0 a type of soft, light cloth with a pattern of raised lines, usually made from silk (= a delicate, smooth cloth made from threads produced by small creatures called silkworms): --
The ribbed texture of the faille fabric lets you feel supported, but not squeezed.
If a fabric's going to do this much for me, I want to know how to pronounce it properly. It's faille, and it sounds just like the word file.
This is an Yves St. Laurent evening ensemble, from 1983-84, with a cape of marigold silk faille and a gown of black silk velvet.