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   Becky-book | Sep 05, 2006 03:27pm | #1

   Gazar [no pronunciation listed] "Silk or wool fabric with crisp hand and flat, smooth texture. Plain weave with high-twist double yarns interlaced as one.

   radzimir

   1. a black silk fabric once used for mourning clothes
   2. a similar fabric for women's clothing made with lengthwise ribs or a broken twill weave

   Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/radzimir"

    

   Google is great!

    

   Becky

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   liselaure | Sep 05, 2006 07:07pm | #3

   Thank you very much, Becky. I didn't look for these fabrics on Internet because I was pretty sure my friend had already tried. It seems I was wrong.

   Lise-Laure

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   woodruff | Sep 05, 2006 05:54pm | #2

   Sorry not to know how to shorten the link here, but the designer Adri had a number of ensembles a few years ago that featured silk gazar, usually as a short, light jacket. The fabric is sheer, like organza, but very stiff. About halfway down this page is a picture of a strange white dress made of gazar, showing that stiffness (the appliqués on the chest are a different fabric).

   http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.origamisources.com/images/dress2.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.origamisources.com/origami_sightings_fashion.htm&h=475&w=290&sz=78&hl=en&start=102&tbnid=cn9_HEf9rBHlrM:&tbnh=126&tbnw=76&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2Bgazar%26start%3D90%26ndsp%3D18%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN

   A few years ago, Vogue patterns ran a series of patterns by Adri, and the envelopes showed the use of gazar. You might be able to track those down on ebay.

   
   

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   Edited 9/5/2006 11:08 am by woodruff

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   liselaure | Sep 05, 2006 07:10pm | #4

   Thank you very much. The picture of the dress is interesting: gazar seems to be a really stiff fabric. Did you ever make something out of it?

   Lise-Laure

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   woodruff | Sep 05, 2006 09:37pm | #5

   No, I never made anything from it, precisely because it was very, very stiff. I think it would be terrific fabric for angel wings for a costume!

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   mem | Sep 06, 2006 06:37am | #6

   Whenyou look at Balenciaga designs he used alot of silk gazar . It was very useful for his architectural constructions!!

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   liselaure | Sep 06, 2006 07:50am | #7

   Hello Marianne,

   I think "architectural constructions" gives me a good idea of how gazar looks and feels. Thank you.

   Lise-Laure