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Lastex|ˈlæstɛks|
Also lastex.
The proprietary name of an elastic yarn formed from a combination of rubber (see also quot. 1968) with silk, cotton, or rayon, used in the manufacture of corsetry, etc.
1934Trade Marks Jrnl. 17 Jan. 70/1 Lastex. Yarns and threads composed of a mixture of india-rubber and silk, the silk predominating. Dunlop-Revere Thread Co., Ltd.,..Birmingham. 1935Times 12 June 15/6 Bathing suits are of woollen fabrics woven with lastex yarn. 1946‘G. Orwell’ in Tribune 8 Nov. 12/2 Someone has just sent me a copy of an American fashion magazine... Here are a few sample sentences..‘Gentle discipline for curves in lacy lastex pantie-girdle’. 1951J. D. Salinger Catcher in Rye xviii. 161 He wore those white lastex kind of swimming trunks. 1955Punch 16 Mar. 348/3 Beautifully less! The ideal is now achieved with a caress of nylon, lastex, and lace. 1968J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 236 Lastex yarns... The rubber is now being replaced by synthetic elastomeric fibres, which are easier to wash and quicker to dry. |