Select digitized items from the exhibition, Second Skin: The Science of Stretch, on view in our Hach Gallery from November 4, 2016, to May 13, 2017.
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2 items
Postcard for General Dyestuff Corporation of the General Aniline & Film Corporation with woman using dye bath
- Circa 1953
Postcard produced by the General Dyestuff Corporation, a sales division of the General Aniline & Film Corporation, depicting a woman using a dye bath. Colorful strands of fabric dyed various colors are draped above the…
- Creator Of Work General Aniline & Film Corporation
- Publisher Dexter Press, Inc.
- Subject General Dyestuff Corporation, General Aniline & Film Corporation, Dyes and dyeing, Dye industry, Postcards, Printed ephemera
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What nylon did for your legs, LYCRA will do for your figure!
- 1961
Magazine advertisement for DuPont Lycra, the brand name for the polyester-polyurethane copolymer invented by Joseph Shivers in 1958 at the DuPont laboratory in Waynesboro, Virginia. The advertisement was published in…
- Subject Lycra, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Spandex
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At last, a girdle that controls so effortlessly—you feel like size 10 again!
- 1960 – 1969
Advertisement for DuPont Lycra spandex fiber depicting the mid-section of a woman modeling a girdle.
- Subject Lycra, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Spandex
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"Bub" Duribilknit Supporter
- 1949
Advertisement by John B. Flaherty Co., Inc. in New York for the "Bub" Duribilknit supporter published in SPORT magazine. The "Bub" was a knitted athletic supporter made of surgical elastic. The supporter had a thick…
- Subject Jockstraps
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Less bounce to the ounce!
- Advertisement for Sportshape sports bra
- 1986
Black and white print advertisement for the Sportshape bra published in Cosmopolitan magazine. The advertisement depicts a woman arching her back to demonstrate the "superior support" of Sportshape's patented "baseball…
- Creator Of Work JBI Jogbra, Inc.
- Subject Jogbra, Inc., Brassieres, Athletics--Equipment and supplies, Exercise, Women athletes, Women--Health and hygiene, Women inventors
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Cushing's Perfection Dyes Set (All Fibre Types)
- Undated
- Manufacturer W. Cushing & Company
- Subject Dyes and dyeing
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The "Romance" of Dry Cleaning
- 1939
Color print advertisement for Dowclene synthetic solvents manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for use in dry-cleaning, among other applications. The advertisement depicts the delivery of a freshly-cleaned…
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"It's Easy to Dye with Diamond Dyes" Tin Sign
- Circa 2000
This is a modern reproduction of a late-19th-century tin advertising sign. The sign depicts a woman dyeing cloth in red dye. Articles of clothing including a stocking and blouse are on a clothesline hung above her head.…
- Contributor Diamond Dyes Company (Burlington, Vt.), Wells & Richardson Co.
- Manufacturer Desperate Sign Company
- Subject Diamond Dyes Company (Burlington, Vt.), Dyes and dyeing, Commercial art
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Jogbra
- 1977 – 1979
Invented by Lisa Lindahl and Polly Smith in 1977, the Jogbra was the first sports bra. Lindahl and Smith's initial prototype was in the style of two jockstraps sewn together to create a crude brassiere with two pouches…
- Manufacturer Jogbra, Inc.
- Subject Jogbra, Inc., Athletics--Equipment and supplies, Brassieres, Women athletes, Exercise, Women inventors, Women--Health and hygiene
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2 items
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Every fashion needs a stocking all its own!
- 1960s
Color print magazine advertisement for DuPont dyed nylon stockings. Image depicts the legs of four women in colorful stockings.
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Spool of black Lycra fiber
- Circa 2015
Large, hollow cylindrical piece of thick cardboard with thick black Lycra fiber wound around it.
- Manufacturer Invista's Applied Research Centre
- Subject Thread, Spandex
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Spool of white Lycra fiber
- Circa 2015
Large, hollow cylindrical piece of thick cardboard with thick white Lycra fiber wound around it.
- Manufacturer Invista's Applied Research Centre
- Subject Thread, Spandex
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DuPont Announces for the World of Tomorrow... a new world and a new material NYLON
- 1939
DuPont company advertisement previewing "Wonder World of Chemistry" exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair with specific emphasis on public introduction of nylon. This advertisement was reprinted from The Woman's…
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Playskin Lift assistive garment
- 2016
Playskin Lift is an assistive garment for young infants with weakness or movement problems due to brachial plexus palsy, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and various forms of muscular dystrophy/atrophy. The garment is…
- Creator Of Work Hall, Martha
- Manufacturer University of Delaware Move to Learn Innovation Lab
- Subject People with disabilities, Self-help devices for people with disabilities
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Hooded one-piece swimsuit
- 2014
The Coolibar hooded one-piece swimsuit for a small child is constructed with four-way stretch knit (polyester and spandex). The hood protects the infant's neck and head while the zipper and snap buttons eases putting on…
- Manufacturer Coolibar, Inc.
- Subject Bathing suits, Spandex
