Tags: Fashion, Topical Concept.
Camocas is an expensive heavy patterned oriental silk. The Textile Glossary describes camocas as a largely historic fabric that was popular in the 14th and 15th centuries. It was a very beautiful fabric which was often striped with gold or silver. It had a satin base and was diapered like fine linen… [a] silk cloth striped with gold and silver made in a castle in Palestine beginning in 12th century.