We have read with interest the respectfully written correspondence by Wüthrich et al. regarding antimicrobial silk textiles for atopic dermatitis (AD) (1). Though it was submitted as a comment to the European consensus-based S2k guidelines on treatment of atopic eczema (2,3), it is discussing in 70% of its length the CLOTHES trial - published in two non-JEADV-publications which we have neither designed nor authored (4,5). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.