Advantage and Disadvantage of Polyester clothing
Polyester clothing has a lot of advantages: it lasts a long time and wears very well, it is very hard to stain, it holds it shape and does not wrinkle, it can be washed or dry cleaned. It does not yellow. It takes a smaller amount of laundry soap to clean it. Contrary to popular belief, it generally will not sustain a flame, meaning that if , for example, a cigarette is held to it, the fabric will burn and melt where the cigarette is but will not catch on fire itself. Mold, mildew, fungi, etc. do not live on it. While it does not absorb moisture, it does wick it away for evaporation so in many cases it is cooler than cotton. Many premium clothes are made of a mixture of poly and cotton to take advantage of these good qualities.
It is a plastic and is subject to price changes with the price of oil. It does not have the natural feel of cotton (with some exceptions -- use of a fabric softener helps). It is associated with leisure suits from the 70's. If you do iron it, you must do so at a low temperature. It will not absorb dyes.
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