Our company

All travelers look for the perfect product to make their journey as comfortable and enjoyable as possible. While traveling in Vietnam in the early 1990s, Silksak founder David Cooper discovered that lightweight, luxurious silk was the best fabric for sleeping in. He found that natural silk kept the body cool in hot and humid conditions, was great for keeping mosquitoes and other insects at bay and washed and dried quickly and easily. On returning to New Zealand he found that a silk liner was ideal for using inside a sleeping bag for adding warmth, keeping the bag clean and reducing tangles. It quickly became an essential item for tramping and camping trips, being lightweight and compact too.

The Silksak silk sleeping bag liner that is manufactured in Vietnam to David’s specifications has now been selling in New Zealand and Australia since 1995. Silksak silk liners are also now available in the United Kingdom and Europe.

Each Silksak is made of the finest fibre spun by the tiny silk caterpillar, creating an incredibly lightweight, luxurious finished product essential for traveling and nights spent in the outdoors.

In 2002 our fascination with silk that had started with the Silksak, led us to create Silkbody, a range of natural silk clothing for everyday, outdoor and travel wear.

David Cooper and Emily Cooper, Founders