Sample of Dacron polyester fiber, 1951, as used for blending with other fibers, natural and synthetic, for making yarn and then fabric by Goodall-Sanford, Inc. (mills at Sanford, Maine).

An ad for fall knits from the New York Times. “Is the knitted way of life your life?” —The Great American Knits Fall 1965 DuPont certainly hoped so. On a recent trip to visit my family in Delaware I ...

__1951: __Dacron suits go on sale in New York City. Polyester fabrics are about to add a new wrinkle to fashion by removing a few wrinkles ... and maybe any sense of style. The fiber came from DuPont, ...