Modern sports suits tend to be very tight-fitting (even football players tried
to wear tight shirts and shorts but were stopped by the football association).
Broadly accepted and even required elsewhere, such apparels have to meet high
standards with respect to flexibility and elasticity. We are talking here about
exceptional stretchability not only in one direction but in all.
There are:
Note:
Fabrics which look at a first glance very favourable may include dyastuffs
and various additives causing allergic dermatitis. To avoid this, we are served
by European, certified suppliers.
For those who are interested in more details:
Lycra® is a registered trademark. In fact, it is a
synthetic fibre (segmented
polyurethane) and belongs to the group of elastomer. These fibres are used
together with other synthetic fibres such as polyamide (20% lycra / 80% polyamide)
to produce the highly elastic fabrics we used to call simply Lycra.
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