A fine, soft wool fabric, typically twilled, used for expensive clothing like suits and coats; a variant spelling of cashmere.
From 'Kashmir,' the region famous for its fine wool. The spelling 'casimere' is an anglicized variant from 18th-century textile trade.
Casimere fooled so many wealthy people—textile merchants learned to blend cheaper wool with tiny amounts of real cashmere, and no one could tell!
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