May 8, 1951: DuPont Debuts Dacron

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, which had made a huge success of nylon a decade earlier. The new material was polyethylene terephthalate, [...]