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The fabric
Şile bezi — Şile cloth — is a traditional Turkish cotton gauze, loomed on the Black Sea coast east of Istanbul for over a century. Abroad it sells as muslin or double gauze; in Türkiye it carries the name of the town that weaves it.
It depends on where your customers shop. In the United States, garments in this weave sell as cotton gauze or double gauze. In the UK and much of Europe the same fabric is called muslin. Spanish buyers may know it as bámbula, French ones as gaze de coton. Şile cloth is Turkey's own, original member of this family — woven from a high-twist cotton yarn that gives the surface its signature crinkle.
Whatever the label says, the qualities are the same: an open weave that breathes, a dry, crisp touch that never clings, and a hand that softens with every wash. If your store sells cotton gauze dresses, muslin blouses or double-gauze shirts, you are selling what Şile has woven for a hundred years.
Weaving has been recorded in Şile, a fishing town on Istanbul's Black Sea coast, for well over a hundred years. The craft began with silk, passed through linen, and settled on cotton yarn from 1985 onwards — the form the fabric keeps today.
What separates Şile cloth from other cottons is the yarn. Both warp and weft use a tightly twisted thread the weavers call 'zero-number lively' — sıfır numara kıvrak. That twist is what puckers the cloth into its airy, crêpe-like texture; there is no other fabric produced quite this way.
The cloth even has a place in Turkish literature — the poet Nâzım Hikmet wrote that his last shirt was 'of Şile cloth'. In Şile itself, the fabric still gets its own festival every summer.
An open weave lets air move freely — cool in summer, comfortable in layers.
Absorbs perspiration quickly without clinging to the skin.
Natural cotton fibres carry almost no static electricity.
100% cotton, no synthetic blends — easy to launder, gentler over time.
Soft and hypoallergenic, including for children and sensitive skin.
Lighter than terry, faster-drying than denim — made for warm climates.
For a boutique, cotton gauze solves the summer problem: customers want to look dressed while feeling undressed. Şile cloth hangs light on the rail, photographs beautifully, and its generous cuts mean one size run fits more customers.
Because the fibre is pure cotton with no synthetics, it launders easily and ages well — which keeps returns low and repeat purchases high. Most of our buyers reorder the same styles two or three times in a season.
Dresses, blouses, tunics, abayas, nightgowns, men's shirts, trousers, vests and traditional garments — many finished with hand-applied lace or local embroidery. All of it woven, cut and sewn by our own atelier, certified to OEKO-TEX® Standard 100.
For practical purposes, yes. Şile cloth belongs to the muslin family — a plain-woven, lightweight cotton. What sets it apart is the high-twist yarn used in both warp and weft, which gives it a livelier crinkle and a softer drape than flat commercial muslin.
Double gauze is two layers of open-weave cotton gauze woven together at intervals. The term is common in the US market for exactly the kind of airy, crinkled cotton garments we produce; if your customers ask for double gauze, Şile cloth pieces will read as the same fabric family.
Machine-wash at 30°C on a cotton cycle, inside out. Skip bleach and fabric softener, line-dry out of direct sun, and iron inside out on a cotton setting. Washed this way, the fabric gets softer and finer for years.
The cloth is woven in Türkiye in the Şile tradition, and every garment is cut and sewn in our own Istanbul atelier. Production is certified to OEKO-TEX® Standard 100, and our quality system to ISO 9001:2015.
Yes — wholesale only. Boutiques and distributors order through this site in EUR or USD, and goods ship from Istanbul in 3–7 days to the EU and North America. The catalog is open; prices unlock with a free buyer account.
