Up close, it turned out to be a silk embroidery--containing, Jiang said, 2.5 million stitches.
She decorated a chiffon button-down shirt with scarabs and used jeweled ones on a silk skirt.
Baroque prints were present too on a silk shirtdress and a couple of tops.
Mr. de la Renta showed short-sleeve outerwear and a silk merino "cardigan coat" with a mink collar.
For the rituals, Sing has exchanged his well-creased trousers for a silk sarong.
Wang folded fabric like origami to create wool-silk tops, and then topped them over the chest with a silk band.
Hovering above me was a silk-clad British Airways stewardess with an angelic smile, and she seemed to want me to move.
Did you expect Brando Nadal, plopping into a chair in a silk muumuu at this hotel restaurant on Central Park South?
His bohemian appearance, with a silk scarf perpetually round his neck, is a legacy of his studies at the Sorbonne in Paris.
Even as we feared there could be a war, we were taken to a silk thread factory where 2, 000 women work diligently.
In Franklin's own account of his experiment (published in 1752), a kite fashioned from a silk handkerchief is set aloft in a storm.
Those rich, fall-like colors were readily visible: Plums, as in a crepe jumpsuit with a silk georgette blouse and long leather plum gloves.
To the end of the string is tied a metal key, and to the key is attached a silk (nonconductive) cord, which the experimenter holds.
Lucky for you Ermenegildo Zegna came out with several of them this season in a silk-cotton blend, giving them that relaxed yet still sharp look.
Not for sale, these bags are lent to families who want to play at dressing-up (the bags also contain a crown, a silk caplet and a sword).
The silk was engineered by Tufts University, near Boston, from a silkworm cocoon that had been boiled to create a silk solution that can be deposited as a thin film.
Dice up the next few days in nearby Chiang Mai with a visit to The Elephant Hospital, Doi Suthep, the Chiang Mai City Art and Cultural Center, and a silk-weaving centre.
This explains why Woodford drinks like a silk sheet.
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Yet his eclectic career encompassed much more, including a silk screen of the arrest of Mick Jagger, the cover of The Beatles' so-called White Album (1968) and a computer he designed himself.
When we enthusiastically agreed (after our heart rate dropped), he led us aside -- away from prying eyes -- and produced a pair devices, delicately wrapped in a silk handkerchief, from his suit's inside pocket.
Some groused that spending hundreds of dollars on a silk trench for a 5-year-old is impractical, since she will grow out of it in six months and probably spill something on it, rip it or destroy it some other way before then.
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He wore a white silk shirt and a sheet wrapped around his legs, while his bride wore a strapless ivory dress and tiara.
On the other side of the spectrum were the women in white and ivory like Kerry Washington in a dress with a structured bodice from Rodarte, Naomi Watts in a lace and silk tulle frock from Marchesa and Sofia Vergara in a ruched and draped silk satin dress by Donna Karan.
For her morning outfit at the inauguration, Michelle Obama chose a navy silk jacquard coat and dress from Thom Browne, a designer known among fashion circles for his close cropped silhouettes, floodwater pants and wild and zany fashion shows.
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Included with it is a small silk flag with 46 stars, thought to have been donated by Morey during World War I, and a gold cross Littrell added.
That has meant a romantic red silk dress, a luxurious dressing gown and a fitted black dress.
Miller had made a series of silk dresses with a print made out of a design of theater tickets.
She carried a red silk hankie, because her nose still bled now and then.
The full skirt was framed by a band of silk duchess satin and a subtle train.
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