If you're wearing the fabric known as "peau de" this, you know that its name is French for "skin of silk"
[DOC] [TLE] Fashion Glossary - NewYorkDress [PAR] An embellishment that is backed with fabric and applied to the surface of a ... 
usually by narrowing the waist; for evening wear this will most commonly refer to 
a ... because it elongates the torso it can make you look taller, and if the bodice is 
not .... Also known as Duchess Satin or Matte Satin, literally skin of silk in French
;... [DOC] [TLE] Vintage Fashion Guild : Lustrous Or Glossy Fabrics [PAR] Unprinted but glazed fabrics are sometimes called chintz today.