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materials and chemicals. for thousands of years before the introduction of synthetic fibers, the four great fibers in the fabric industry were flax, wool, cotton and silk, all products created from natural, rapidly renewable and abundant sources. innovators developed synthetic fabrics to overcome some
limitations of natural fibers: cotton and linens wrinkle; silk requires delicate handling, and wool shrinks and can be irritating to the touch. rayon, the first man-made fiber produced to emulate silk, became commercially available in . nylon, "the miracle fiber," came to market in as one of the first synthetic...
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