1. Washed Crepe de Chine: Silk.

2. Crepe de chine fabric has the appearance and feel of silk, but is machine washable!

3. Alexander Fabrics kindly supplied us with a combination of cotton gingham, poplin, crepe de Chine, taffeta and silk dupion.

4. Lais floated down the stairs towards him, a vision in sea-green silk crepe de Chine.

5. The problem was eventually solved by wearing the roomy creation backwards in an attempt to conceal several miles of mournfully trailing crepe de Chine.