Shopping for Granddaughter
 

Lil Anne will start kindergarten in the Fall. She loves wearing her dresses. Yesterday I was in well-known department store and looking at the cute dresses. Looking at one--thought what is this texture--YES, it was made from polyester double knit--I was totally taken back so much that I did not check the manufacturing name or the cost. Is polyester double knit being used by clothing manufacturing now? If I get back to store any time soon, I will check for all the details. As I said, I was shocked !

yes, that '70s look is in style again

yikes, can't imagine that it is coming back. i still have a couple of pieces of it in my sewing stash from when the DDs were little.

Its been back, its the 100% polyester that is hard to work with, the mixed blend is better

Romanojg, not that stuff --it is that double knit polyester from the 70s--ugh ! Just this year, I donated all my leftovers of that material !

On the plus side, the dress will never wear out.

icky, it made me sweat and held stains. didn't like it at all. I'm a 100% cotton person.

I don't much want to relive any fashions from the 70's but double knit has got to be the worst. I agree about the sweating and making you uncomfortable. It did that to me, too.

Cheap fabric to use but the cost of the clothes made from it will cost more then cotton. How much was it back in the 70's? 3 yards for a $1?

The double knit polyesters I used in the 70s were NOT cheap/inexpensive.

I had two awesome pantsuits made of the stuff - a purple one and a melon/tangerine one. I looked GOOD! then.