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a weave pretending to be a fabric, lying its way to luxury one shiny thread at a time
means A smooth, glossy fabric — technically a type of weave — with a lustrous front and a duller back, typically made from silk or synthetic fibers.
from From Old French 'satin,' which traces back through Arabic 'zaytuni' to 'Zaitun,' the medieval Arabic name for the Chinese port city now identified with Quanzhou — the place from which this shimmering cloth was exported. So the word is, in essence, a shipping label: 'the stuff from Zaitun,' worn ever since as if it were a virtue.
Not materialIt's a weave structure, not a fiber
OriginNamed after Quanzhou, China, once called Zaitun
One-sidedGlossy front, dull matte back by design
Float trickThreads skip over others to catch light
Royal exportReached Europe via the medieval Silk Road