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In this sense it should be a scarce fabric, rather than something cheaply produced.

Doonan discovers that Chanel intended Jersey to pay homage to Coco Chanel's favorite fabric rather than to Chris Christie's constituency.

A cutting system introduced in 1971 employed a computer-controlled laser beam to burn, or vaporize, the fabric rather than cut it.

The ceiling seems to be made of fabric rather than of wood, a gargantuan version of the canopy on a fourposter bed.

Solicitor John Armstrong adds: "I was attracted to Ozwald's work because I like simple, gimmick-free clothes where the emphasis is on cut and fabric rather than details".

Google's headset, the Daydream View, is made of fabric rather than cardboard, and comes with a motion controller used to translate your gestures into apps and games.

Her starting points are always the fabrics rather than the concepts.

Combined with the textile business, which creates fabrics rather than garments, the industry in 2001 was worth £13bn and employed a quarter of a million people.

"Finding accessible sources of pre-consumer and post-consumer fabrics rather than garments is a big challenge for upcycling designers," says Lucy Norris, anthropologist at University College London.

Since Coach embraced fashion and fancy fabrics, rather than only leather, it now has a wide range of bags, with top prices at €710 for a pleated leather purse, or €845 for purple snakeskin.

"Knoll Textiles, 1945-2010," athehe Bard Graduate Center in Manhattan from May 18 to July 31, flips the story line on the brand's famous chairs (Womb, Tulip, Diamond, Platner) by focusing on the fabrics rather than the frames.