It’s a comeback for nylon, the most versatile fabric in the fashion industry. It was invented in 1938, but only during World War II did it hit the fashion high street as austerity made stockings go ...

Nylon makes up 12% of all synthetic fabrics produced in the world. Similar to polyester, nylon is responsible for releasing microplastics into our waterways and oceans.

WOODLAND PARK, N.J. — Between 1.2 million B.C. — when our humanoid ancestors began losing their fur — and Feb. 16, 1937, clothes didn't change much. Fashion was pretty much at the mercy of ...

Weinberger is the proud inventor of a new nylon “body armor” — a 1/8-in.-thick fabric that holds great promise for wide use in war, law enforcement and industry.

It may have been transgressive, but it wasn’t cheap. Ms. Prada bristled when she was queried about the price of her nylon sacks, explaining back in 2004 that “those bags were more expensive ...

Miuccia Prada's signature use of the black Pocone nylon fabric that she introduced in the 1980s with her best-selling backpacks and accessories became the precursor to her successful ready-to ...

Econyl is a sustainable fabric made from recycled nylon. Learn how it is made and used, its environmental impact and future in the fashion industry.

image: Images of uncoated (top left, right) and coated (bottom left, right) nylon-6,6 fabrics after nine washing cycles taken by a scanning electron microscope. view more Credit: Image: Sudip Lahiri ...

An embellished nylon fabric can be fashioned into a garment that keeps the wearer either warm or cool at the flick of a switch 1.. The material, developed by Ting-Hsuan Chen, now at the University ...