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Nylon : the manmade fashion revolution : a celebration of design from art silk to nylon and thinking fibres / Susannah Handley.
By: Handley, Susannah [author]
London : Bloomsbury, 1999Description: 192 pages : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume 001: 28323ISBN: 9780747534457Subject(s): Fabric | Synthetic fabrics | Fashion | History | Materials | NylonDDC classification: 746.92 HAN
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | MAIN LIBRARY Book | 746.92 HAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 099116 |
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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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