Polyester is a terrible fabric: it doesn't breathe, it doesn't stretch, it looks cheap, and it stinks with slightest bit

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mark_ward1 — 10 years ago(January 08, 2016 07:53 AM)

Polyester is a terrible fabric: it doesn't breathe, it doesn't stretch, it looks cheap, and it stinks with slightest bit of perspiration. Makes me wonder if those 70s discos smelled of BO.

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ck1-5 — 10 years ago(January 13, 2016 10:48 AM)

Yes, I knowworked for an auto parts store in the early '80s that had polyester pants as part of the uniform. Sweat like a pig in the summer and freeze your ass off in the winter.

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winterview — 10 years ago(January 23, 2016 02:37 PM)

The discos reeked of cigarette smoke. Smoking hadn't been banned yet.
I'll always remember how much I reeked of it later.
There was a place I went to with a big exhaust fan that blew horizontally across the parking lot. You could see the plume of smoke coming out of the building like this big horizontal geyser.

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KobiyashiMauru — 10 years ago(January 24, 2016 11:55 AM)

The advantage of polyester was that it was wrinkle free.
Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.
Yogi Berra

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isundling — 10 years ago(February 14, 2016 07:23 PM)

Exactly.no more ironing

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ChrisCuda — 9 years ago(June 20, 2016 01:14 AM)

Bingo! The leisure suit marketing was that you could simply fold it and put it in your suitcase.take it out and wear it wrinkle free. Polyster didn't affect me so much, but platform shoes??? Yikes.

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rdhanson-08114 — 9 years ago(October 25, 2016 10:55 AM)

It stretches more than cotton, and cheaper and easier to clean than wool. Plus you could print wild designs.

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ABBAcat — 9 years ago(December 19, 2016 01:31 PM)

I bet the discos smelled like BO, smoke, Charlie perfume, Brut cologne plus the added cache of split whiskey and vomit.

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ToastedCheese — 6 months ago(September 24, 2025 02:09 AM)

Longevity and cost. It’s best used within a mix.
Norman! What did you put in my tea?