Each piece comes in a colorful array of Italian silks, linens, heavy cottons and poplins.

During his term of office he had opposed a bill to place high import duties on Italian silks.

Nevertheless, Italian silk long remained among the most prized, mostly for furnishings and the brilliant colours of the dyes.

Augmon later apologized to the reporter by purchasing him a new suit made of fine Italian silk.

Her gowns were of imported Italian silk, embroidered with jewels and fur-lined.

For if that legislation was strictly enforced, much of Italian silk would have to be marked "Made in China."

"Central Asian textiles had a tremendous influence on Italian silk weaving," she said.

Piaggi was somewhat better dressed, in Italian silk, and he made a mental note to introduce Henry to his tailor.

The suit was clearly expensive, Italian silk, probably, finely tailored just for him.

Or maybe it's a sporty-looking Italian silk, the tie knotted only loosely, the trousers breaking at exactly the right place over leather loafers.