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Welcome to Chanthala handmade Lao silk!
Sabaidee (Hello) welcome to our website.
Chanthala Handmade Silk is an Australian/Lao family based company that imports Silk products direct from Laos. We offer our luxourious handmade Lao silk for personal fashion or your home decor, while at the same time opening up more market opportunities for Lao silk producers.
Our large range of affordable handmade Mulberry Silks direct from Laos is lovingly crafted by Lao artisans dedicated to preserving our unique & traditional methods.
Khawp jai lai laiĀ (Thank you very much)
About Us
Our handmade silks are naturally textured to touch with natural and synthetic dyes used and each piece can vary slightly from one to the next because they are individually crafted.
You'll feel and see the difference between Chanthala Handmade Silk and other machine made silk and synthetic materials!.
Silk Process
Lao silk making starts when mulberry leaves are fed to Silk moth caterpillars and after about 20 to 30 days of growing they are now ready to spin a silk cocoon.
When the cocoons are ready they are placed in hot water to soften so the silk can be unwound (reeling) without breaking.
Lao Silk Origns
Laos, or the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is located in the centre of 5 Greater Mekong Region countries - China, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam.
Laos like other Asian countries has a long rich history of making silk, but in Laos it is still based on traditional methods.