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post #16 of 19
1/27/12 at 4:38pm
Hey, in the fifties, there were a whole bunch of nicely woven polyester tie fabrics. "Made from Imported Dacron Polyester". Hell, I was thrifting not long ago and saw one from Brooks. When it was new, it was marketed as a high end material.
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post #17 of 19
1/27/12 at 4:48pm
There are polyesters these days that none of you could distinguish from the finest silk.

That doesn't mean they have the same resilience or strength of silk. Or even that I believe they should exist at all from an environmental standpoint.

But textile technology has advanced tremendously in the past decade - particularly in terms of the advances in polyester.
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post #18 of 19
1/27/12 at 7:07pm
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I was not on SF in 1979, but even I knew then my mom cheaped out when she got me the nauga sleeves and not leather for my school letter jacket. Feh. And I've seen those BB polyester shirts at thrifts. They aren't even retro cool; they weren't cool to begin with.
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post #19 of 19
1/27/12 at 7:24pm
mmmmmmmm naugahyde....................nothing like that 'new car smell'..........................Nice! biggrin.gif
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