Fashion

[this is my nic]

It seems some vendors and hosts are saying "span" instead of spandex.  Does it really take that much more time and energy to add the "dex" at the end of the word?  What's next?  Cot for cotton, ny for nylon, wo for wool, ray for rayon?  I just don't get it. 

[Sylanne]

Neither do I. I suppose they think they sound cool, or trendy; but IMO they sound juvenile.

[Still Raining]

Dare I mention the host who does this the most?  Nope, not in the rules anymore.

[sandraskates]

I used to buy Spandex by the bundle to make skating costumes. Never once did I ever just call it "span."

I hate that term.

[Desertdi]

Is it possible they are not using the patented material, so can't call it by that name?   

[TY]

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@Desertdi wrote:

Is it possible they are not using the patented material, so can't call it by that name?   

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Isn't Lycra the brand name for spandex?

I also notice that it's the QVC hosts that use the term "span", it's the regular P.M Style host that does that quite a bit. I'm not sure why "span" instead of "spandex" but how hard can it be to say "spandex" which is the proper term?

[Caaareful Shopper]

I don't presume to know what abbreviations, truncated words or catchphrases are used all over the fashion industry.  But I would bet if you had 100 real fashion designers, stylists, models, fashion editors, and fashion sales representatives in a room, there would be words none of us would ever use to describe clothing.  Span, fabrication, scuba, etc.  Every industry has its own lexicon. As long as I know what they're talking about, it doesn't bother me a bit.

[handygal2]

For fast-talking salespeople, it saves time, lol. Maybe there's also an attempted "cool" factor, ie. a more "modern" vernacular for an old fabric that used to have a negative, "cheap" connotation.

[Cookie06]

You just gotta love the junk that people get upset about, huh???