Word: silk
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...quotation was taken from Henry George's Standard, which varied somewhat from the ordinary press versions. There was nothing derogatory to the dignity of any man, even the Pope of Rome, in appearing 50 years ago in a high silk hat, vulgarly called a "stovepipe" or a "plug." It was the universally accepted insignia of respectability and gentlemanliness. And as to his "walking down Broadway" in it, that had no more connotation of an American Pope than his walking down Piccadilly, the Rue de la Paix or Unter den Linden would have connoted an English, French or German Pope...
...Renaissance Florence the Antinori family were the leaders of the silk weavers guild. A present day Antinori is chic Princess Caetani (née Cora Antinori), who is also a granddaughter of Egisto P. Fabbri, partner of the first J. P. Morgan. It was not inappropriate, therefore, last week when Princess Caetani appeared at Manhattan's St. Regis Hotel with Mrs. Harrison ("World's Best Dressed Woman") Williams in tow, to display unique yarns and fabrics developed in Italy by the great firm of Snia Viscosa and soon to be offered...
...rules, rayon producers are ordered to label their goods specifically throughout the manufacturing and distributing process. If a scarf is part silk, but mostly rayon, it must be labeled "rayon-silk." If it is mostly silk it is to be labeled "silk-rayon." Makers who have sought to avoid the stigma that sometimes is attached to the name rayon by concocting trade and process names like Celanese, Bemberg and acetate may still use them, but must also label the goods as rayon. Sample: "Bemberg-rayon...
...rayon groups have spent the three weeks since the original FTC decision trying hard to get it altered. Last week Erwin Feldman, counsel for the National Association of House Dress Manufacturers, tried a new tack by storming that fibre identification is due to Japanese propaganda spread by the International Silk Guild in an attempt to spike rayon sales...
Lisle and cotton fabrics are being substituted for silk. Lisle-net stockings are all the rage, especially since a boycotter revealed that "net is very stylish--even the Harvard and Amherst men approve...