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The addition of synthetics can create a heightened metallic-like sheen, and/or added flexibility. Artificial sharkskin, in part for its comparably low price point, gained traction as a clothing material in the early 1960s and the disco era of the late 1970s. Its popularity waned, but enjoyed brief fashion resurgences in the mid-1980s, mid-1990s ...
A diving suit is a garment or device designed to protect a diver from the underwater environment.A diving suit may also incorporate a breathing gas supply (such as for a standard diving dress or atmospheric diving suit), [1] but in most cases the term applies only to the environmental protective covering worn by the diver.
Swimfins, swim fins, diving fins, or flippers are finlike accessories worn on the feet, legs or hands [1] and made from rubber, plastic, carbon fiber or combinations of these materials, to aid movement through the water in water sports activities such as swimming, bodyboarding, bodysurfing, float-tube fishing, kneeboarding, riverboarding, scuba diving, snorkeling, spearfishing, underwater ...
Quiksilver manufactures and sells a wide range of products that include sportswear , clothing (T-shirts, polo shirts, flannels, jackets, hoodies, pants, shorts), footwear (sneakers, sandals), and accessories (hats, backpacks, and wallets). The company also produces a line of apparel for young women, under the Roxy brand.
Clothing terminology comprises the names of individual garments and classes of garments, as well as the specialized vocabularies of the trades that have designed, ...
A wetsuit is a garment worn to provide thermal protection while wet. [1] It is usually made of foamed neoprene, and is worn by surfers, divers, windsurfers, canoeists, and others engaged in water sports and other activities in or on the water.
Blufin S.p.A. is an Italian fashion house founded by Anna Molinari and her late husband Gianpaolo Tarabini. The core brand is Blumarine, which they started in 1977, followed by Miss Blumarine (1987, 8- to 14-year-old girls), Blugirl (1995, for teenagers) and Anna Molinari (1995), [1] which is being repositioned as their luxury brand.
Marithé + François Girbaud is an international clothing company based in France and founded by stylists François Girbaud and Marithé Bachellerie in 1972. [2] [3] [4] They created several brands : Compagnie des montagnes et des forêts, Ça, Closed, Matricule 11342, etc. [5] They are world-known especially for industrialization of the stonewash (stone washing process), baggy trousers and ...