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10-16-2015 09:18 AM
How can this fabric be comfortable in a dress? Isn't it what diving suits are made of? Is there a new type of neoprene now used for clothing? Enlighten me, please...
10-16-2015 09:23 AM
Great minds, etc. I was just thinking the same thing this morning. I used to have a neoprene swim shirt (eventually deteriorated from the chlorine in the pool), which I wore for warmth. It's rubber, isn't it? I've seen the dresses IM did and I can't imagine buying one, much less wearing one.
Weird, but maybe it's me.
10-16-2015 09:38 AM
It's all in the name. Neoprene, Scuba -- it's a polyester/spandex mix that designers have been using for years. In fact, the same poly/span (95%/5%, respectively) combination has been used by some George Simonton items for quite a while. Even Bob Mackie, Seth Aaron and others have used this material, but in some different combinations of the poly/span "cocktail." GILI and the online retailer, Vince, have also used it a lot. I guess Isaac Mizrahi wanted to draw new attention to it by calling it neoprene; it's not meant to be tight, but it does give a nice smooth look. I have one "scuba" skirt and I love it (I never wear tight clothes -- lol).
10-16-2015 10:20 AM
"Scuba" dresses, skirts, etc. are very popular now again.
10-16-2015 10:43 AM
@Lipstickdiva wrote:"Scuba" dresses, skirts, etc. are very popular now again.
Yes, a quick "google" showed lots of neoprene items for last summer, from both higher end and lower end sources.
10-16-2015 11:11 AM
I thought Jane looked very nice in the blue dress. It was working for her.
10-16-2015 11:15 AM
Ugh.......anybody remember "oil cloth" on your grandma's kitchen table?
10-16-2015 11:58 AM
Thank you all for your replies--it clears up the mystery for me. And I agree, Jane looked very nice in the dress.
10-16-2015 04:44 PM
@Caaareful Shopper wrote:It's all in the name. Neoprene, Scuba -- it's a polyester/spandex mix that designers have been using for years. In fact, the same poly/span (95%/5%, respectively) combination has been used by some George Simonton items for quite a while. Even Bob Mackie, Seth Aaron and others have used this material, but in some different combinations of the poly/span "cocktail." GILI and the online retailer, Vince, have also used it a lot. I guess Isaac Mizrahi wanted to draw new attention to it by calling it neoprene; it's not meant to be tight, but it does give a nice smooth look. I have one "scuba" skirt and I love it (I never wear tight clothes -- lol).
i have a scuba leather jacket. i never knew what that meant!
10-16-2015 05:06 PM
@Desertdi wrote:Ugh.......anybody remember "oil cloth" on your grandma's kitchen table?
Neoprene is nothing like oil cloth. It's knit and often is used medically to keep heat close to the body. I have some neoprene gloves that I sometimes wear when my arthritic fingers bother me. They get very warm; holds in body heat. I can't imagine wearing it.
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