At Brioni, a dress shirt set, including one wing-tip and one spread collar, handmade of cotton voile, is $550; collars, $170 each, are sold separately.

The brand produces a range of fabrics that include quilting weight cotton, rayon, cotton voile, sateen and velvet.

You can get the hang of cotton voile as well as silk chiffon.

She wore a plain dress of cheap, cream-tinted cotton voile, with the usual girdle of crimson.

The dresses, in cotton voile, were scratchy with starch.

The Blooming Flowers quilt is made of cotton voile with a hand-blocked floral pattern in hot pink and orange.

On the one hand, he brought a kooky brilliance to terry cloth beach jackets and caftans of swirling layers of printed cotton voile.

And Banana Republic's entry puts Western-look flap pockets on feminine cotton voile ($58) - ideal for urban cowgirls with a ladylike bent.

In the kitchen he put his arms around her slowly, savouring the feel of her body beneath the thin cotton voile of her dress.

Mr. Thimister's show - another arty site - was also compelling, mainly for its couture treatment of cheap fabrics like cotton voile.