Related Clues:

• Subbed for a band
• Glossy fabric was a substitute
• Attended a meeting in an observatory capacity for the sultan - the material type
• Some rising tight-knit association of farmers - the type recognised by man of the cloth?
• Day at home that's smooth and silky
• Fabric for most pointe shoes
• It's smooth and shiny as tin, perhaps.
• Bonnet material
• Smooth kind of finish
• ___ finish
• Material didn’t stand out
• Audited a class, perhaps
• Silk was part of occupation
• Modelled fashionable cloth
• Nightie fabric