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title: "Organza"
description: "Organza is a sheer, crisp plain-woven fabric made from tightly twisted filament yarns, traditionally silk."
type: Glossary
url: https://teazle.art/glossary/organza
published: 2026-10-14
updated: 2026-10-14
author: "The Teazle editors"
---

# Organza

*Organza is a sheer, crisp plain-woven fabric made from tightly twisted filament yarns, traditionally silk.*

Organza is a transparent fabric that, unlike [chiffon](https://teazle.art/glossary/chiffon.md), is stiff. Its fine, highly twisted yarns are woven in a [plain weave](https://teazle.art/glossary/plain-weave.md), giving a wiry crispness that holds sculptural shapes and layers.

## How is it used?

In couture for overlays, sleeves and structured skirts, and inside garments as an invisible support. Silk organza is also a dressmaker’s tool: it makes a stable, see-through interlining and a pressing cloth.


## Sources

1. [Organza (AAT 300310123)](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300310123). Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus
2. [Organza (Q1683724)](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1683724). Wikidata

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