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2. New clothes feel cheap? They really don't make them ... - AOL

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   Nylon is very durable, for example, and polyester is great at wicking sweat. Ng said: “It’s really about the right application. When it comes to athletic wear, you don’t want cotton leggings.”

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   The moisture-wicking fabric is a nylon, polyester and spandex combo, making for a fitted look that hits at the waist. Whether you layer it beneath an oversized sweatshirt or rock it on its own at ...

4. Polyester - Wikipedia

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   A polyester shirt Close-up of a polyester shirt SEM picture of a bend in a high-surface area polyester fiber with a seven-lobed cross section A drop of water on a water resistant polyester Polyesters can contain one ester linkage per repeat unit of the polymer, as in polyhydroxyalkanoates like polylactic acid , or they may have two ester ...

5. Fast fashion - Wikipedia

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   According to these statistics, polyester fabric is more affordable than cotton, but both are relativity cheaper than higher quality fabric such as silk or wool. One basic T-shirt would require .5 pounds of cotton material, resulting in less than $1 of cotton fabric used. [42]

6. PVC clothing - Wikipedia

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   A manufacturer's label may say, for example, 67% polyester, 33% polyurethane for a fabric that contains no PVC; or 80% polyvinyl chloride, 20% polyurethane with mention of the polyester backing omitted. PVC clothing is a highly resistant material and waterproof. [3]

7. Why we need to stop buying clothes - AOL

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   The only way, logically, that a T-shirt can cost you £2, ... maximising profits for brands and keeping garments cheap for customers. But polyester, which accounts for 60 per cent of new garments ...