Silk curtains, made to measure in Dubai
Silk reflects light rather than absorbing it, which is where the sheen comes from, and it hangs heavier than it looks. It falls into deep, even folds and stays in them, so at the same width it reads more formal than cotton or linen.
It's also the most demanding fabric we cut. Direct sun degrades silk, so a silk curtain here wants a lining behind it rather than hanging on its own.
Free measuring visit
Silk shifts colour with the light it's under — it is the fabric behind most of our deep <a href="/red-curtains/">red curtains</a> — so the range comes to your window rather than you judging it off a screen.
Made, not resold
The curtains are cut and sewn by us, so an alteration or a repair later comes back to the people who made them.
Fitted and looked after
<a href="/curtains-accessories/">Track fitting</a> and installation, then alterations, repairs and cleaning afterwards — all from one company.
What silk is like to live with
The weave is fine and dense, so a silk pair holds back more light and more sound than its weight suggests, and it drapes into folds that stay where they fall.
The trade-off is sunlight. Ultraviolet weakens silk fibres and fades the dye, and a west-facing window in Dubai delivers far more of it than most places silk was ever hung. That's why we line it, and why silk suits a north-facing room, a dining room, or a bedroom sitting behind a sheer better than it suits full-height glass facing the afternoon.
Water marks silk, so cleaning it means dry cleaning. If a room needs a curtain that can come down and go through a wash, cotton is the better fabric for that window.
Book a free measuring visit
Tell us your area and roughly how many windows, and we'll bring the range to you.
The silks, and what tells them apart
Silk isn't one cloth. The differences are in the weave, and they change how the curtain falls.
Dupioni is woven from uneven yarn, so the surface carries slubs and the folds have texture running through them. Taffeta is crisp and smooth, and it rustles — it holds a sharp pleat better than anything else here. Organza is fine enough to see through, which makes it the light layer rather than the main one. Raw silk is the least processed and the most matte of them.
There are faux silks too — polyester woven to imitate the sheen. They don't fade the way real silk does and they can be washed, so on a window that takes hard afternoon sun they're the sensible answer if you want the look rather than the fibre.
Silk curtains in different finishes
Before you have silk curtains cut
Worth settling before anything is measured:
- Line it. On a window that gets direct sun an unlined silk will fade, and it shows first along the leading edge.
- Give it length. Silk looks wrong short — a floor-length drop finishing about a centimetre clear of the tiles is what the fabric is for.
- Keep water off it. Marks set, and cleaning means dry cleaning rather than a wash.
- Two layers still apply. A sheer against the glass takes the daytime glare and most of the dust, and the silk does the evening.
- Check what's above the glass. Silk with a lining is heavier than it looks, and a gypsum bulkhead needs a fixing that finds the framing behind it, not just the board.
Talk to us about your windows
Nothing gets cut or drilled before the measurements and the price are agreed. Call or WhatsApp to arrange a time.