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The Courier Journal is excited for its 6th annual Color the Jockey Silks contest. Enter to win $100 by designing and decorating Kentucky Derby silks!
The original Crispa shirts and underwear were made purely from cotton and underwent a mechanical process called "Redmanization" to make the cloth dimensionally stable and more resilient to unwanted shrinking after washing. [1] [3] Crispa's garment and textile products were marketed as "Redmanized", "shrunk-to-fit".
Jockey International, Inc. is an American manufacturer and retailer of underwear, sleepwear, and sportswear for men, women, and children. The company is based in Kenosha, Wisconsin . Jockey invented the first men's Y-Front brief in 1934 and it is a recognized trademark in 120 countries.
Piña fabric is characterized by being lightweight but stiff, with a sheer appearance and a smooth silk-like texture. In modern times, it is predominantly used in the making of barong tagalog, baro't saya, and other traditional formal wear in the Philippines. It is also used for table linens, bags, mats and other clothing items.
Here are the silks jockeys will wear for Kentucky Derby 150 at Churchill Downs. The colors and patterns have special meaning for horse owners.
These copies were made from silk with Chinese motif embroidery. They became immensely popular in the Philippines and were quickly adopted into the local fashions of upper class Luzon women. Similarly, they became widely sought-after luxury exports soon after they reached the Americas, where they became known as the mantón de Manila .
Silk, though attempted numerous times, never became an established industry in the Philippines. Silk fabrics remained a Chinese monopoly, prompting the Spanish Empire to restrict silk trade with China in 1535, then banning it altogether in 1718, due to worries about the depletion of silver in Spanish treasuries. However, following protests by ...
English: The en:racing silks of Susan Magnier, as worn by the jockey of Galileo to victory in the en:2001 Epsom Derby. Date January 8 (Uploaded on Commons at 2012-01-31 03:58:50 (UTC)/Originally uploaded at 2008-02-01 20:14:35)