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Friday, 03 September 2010
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  • 18th century silk brocade with white grounds usually denotes English manufacture whereas silk brocade with yellow grounds usually means it's French.

  • Rayon (known as artificial silk) was a French process developed during the 19th century. AKA Viscose (English process). The name Rayon was coined in 1924 and was used extensively for lingerie and light summer dresses until the 1950s when nylon became popular.
  • Orlon®, trademarked by DuPont stared development  as Fiber A in 1941, but production did  not strat until 1950 in South Carolina. Boom years of production
  • were the mid 1950s and 1960s.
  • Dacron®, trademarked by DuPont and denotes numerous types of polyester yarn. Used in manufacture from 1953.
  • Nylon was the first true synthetic developed by DuPont in the 1938, available to the American public in May 1940, used in stockings. Not used in clothing until well after WWII.
  • Qiana®, a filament nylon used for woven and knitted fabrics was registered by DuPont in the 1970's.
  • Spandex - first commercial use in 1959, seen in lingerie in the early 60's, but not in clothing much until the 80's. (Registered to DuPont as Lycra®)