Biedrońska-Słotowa, Beata : Crossroads of costume and textiles in Poland: papers from the International Conference of the ICOM Costume Committee at the National Museum in Cracow, September 28 - October 4, 2003 (Krakau, 2005)

Mary M. Brooks

have been made in many different versions and under different names. Aralac was
heavily promoted; both 'Vogue' and 'Harper's Bazaar' magazines carried editorials
praising the new fibrę. Different versions of the fibres seem to have been developed
on the East and West coasts of America, with California textile and clothing manu-
facturers using Hollywood stars to advertise the exciting new fibres. The splendidly
named 'Vitamin Coat' made by Hollywood Fashions was modelled by Dorothy
Lamour.

The peanut fibrę ardil was made commercially in England by Imperial Chemical
Industries; surviving examples included a night dress in York Castle Museum and
a scarf in Nottingham Museum. Unexpectedly, Henry Ford played an important
part in the development of fibrę from soybeans. Although he tried hard to promote
this fibrę, it is unclear whether it was ever made commercially. Ford had suits and
ties specially made to promote the fibres.

Fibrę source

Major Fibrę name

Variant fibrę names

Manufacturer of fibrę or
gąrment when known -
taken from advertisements

MILK

aralac (USA)

renara

Vanetta





sutara

Nardis





aradown

Rosenfeld





lacara







johara







weslac







Shetland spun (aralac,
acetate and rayon)

Hollytex





cotton & aralac

Henry Rosenfeld





aradown rayon & aralac

Windsor





aralac woool and cotton

Abercrombie & Fitch coat





hy-tyme flannel
(rayon & aralac)

Lord & Taylor New York





lacara challis rayon
& aralac

Lord & Taylor New York



lanital (Europę)



Snia Viscosa



merinova (Europę)



Snia Yiscosa

CORN/MAIZE

vicara or zycon





PEANUTS

Sarelon





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