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Nylon
Nylon is a family of synthetic polymers called polyamides, commonly formed into fibres, films, and moulded components. Wallace Carothers and his team at DuPont developed the first commercially successful nylon, which was introduced in 1938 and used for toothbrush bristles before becoming closely associated with stockings and wartime parachutes. Nylon textiles are valued for strength, elasticity, a...
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Ikat
Ikat is a resist-dyeing and weaving method in which bundles of warp yarns, weft yarns, or both are bound and dyed before the cloth is woven. Careful alignment during weaving forms motifs, while small shifts between dyed yarns often produce the technique’s characteristic feathered or blurred edges. Distinct ikat traditions developed in regions including Central and Southeast Asia, India, Japan, and...
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