Nylon, polythene, alkathene and acrilan are all polymers formed from organic molecules.

Why wait for Todd Oldham's take on the sleeveless crochet-look pullover in an open-air knit of 100 percent Acrilan?

In dyeing nylon and Acrilan, the pH of the water should be uniform because some of the dyes employed are pH-sensitive.

The introduction of new fabrics, including Terylene, Orlon, Banlon, Acrilan and Poplin, allowed for new fashion styles to be both created and introduced.

Clients included Harvey's Bristol Cream, Bird's Eye, Parker pens, Fiat, Ford, Acrilan, Pretty Polly and Ronson.

Now they import flax, mainly from Scandinavia, and much of the cloth they weave is made from mixtures of flax or cotton and artificial fibres such as nylon, Terylene and Acrilan.