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University Daily Kansan
Friday, April 23, 1965
Stretch Fabric Pulls Fashion's Attention
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VERSATILITY—Stretch fabrics adapt to all kinds of clothes to insure good fit and neatness. Sally Martin, Pittsburg sophomore, and Susie Nash, LaGrange, Ill., senior, model stretch fabric dresses. Stretch also adapts to most other clothing styles, from jeans to evening gowns.
Women Can Be Punctual When Occasion Demands
By Gay Pauley UPI Women's Editor
Men will scoff at this statistic, but it says here that the average woman when in a rush can get dressed in a maximum of 10 minutes.
Not rushed, and if not dressing for a special occasion, she gets the job done in 27 minutes.
Any men laughing at these statistics had better think twice before arguing. For the men come out ahead of the women in the time game.
The average man, for instance, can mix a martini in three and one-quarter minutes. The researchers into this matter didn't time the men really. They were in a rush for a breath of vermouth with a slug of gin.
TO CATCH A train or dash to the car for the work day, the average man needs five and one-half minutes to dress, presuming he has shaved the night before. If he hasn't, add on four to six minutes time used if he uses a regular razor and lathers up. If he uses the electric means, count on only three to five more minutes.
How time gets spent on the simple tasks of the day is the subject of a study by Westclox, manufacturers of products which tick the time away.
THE AVERAGE woman spends 70 minutes in the supermarket on her major day of marketing, if she has a list and adheres to it; 90 minutes, if she's inclined to browse.
The timepiece makers found that on the average, it takes 1212 seconds to make a phone call, timing time used from the start of dialing to the start of the ring at the other end.
To set the table for four persons, assuming the meal is ready to be served immediately, takes three to four and one-half minutes; to make a double bed, four and one-half.
Meal preparation, for instance, according to one of its home economist-cook authorities, shouldn't be so all time-consuming. Allow 15 minutes for a summer breakfast—including coffee, poached eggs, cantaloupe with lemon sections, and toast.
Bv AWS Fashion Board Members
Without a doubt, the most popular fashion in fabric news for spring and summer is the skyrocketing swing to stretch. At KU, stretch can be found in everything from cut-off blue jeans to evening gowns.
Although today this relative newcomer to the fashion industry is used primarily in sporty or casual fashions, it is estimated that within 10 years nearly 90 per cent of all garments will be made from stretch fabrics. With this fact in mind, it might be well to know a little more about this versatile fabric development and what it will do.
Stretch is a term used for the elasticity of a fabric, or the property of a fabric that allows it to be pulled and still snap back to its original shape. Recent developments have produced an even more specific and spectacular type of stretch made by the core-spun process — weaving long filament fibers with short staple fibers wrapped around them.
This exciting new kind of stretch is so thin and light that it can be present in as little as one per cent of the fiber content. And what does this mean to fashion conscious coeds; it means that stretch can be used in any type of clothing without affecting the way it looks or feels.
STRETCH FABRICS are stretchable both vertically and horizontally. Trousers and slacks are usually made from fabrics with a lengthwise elasticity. Skirts and dresses normally have a cross-wise stretch.
Mere and more, fabrics are being made with stretch woven in in both directions. This type of fabric is used in bathing suits and stockings.
In order to save wear and tear on clothes, it is best to read the labels accompanying new garments to determine which way they will stretch, or even more important, which way they won't stretch!
How much should stretch stretch? Because the effectiveness of stretchability depends entirely on the kind of garment a fabric is used for, the textile industry has not set any "stretchability" standards. However, recoverable stretch ranges from 15 per cent to 60 per cent.
STRETCH FABRICS require special care. The instructions for washing or dry-cleaning a stretch garment are included either in the garment label or accompanying tags.
Obviously, more stretch is needed in pants, fitted blouses or slim skirts than in blouson tops or full-skirted dresses.
Heat and chlorine bleaches can damage synthetic fibers. If the label states that the fiber content is a synthetic such as spandex or polyester, handwashing in luke-warm water with a special soap for elastics, drip-drying and pressing with a cool iron are the best cleaning methods to follow.
If no instructions are included, the best rule of thumb to follow is cleaning instructions for the dominating fiber in the fabric, since stretch fabrics are blends of fibers.
Almost every kind of fabric now has some stretch fiber content, including cotton, wool, linen, silk denim, velvet, lace, gabardine, and satin.
Stretch fashions include dresses pants, suits, blouses, capes, shawls, swim suits, evening coats and clam diggers.
STRETCH CHIFFON and fakefur fabrics are two feats which have not been "pulled" by the textile industry, but a breakthrough can be expected soon.
Stretchability in garments can triple the enjoyment of every fashion by insuring more perfect fit, greater comfort and longer wear.
Skirts will no longer ride up, suits won't cling and babies won't outgrow their clothes so quickly.
Pinnings and Engagements
Lawrie Cena, Newton junior, Chi Omega, is pinned to Brian Biles, Delta Upsilon, Hutchinson, junior.
Gail Elkan, Bartlesville, Okla.,
junior, Chi Omega, is pinned to
Howard Goforth, Bartlesville,
Okla. junior.
Janet Farber, Prairie Village sophomore, Chi Omega, is pinned
to Jim Elkan, Bartlesville, Okla,
junior, Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Julie Fisher, Wichita sophomore,
Gamma Phi Beta, is pinned to Bill
Boulware, Leawood junior, Phi
Gamma Delta.
Susan Tichacek, Omaha, Neb., junior, is engaged to Don Black, Hugoton senior.
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