silks

Women dressed in silks danced and sang across the beautiful wooden floors.

Chanlis and Desira « A Fly in Amber 2009

Chanlis stared at Desira, dressed in silks, her head held high, but her eyes never quite met his.

Chanlis and Desira « A Fly in Amber 2009

Stunningly sculpted ruffles adorning sleeves on the Reva runway made models looked like gorgeous deep sea creatures awash in silks and satins.

Marissa Bronfman: Toronto Fashion Week: Fun Fashion and Glamorous Garb Rules the Runway Marissa Bronfman 2010

Keveza sent out gowns in silks, satins and chiffon that floated effortlessly down the runway.

Marissa Bronfman: Toronto Fashion Week: Fun Fashion and Glamorous Garb Rules the Runway Marissa Bronfman 2010

Also typical of Chinese painted silks is a silver outline on the main elements of the design. 5

The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe 2006

Around him stood fifty Mamelukes, white slaves, clothed in silks of divers sorts holding their drawn swords in their hands; but when I drew near to them lo! all were black stones.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

He is educated and dressed in silks; but something odd is going on and he's not sure what it is.

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006

He is educated and dressed in silks; but something odd is going on and he's not sure what it is.

Archive 2006-11-01 2006

“The poorest is arrayed in silks and satins of as fine a texture as the highest titled among them.”

The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876 2005

In 1819, Charles Tyng, an American sailor, described Houqua as “magnificently dressed in silks and satins of various rich colours.”

The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876 2005