Crossword clues for organza
organza
- Lining material
- Dress material
- A fabric made of silk or a silklike fabric that resembles organdy
- Extremists literally behind newspaper material
- Widely differing characters added to journal's material
- Stiff silky fabric
- Silk fabric
- Sheer fabrication in South African newspaper?
- Newspaper article containing variable material
- Possibly the last newspaper with adult material
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1820, from French organsin (1660s), from Italian organzino, of unknown origin; perhaps from the same source as organdy.
Wiktionary
n. A thin, stiff, sheer fabric that is made from silk or a synthetic yarn, which resembles organdy, and is used in dressmaking.
WordNet
n. a fabric made of silk or a silklike fabric that resembles organdy
Wikipedia
Organza is a thin, plain weave, sheer fabric traditionally made from silk. Many modern organzas are woven with synthetic filament fibers such as polyester or nylon. Silk organza is woven by a number of mills along the Yangtze River and in the province of Zhejiang in China. A coarser silk organza is woven in the Bangalore area of India. Deluxe silk organzas are woven in France and Italy.
Organza is used for bridalwear and eveningwear. In the interiors market it is used for effects in bedrooms and between rooms. Double-width organzas in viscose and acetate are used as sheer curtains.
Usage examples of "organza".
Baffles and plenums and all that high-stressed skeletoning engineered inside a skin of shot pink organza or ice blue velveteen.
She appears in the black organza down on her first appearance and the diamond-gown on her last.
Scented, powdered and creamed, she emerged from the bathroom in a cloud of white organza and stepped into a wonderland of romance and candlelight.
She looked quite beautiful in the blue organza dress, her hair falling round her shoulders in curls, her face exquisitely made up.
My almost new organza, thought Katrina wildly, and those satin sandals.
She had plenty of time, time to lie for ages in the bath, make up her lovely face at her leisure and wind her hair into its intricate chignon before putting on the organza dress.
It was a misty blue and green pattern in organza with a wide neckline and long tight sleeves, and she knew that she looked good in it.
I was given a bundle of photographs to choose from, varying from Alice front-view in spotted organza at a Hunt Ball to Alice back-view winning over the last fence in a point-to-point.
Swathed in black organza, Signora Strega-Borgia clutched her husbands arm for support.
Dressing up meant a long skirt, she supposed, and she spent some time wavering between a silver-grey jersey with a sequin strewn jacket, or a patterned organza in shades of pink.
Emanuel Ungaro sea-foam-green silk mousseline wrap dress with a halter collar, no back and a slit clear up her thigh, a strapless Escada with a fitted, silver-embroidered bodice and a full, Cinderella-like skirt with tulle underlayers in silver and blue, and a classic black organza with laser-cut trim by Givenchy.
Chloe, who was seated next to Sara in the back of the Jaguar, wore an obviously expensive pale blue dress with short puffed sleeves, a white Peter Pan collar, and a sheer organza overlay.
She was looking particularly charming in apricot organza and was wearing a small pearl necklace and a circlet of seed pearls threaded through her dark curls.
The woman wore an ankle-length, light-colored organza dress with a ribbon streaming down from her waist.
The skirt billowed out below, yards and yards of organza, so long it all but swept the dirty street.