelled biological or enzyme, which digests the fibre itself. No bleach, no soaking, no rubbing.
Marks Blot a spill, do not rub. Resist spot cleaning: water leaves a ring on silk, so wash the whole scarf rather than one corner of it.
Drying Do not wring. Roll in a towel to take out the water, then lay flat in the shade. Wet silk stretches out of shape if it is hung, and sunlight takes the colour.
Pressing Iron on the silk setting, on the reverse, while the scarf is evenly damp all over. Keep the steam off it, and use a cloth between iron and silk if you would rather not risk it. A patchy damp scarf will water spot.
Storing Rolled, or folded loosely, somewhere dark and dry. A hard fold left for months becomes a permanent one.

Linen, wool and embellished

The rest of the scarves

Linen Hand wash or gentle cold machine wash. Air dry, then press while damp on the reverse. Linen takes a hotter iron than silk and is happier for it.
Wool Dry clean, or hand wash in cool water without agitating it, since movement and warmth together turn wool to felt. Reshape while damp and dry flat. Never tumble dry, never hang wet, and store folded rather than on a hook.
Fringed and embellished Dry clean these, and say what the trim is when you hand them over. Keep fringe and crystals clear of jewellery and bag hardware, and store flat rather than folded through the trim.

Soruka leather

Handbags

Soruka bags are made by hand in Europe from reclaimed leather, so each one carries its own grain and markings. Those are the character of the hide, not faults, and they deepen with use.

Handling Clean hands, always. Leather absorbs oils and whatever else it meets. Keep makeup in a pouch of its own inside the bag, since a loose lipstick will find the lining eventually.
Weight Do not overload it. Too much weight pulls the bag out of shape and strains the handles where they join.
Wet weather Keep it out of rain and snow where you can. If it does get wet, let it dry on its own away from heat. No hairdryer, no radiator, no dryer, all of which crack the leather as it dries.
Cleaning Only gentle products made for leather. Nothing containing alcohol or mineral oil, both of which strip the finish.
Conditioning Condition it now and then to stop the leather drying out and cracking. Twice a year is plenty for most bags, more often in a dry climate.

Not sure about a particular piece? Ask us before you wash it, which is always easier than after.