Alessandra Rich Materials and Care: Silk, Tweed, Lace, Knits, Shoes

Every Alessandra Rich piece is made in Italy, and most of it is silk, wool and lace, which is a care regime rather than a wash cycle. This guide counts the fibres across the 306 pieces on sale at Luxury Shoes , explains what each one is and how it behaves, and gives the care rule for each, from the silk crêpe de chine polka dot to the goatskin slingback. The composition on every product page is listed by component (main material, lining, trims), and that is the label to read first.

Key facts

• Fibres across the range: Silk on 160 pieces; Wool and merino on 61 pieces; Lace on 53 pieces; Sequins on 40 pieces; Cotton on 66 pieces; Velvet on 12 pieces; Mohair on 9 pieces; Cashmere on 3 pieces; Denim on 9 pieces; Goatskin (shoes) on 4 pieces.
• Made in: Italy, every piece, stated by the house and on each product page.
• The care rule: dry clean the silks, laces, tweeds, velvets and sequins; hand wash the merino and cashmere cold and dry flat; wipe the leather.
• Storage: silk and tweed on a padded hanger in a garment bag; knits folded; sequin-embroidered lace folded in tissue; shoes in their dust bag.
• What to keep away: water on silk, perfume on satin and lace, heat on anything, direct light on the pale pieces.

Silk: crepe de chine, taffeta, satin, jacquard

The largest group, on 160 pieces. Silk crêpe de chine is the polka-dot fabric: a twisted-yarn silk with a dry, pebbled hand and a soft drape, printed, and lined in polyester. Silk taffeta is crisp and rustles; silk satin is smooth and shines; silk jacquard carries a woven pattern. All of them mark with water, so a spill is a job for the dry cleaner, never a damp cloth. Press on a cool iron under a cloth if you must, and store on a padded hanger in a garment bag away from light; pale silks yellow in sun. Keep perfume off the fabric; spray, wait, then dress.

Wool: tweed boucle, crepe, merino, mohair, cashmere

Wool tweed bouclé is the jacket-and-skirt fabric: dense, springy, looped, and it holds a shape. Dry clean only, brush after wear, hang on a shaped hanger and never fold; the loops crush. Wool crepe, the daywear fabric, dry cleans and presses under a cloth. The knits are different: hand wash merino and cashmere cold with a wool wash, press out the water in a towel, dry flat and store folded; mohair and anything with sequins goes to the dry cleaner. A cedar block keeps the moth away; a knit stored dirty is the one that gets eaten.

Lace: Chantilly, stretch and sequin-embroidered

On 53 pieces. Chantilly lace is fine and corded and snags on anything: jewellery, a watch, a chair back. Dry clean only, stored in a garment bag on a padded hanger, and take a mark to a specialist rather than spot-treating it. Stretch lace, knitted with elastane, dry cleans and should not be hung for long periods. Sequin-embroidered lace is the heaviest: fold it in tissue rather than hanging it, turn it inside out for the cleaner, and never iron it.

Velvet, cady and sequins

Velvet crushes under its own weight and under a hanger clip: hang by the loops, never clip, and steam rather than press. Cady dry cleans and presses well. Sequins, whether woven into tweed, knitted into mohair and embroidered over lace, want a dry cleaner who knows them, a garment bag, no iron and no perfume. The sequin guide sorts them by technique.

Cotton and denim

The everyday fibres, on the cotton skirts and polos and the denim jeans, skirts and jackets. Machine wash cold inside out, dry flat, and iron the cotton while damp. The denim with studs wants a cold wash and no tumble dryer.

Leather and satin: the shoes

The Fall Winter 2026 shoes are goatskin (capretto) through, upper and lining, except the red mule, whose upper is a 72% viscose and 28% silk satin over goatskin. Wipe leather with a soft dry cloth after wear, let a wet shoe dry away from heat, and ask a cobbler for a thin rubber protector before the first wear on a leather sole. Keep the satin away from water and perfume, brush dust off with a dry cloth and take any mark to a specialist. Both live in their dust bags. The shoes guide covers the styles.

Reading the label

The house lists composition by component, in this form: main material 100% silk; lining 100% polyester; bows 100% polyamide. Luxury Handbags carries the same breakdown on each product page under the composition, with the origin and the product code. A piece with a component you do not recognise is defined in the glossary.

Frequently asked questions

Can I wash an Alessandra Rich silk dress?

No. Silk crepe de chine and taffeta mark with water; dry clean only, and take a spill to the cleaner rather than dabbing it.

How do I care for Alessandra Rich tweed?

Dry clean only, brush after wear, store on a shaped hanger and never fold; the boucle loops crush.

Is Alessandra Rich knitwear hand wash?

The merino and cashmere are: cold, with a wool wash, dried flat and stored folded. Mohair and sequin knits go to the dry cleaner.

What is Alessandra Rich made of?

Silk crepe de chine, silk taffeta and satin, wool tweed boucle, wool crepe, merino, mohair and cashmere, Chantilly and stretch lace, velvet, cady, cotton and denim, all made in Italy. The composition is listed by component on every product page.

How do I store a sequin dress?

Folded in tissue in a garment bag, inside out, away from anything that snags. Never iron a sequin and keep perfume off it.

How do I care for the Alessandra Rich shoes?

Wipe the goatskin with a dry cloth, dry a wet shoe away from heat, add a rubber sole protector before the first wear, keep the satin away from water and perfume, and store both in their dust bags.

Read next

the glossary | real vs fake | the knitwear | the lace dresses

All the Alessandra Rich guides at Luxury Shoes

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Sources and method

Checked on 18 September 2026. Facts about the house come from the sources below; prices, counts and stock come from the live Luxury Handbags catalogue on that date and change with the season.

• Alessandra Rich, About the brand
• alessandrarich.com, Fall Winter 2026 collection pages (product details, size guide, model measurements)
• Luxury Handbags product data for the 306 Alessandra Rich pieces on sale on 18 September 2026 (prices in USD, compositions, sizes, seasons)

Gemma Deeks is Fashion Editor at Luxury Shoes . Prices, stock and counts on this page were checked against coveti.com and alessandrarich.com on 18 September 2026.