So at sixteen years old began my romantic life of travel. Venturing across continents I drew closer to the origins of silk. From 2005 I had been using silk fabrics and manufacturing ties in England and China. Working a backward journey from the retail shop floor to the source and. At every opportunity took a journey back in time to my child hood, climbing Juicy Couture suits
Mulberry trees in search of fresh new leaves to feed my silk worm collection cosily housed in a new shoe box.
Secondly, the Silk Road was not a trade route that existed solely for the purpose of trading in silk; many other commodities were also traded, from gold and ivory to exotic animals and plants.
Of all the precious goods crossing this area, silk was perhaps the most remarkable for the people of the West. It is often thought that the Romans had first encountered silk in one of their campaigns against the Parthians in 53 B.C, and realised that it could not have Juicy Couture shoe
been produced by this relatively unsophisticated people. They reputedly learnt from Parthian prisoners that it came from a mysterious tribe in the east, who they came to refer to as the silk people, `Seres'. In practice, it is likely that silk and other goods were beginning to filter into Europe before this time, though only in very small quantities.
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