I have a confession to make....

[caty]

I LOVE polyester. I was cleaning out my closet yesterday and noticed I had several blouses and pull overs that were 100% polyester or cotton polyester blend. And they looked as good as the day I bought them several years ago. They wash like a dream and never wrinkle. Yet, in some movies and TV shows I hear characters mocking polyester like it is a self insult to wear anything made of it. I don't get it.:shrug:

[zanne]

1. It's just cool to make fun of polyester...

Just like it's "cool" to make fun of finger quotes. I use them sometimes, and I also use polyester sometimes.

[I Have A Dream]

2. I'm with you, caty. Polyester never did anything to me!

I think that the Cotton Cartel is behind the propaganda! :D

[Hugin]

3. Polyester has a bad wrap...

(Ha! a pun!)

Anyway, it achieved it's bad reputation during the late '60s and '70s when the technology
to make fine strands of polyester and good cotton/poly blends hadn't been developed yet.

Also, manufacturers (as always) used the cheapest production available.

So, polyester has suffered a reputation it's going to be hard to shake.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear caty!

I hear ya!

I think people get down on polyester since it's not a natural fiber!

I too love how it makes clothes wear.......No wrinkles, and long-lasting!

However, it does tend to make clothes hotter since it doesn't breathe too well....

But in small quantities, it's terrific!

:hi:

[caty]

7. I agree.

Not cool in the summer months. But fall, winter, and spring--great!

[Whoa_Nelly]

5. Polyester is made from petroleum

As is anything plastic...grocery bags, toys, PVC pipe, and more.

http://www.e4s.org.uk/textilesonline/content/6library/report1/textile_fibres/polyester.htm

I personally don't like polyester against my skin, but can handle wearing clothing that has a blend in it

(stretch jeans :woohoo: )

However, without oil-based products, we wouldn't have much of the car parts/components of today, elastic for so many everyday items, or things so mundane as the knobs on our stoves, washers or dryers...and so much more.

[stuntcat]

6. someday it will fall apart

I shopped at thrift stores forever and some of the freshest stuff I used to wear out dancing was already 30 years old, and now some of it is hanging in my junk closet and it's starting to come apart! :o
You don't have to worry about your clothes falling off of you in public though.. not YET.

[MassLiberal]

8. the '70s were kind of a low point for polyester, fashion-wise

I think some clothes made out of polyester used to be kind of icky, and that's when the jokes started. But I agree with you--it has a lot to recommend it (although I do prefer natural fibers most of the time).