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[quote=Anonymous]Wait, what's the goal here?  Poly doubleknit was definitely past it's sell by date in '82. My K teacher had an amazing double knit pant suit in sea mist green in 1977, and as much as I loved, loved, loved that get-up, even as a five-year-old, I knew poly doubleknit was gross.  But popularity of synthetic fibers?  It's probably more correlated with patents and the cost of raw materials.  There were acetates in the 40s to replace silk in wartime.  The jeggings trend was basically getting people to accept poly knit pants because cotton and denim prices spiked.  The PP who mentioned wicking fabrics, same thing--they may be high tech but they're also cheap for the manufacturer and the new names get consumer to embracing synthetics again.  You too will look back and see these fabrics as dated.

Are we just bashing jumpsuits again?  They come come and go, pick your side, you'll get a chance to argue pro/con every ten years.  Is it really surprising that a car chase movie had a woman in a supped up mechanic's uni?  Agree, not real life.

But, hey, the prices in that Sears catalog, $70 for a blazer, you could find lower at Kohls today...[/quote]

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