Kivrin dressed the girls, surprised at the fanciness of their silk shifts.

Her face was almost as white as her skimpy silk shift.

Liandrin leaped to her feet as the door to Moghedien's bedchamber crashed open and the Chosen staggered into the sitting room, blood soaking her silk shift.

Other silk shifts were flocked with huge abstract velvet geometrics.

A "dis-dress," with lattice cutouts was followed by a "dat-dress," a simple floral silk shift.

On the second floor is a room occupied by five eerily lifelike mannequins in silk shifts, evening and bridal dresses.

She was dressed only in the thinnest of silk shifts, every line of her curving, vibrant body plainly visible through the soft fabric.

The men later visit the family farm and try to sell the girls' silk shifts.