Sentence examples for fine silk from inspiring English sources

Silk became popular in 1560, when Queen Elizabeth was presented a pair of fine silk stockings she loved so much she refused to wear anything else from then on.

There are other wrinkles in Masa's fine silk.

They had stopped producing fine silk for fashion.

Made from fine silk with Temperley's signature floral print is subtly seductive.

It simply looks expensive in the way a fine silk suit whispers luxury.

Waitresses in fine silk kimonos glided among the tables, and the city lights shimmered below.

"JAMAICAN rum...oranges from Jerusalem...cigars, fine silks and cocaine".

They never cared for fine silks, and so our craft was ruined.

He's a stickler for Dolce & Gabbana ("God bless the Italians and their fine silks"), has a tidy collection of luxe Gosha Rubchinskiy-inspired tracksuits and works a Hawaiian shirt (very Saint Laurent) nicely when "off-ring".

Kanchipuram weavers, who work in family cooperatives, have been producing fine silks, interwoven with patterns of peacocks and lotus flowers in gold and silver thread, for more than 1,000 years -- they were the purveyors to the Chola kings.

Vietnam has a long tradition of making fine silks and garments, especially in the northern Nam Dinh region, where the French helped improve silk quality and manufacturing techniques.