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Silk is a material that light clings to without ever stretching the material. In contrast, velvet makes light elastic.
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Silk is uncanny — under smooth silk sheets, the body disintegrates into sleep. A slippery silkiness on all surfaces relaxes the supports that hold us together.
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Silk is the most enveloping of all known fabrics. It rounds out our own body as if it were our own skin, making it feel spherical such that we can’t even tell which limb is where.
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Silk is a kind of paste. Its texture depressions adapt themselves to body’s irregularities and especially hug the softer parts of the flesh.