Microft MX claims to harness the combined strengths of polyester and nylon. Credit: Teijin Frontier. The new Teijin Frontier material is said to combine the texture and functionality of polyester and ...

If you submerge a piece of polyester fabric into seawater, it will still be largely intact more than 200 days later. But if you submerge a swatch of wood-based fabric, like textile company Lenzing’s ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Really, fashion watchers should have seen it coming. After the resurgence of 1970s maxi-dresses and flares, the ...

When it comes to daily wear fabrics, polyester and rayon are spoken of in the same sentence. Due to the crisp appearance, clean texture, a lot of people either confuse the two fabrics or think they ...