Polyester has been a fixture in our closets since 1951. That's when the first polyester suits, made from fabric created not by a textile mill but by the American chemical company DuPont, went on sale. It has come a long way since. Today, polyester is no longer the ugly, uncomfortable material of awful 1970s double-knit leisure suits, the kind that necessitated a marketing campaign to rehabilitate...
Polyester has been a fixture in our closets since 1951. That's when the first polyester suits, made from fabric created not by a textile mill but by the American chemical company DuPont, went on sale. It has come a long way since. Today, polyester is no longer the ugly, uncomfortable material of awful 1970s double-knit leisure suits, the kind that necessitated a marketing campaign to rehabilitate...