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Man Made Magic - When Science Meets Fashion: The story of Nylon and Man-Made Textiles in Fashion

Price, Ronnie2010
Books, Manuscripts
Two world-wars changed society forever: the status of women, class system, attitudes to sex. Fashion played a key role in social aspiration: man-made fibres fed a new mass market with attractively priced clothes and the easy-care demanded by consumers. The book covers history, invention, technology of Rayon, Nylon, Polyester and Acrylic fibres
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