Etymology

peau de soie

Today it means: A heavy closely-woven silk fabric, faced with satin on both sides. Full definition →

French peau de soie
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The story

  1. French · derived frompeau de soie“skin of silk”
  2. English todaypeau de soie

From French peau de soie (“skin of silk”), perhaps originally a trademark.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.