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Lastex

American  
[las-teks] / ˈlæs tɛks /
Trademark.
  1. a brand of yarn made from a core of latex rubber covered with fabric strands.


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With $65,000 borrowed from Armin's brother in the U.S., the Gottliebs in 1955 bought thousands of yards of Lastex and transformed it into bathing suits.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lastex and the two-way stretch are not the same thing though they were launched simultaneously.

From Time Magazine Archive

Few months later a third company, H. & W., brought forth another Lastex corset.

From Time Magazine Archive

Du Pont-trained in a healthy respect for new products, he pepped up the company's research department and pop out of the hat came Lastex, the yarn with the two-way stretch.

From Time Magazine Archive

He wore those white Lastex kind of swimming trunks, and he was always going off the high dive.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

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