Satin, the name of a textile weave,one of the three major textile weaves,along plain weave and twill weave. The satin weave creates a fabric that is shiny,soft and elastic with a beautiful drape. Satin fabric can be made from both synthetics and natural fibers like silk, the below mule is just made from silk satin(silk fibers woven in satin weave pattern), clean, elegant and quiet....
Satin dates back to the medieval China, where it was made exclusively with silk. The weave originated in the Chinese port city of Quanzhou, which was called Zaitun in medieval Arabic, hence the name satin today. The fabric and weaving techniques were both passed along the Silk Road and came to be widely produced across the Middle East afterwards.
Sateen, made from short staple fibers in the satin weave pattern, for example, cotton makes short fibers that, when woven in the same way as satin, form a cotton sateen.
