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Nylon: The Story of a Fashion Revolution: A Celebration of Design from Art Silk to Nylon and Thinking Fibres more books like this

by Susannah Handley

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This history of fashion traces the evolution of nylon and other manmade materials, starting in the late 19th century when rayon was invented. The author describes American manufacturers' marketing efforts of the 1940s, explaining how it was not until the mid-1950s, when Christian Dior and other famous designers began to experiment with synthetic ...

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Nylon: The Manmade Fashion Revolution: A Celebration of Design from Art Silk to Nylon and Thinking Fibres more books like this

by Susannah Handley

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The story of synthetics in fashion, beginning with Courtauld's "ArtSilk" and taking in DuPont's invention of nylon in the late thirties and the advent of rayon, crimplene and lycra. The part played by fashion houses is discussed, along with the rise of the Japanese couturiers.

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