How polyester bounced back
21st April 2022
Virginia Postrel has forgotten more about fibers than you or I know.
.. .polyester rules the textile world. It accounts for more than half of global fiber consumption, about twice that of second-place cotton. Output stands at nearly 58 million tons a year, more than 10 times what it was in the early ’80s. And nobody complains about polyester’s look and feel. If there’s a problem today, it’s that people like polyester too much. It’s everywhere, even at the bottom of the ocean.
I highly recommend her book, The Fabric of Civilization.