A type of thick, tightly woven dupion silk fabric; a double-twisted silk thread or cloth.
From French 'dupion' (from Italian 'dupione'), referring to a silk produced from cocoons with two silkworms pupating together, creating thicker, uneven thread. The '-on' suffix may relate to particle or substance naming.
Dupion silk comes from a happy accident—when two silkworms share one cocoon, instead of the smooth thread, you get beautiful irregular texture. Designers love it precisely because it's 'imperfectly perfect!'
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