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Word: crushproof (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...which are strong and stretchable, and bonded fabrics, which have a backing sealed to the cloth, making lining unnecessary. Bonding also makes laces and other ravelly materials as easy to sew as calico. Besides an ever-expanding market of synthetics, textilers now offer fake furs, machine-washable woolens, washable crushproof velvet and even washable suede. Some materials can set the connoisseur back more than $100 a yard, but she is apt to find them a bargain. Says Manhattan Socialite Belkis Ertegun: "I have a hunger for clothes. I want something new every minute, and yet I think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: A Time to Sew | 7/31/1972 | See Source »

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