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2. Organza - Wikipedia

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   Organza is a thin, plain weave, sheer fabric traditionally made from silk. Many modern organzas are woven with synthetic filament fibers such as polyester or nylon. Silk organza is woven by a number of mills along the Yangtze River and in the province of Zhejiang in China. A coarser silk organza is woven in the Bangalore area of India.

3. Gazar - Wikipedia

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   Gazar was developed by the Swiss textile firm Abraham in collaboration with Spanish-Basque couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga, who featured silk gazar in his collections of 1960–68. [2] Balenciaga's mastery of this gleaming, lightweight fabric with its "claylike" ability to hold its shape was exemplified by the trapezoid wedding gowns in his ...

4. Rinzu - Wikipedia

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   Woodblock print (between c. 1100 and 1400) illustrating a stylized floral design used in rinzu fabric. Rinzu (綸子) is a Japanese silk satin damask. [1] [2] It was the preferred fabric for kimono in the Edo period. [3]

5. Moire (fabric) - Wikipedia

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   Changeable moire is a term for fabric with a warp of one color and a weft of another, which gives different effects in different lights. [6] Examples include shot silk. Moire fabric is more delicate than fabric of the same type that has not gone through the calendering process. Also, contact with water removes the watermark and causes staining. [5]

6. Charmeuse - Wikipedia

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   A piece of silk charmeuse fabric showing the shiny, satin front and dull, matte back. Charmeuse (/ ʃ ɑːr ˈ m uː z,-ˈ m uː s /; French:; French for 'female charmer') is a lightweight fabric woven with a satin weave. These float threads give the front of the fabric a smooth, shiny finish, whereas the back has a dull finish.

7. Ribbon - Wikipedia

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   A hair ribbon. Along with that of tapes, fringes, and other smallwares, the manufacture of cloth ribbons forms a special department of the textile industries.The essential feature of a ribbon loom is the simultaneous weaving in one loom frame of two or more webs, going up to as many as forty narrow fabrics in modern looms.