With social media being touted as vital for facilitating two-way conversations between brands and their customers, Patra, the silk mail-order retailer, has recently launched a new blog and Facebook page to better connect with its customer base. “As so many of our customers shop online, we thought Facebook and the blog would be a great [...]

In the coming months, Patra is to have a selection of its products available to purchase at the Macclesfield Silk Museums, the UK’s leading silk attraction. “I am delighted that the Silk Museum chose us to offer our unique silk range in the Silk Museum shop,” says Rita Patra, Managing Director of the silk mail-order [...]

With summer coming up, Patra has designed a range of new dresses, which build on customer favourites to ensure your summer is spent in clothing which is both stylish and comfortable. One such summer dress featured in the new catalogue is the Noil Silk Short Sleeve Knitted Dress (see image to the left), based on [...]

Reynaud’s Phenomenon is a painful condition often triggered by the cold, which affects fingers, toes and other extremities, and is thought to affect around 10 million people in the UK. In Reynaud’s Disease or Reynaud’s Phenomenon, the arteries in the extremities go into spasm, turning fingers and toes bluish white, making them stiff and painful. [...]

Online and mail order silk clothing retailer, Patra Selections, recently introduced a new addition to their range of silk duvets and bedding. The Mini Quilt was a departure from their usual products, being made with a pure cotton outer and  100% duck down, rather than from silk. Managing Director, Rita Patra, says of the mini [...]