[Ponte Alto] Silks: Was (Japanese Sewing Circle (Ni-dai))

[Charlotte Wurtzel]

> NOTE: Avoid 'slubby' silks, like dupioni, in general.  That 'natural' look 
> we so often like today was looked down on in Japan, where it was seen as 
> evidence of unskilled laborers in the making of the silk.

Just as an irrelavant data point, this holds rather true for most European
fashion as well, in period. :-D

Just call me Cliff Claven... 

-Mathilde