taffeta

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Imagine the ghostly rustling of silk taffeta, the clinking of giant paillettes, brought back to life by scientists and engineers.

From New York Times • May 9, 2024

The same effect is achieved with a silk taffeta garment, featuring a sound called “scroop,” a combination of the words “scrape” and “whoop.“

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024

Then, we get taffeta cape and it's entrances and that fine line, but these are the cool things you dream about as a kid.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2024

But there she was at the Oscars, dressed in a white taffeta strapless dress from the designer she’s used almost exclusively at the Academy Awards, Carolina Herrera.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023

He was wearing a somber taffeta suit, a shirt with a round and hard collar, and a thin silk ribbon tied in a bow in place of a necktie.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez