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The patent-pending Lycra® Anti-Slip fiber will help to prevent seam slippage and improve garment quality and appearance. This was just introduced at Kingpins24 in October, and we have received a ...
Corresponding to the introduction of Lycra into swimwear, sling swimsuits emerged in the early 1990s. They are more popular on some beaches of Europe, including Saint-Tropez, Marbella, Mykonos and Ibiza. [7] Suspender-like straps running between the breasts and around the neck that held the suit up were introduced in the mainstream in 1994.
Bodyskin swimsuit. A bodyskin is a style of competitive swimwear worn by both female and male athletes. Bodyskins are normally made of technologically advanced lycra-based fabrics designed to hug the body tightly and provide increased speed and decreased drag resistance in the water.
When designed for or worn by a man, it is often called a "mankini". The image to the left is of a man wearing a green mankini, a swimsuit made famous by the 2006 film Borat. Wetsuits: Wetsuits are insulated, close-fitting suits designed for prolonged immersion, usually in the context of snorkeling, scuba diving, or surfing, and other water ...
Fashion conglomerate Shandong Ruyi, best known for its ambition to be the LVMH of China, has brushed aside a sale of textile maker Lycra proposed by Lycra's creditors and is instead looking to ...
Yoga pants made of nylon and Lycra appeared on the market in 1998, sold by Lululemon in its first store in Vancouver, Canada as suitable attire for the yoga studio. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Lululemon's founder, Chip Wilson , is said to have attended a yoga class in 1997 where the instructor was wearing "slinky dance attire" that fitted like a second skin ...
With an estimated 800,000 stores across the country, they hold a substantial portion of the domestic retail market. In 2011, the retail sector, consisting largely of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) like sari-sari stores, contributed 13% (₱1.3 trillion) to the Philippines' GDP of ₱9.7 trillion. [citation needed]
A Florida woman who said she was playing a game with her boyfriend when she zipped him up in a suitcase and left him to die has been sentenced to life in prison.