Nylon the manmade fashion revolution a celebration of design from art silk to nylon and thinking fibres Susannah Handley

By:

Handley, Susannah

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Bloomsbury 1999ISBN:

0747534454

Subject(s):

Synthetic fabrics
Fashion -- History -- 20th century
Nylon

DDC classification:

746.9 HAN

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	746.9 HAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available		39002000284423

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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.

Includes bibliographical references and index

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