Lycra is a brand of elastanne that belongs to Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co. It was originally designed as a rubber replacement in girdles, but has expanded into much more. It has the ability to stretch up to 600 percent , recover to its original shape, and not tear at critical points. Lycra can be blended with many other fibers (natural and manufactured) to add increased serviceability characteristics in performance and fit for many categories of apparel.
CoolMax, a moisture management performance lycra, was introduced in 1986. In 1991, a fast-drying thermal fabric, Thermolite base, was introduced, and in 1998 X-Static was introduced. X-Static is silver-coated nylon that offers anti-microbial and anti-static properties to fabrics and garments. it was originally used for medical purposes, but its characteristics were found to be useful in knits, wovens, nonwovens, and yarns.
As time progresses, more advancements are being made with synthetic fibers. So many different characteristics can be achieved, and they just keep getting better and better. For this reason, it seems that man-made fibers are on an anything's-possible road to success.
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