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This site is an overview of mens nylon shirts from the 1960s and 1970s in the UK. It should provide you with an idea of the way this unique type of men’s shirt looked.

The blog has a brief history of nylon shirts including images of packaging and inserts etc; a section on types of nylon shirt, a focus on white nylon shirts and pastel nylon shirts and a section on mens nylon shirts in the office.

Nylon shirts, whether bri-nylon, Celon, Enkalon or other brands were an exciting addition to menswear in the UK from the late 50s to the end of the 70s. The only way you can buy nylon shirts to wear today is through eBay or second-hand shops. However, they still hold an important place as the most popular synthetic fibre shirts for men, with a unique look and feel sadly missed by many who wore them. Of course, they are also a fascinating piece of design and technology history as nothing like them had been manufactured and retailed before or since.... >>

 

 

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Bri-Nylon Window Display 1964

https://photoshistoriques.info/femmes-a-la-british-nylon-toupies-usine-1964/

Bri-Nylon Shirts for that crisp, fresh look day in..night out

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Golden Star Bri-Nylon Shirt

Vintage 1960s man’s gold/mustard bri-nylon shirt

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Doric Bri-Nylon shirt

Vintage 1960s man’s turquoise bri-nylon shirt

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-1960s-man-s-turquoise-bri-nylon-shirt-unworn-regular-/321219054116?pt=UK_Men_s_Vintage_Clothing&hash=item4aca25ca24

Paladine Bri-Nylon Shirt

 

Vintage 1960s man’s turquoise bri-nylon shirt

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White Bri-Nylon Shirt by Adonis

vintage 60s mans white bri-nylon shirt by adonis

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vintage-60s-mans-white-bri-nylon-shirt-by-adonis-new-old-stock-17-59-6-/181227322502

SLEEVRITE Bri-Nylon Shirt Cream

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-New-SLEEVRITE-Bri-Nylon-Shirt-Cream-still-in-the-Bag-poss-size-15-38cm-/390658065214

Ashtree 1970s Bri-Nylon Striped Shirt

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-1970s-BRI-Nylon-striped-shirt-UNUSED-for-button-or-cuff-links-Collar-16-/400564440962

Synthetic Fabrics in the 1960's

1960 and the New Synthetic Yarns

Many of the fashions of the 1960s existed because of the fabrics. They introduced new fabric properties and when synthetics were mixed with natural fibres there was improved performance in wear. Some had been invented years earlier in the 1930s and 1940s, but it was only in the 60s that huge production plants for synthetic fibres sprang up globally. Meanwhile as man made fibres gained a hold, the Yorkshire woollen industry began to contract at an alarming rate. Job losses were inevitable and yet so often the newer man made yarn companies settled in areas where there was already a body of knowledge and a heritage of spinning, knitting or weaving.

Du-Pont and ICI were the giants of synthetic manufacture producing a wide range of fabrics under trade names relating to Polyamide, Polyesters, Polyurethanes, Polyolefins, and Polyacrylonitriles the polyvinyl derivative. All the fibre bases could be used as bulked or fine yarns dependant on fibre extrusion method and final finishing. The name often related to the country or plant where the fibre was produced for example Enkalon was Irish made nylon whereas Crylor, an acrylic yarn was made in France.

Polyamide is nylon. It came under trade names such as Nylon 6, Celon, Enkalon, Perlon, Bri-Nylon, Cantrece and others. Polyester was known variously as Terylene, Dacron, Terlenka, Trevira, Kodel, Diolen, Tergal and Lavsan. Polyurethane is the generic name of the elastomeric family of stretch fibres like Spandex, Lycra and Spanzelle.

All these man made synthetic fibres began to be used in bras, underwear, swimwear and sportswear. Lycra eventually found its way into fabric mixes to aid crease recovery, wearing ease, fit and stretch. Polyvinyl derivatives produce polyacrylonitriles and this includes Orlon, Acrylic, Crylor, Courtelle and Creslan. Modified acrylics such as Dynel and Teklan were first used to make fake furs and fake hair for wigs in the sixties.

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Irish Nylon Shirt Adverts

Irish Fashion Advert from Peter Owens Agency 1966

http://brandnewretro.ie/2013/08/02/2-irish-fashion-adverts-from-peter-owens-agency-1966/

Irish Advert from 1966 for Men’s Leisure Shirts

http://brandnewretro.ie/2013/06/07/3-irish-adverts-from-1966-for-mens-leisure-shirts/

The Vintage Nylon Shirt Zone

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The Bromuff Nylon Shirt

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A Bri-Nylon Shirt and a Cotton Shirt

Title     Menswear Association of Britain
Collection     London College of Fashion: The Woolmark Company
Date     1965
Description     Two shirts, two collar styles.
Left - white Bri-Nylon shirt with fine pastel stripes and a white bluff edged collar, giving the effect of a separate collar on a collar-attached shirt.
Price - 45/-
Right - Widely-spaced fine stripes in blue and gold on a white ground and a button-down polo collar.
Price- 49/6d.
Subject     menswear, shirt
Material     Bri-nylon, cotton
Rights     London College of Fashion/The Woolmark Company

Source | VADS - The online resource for Visual Arts

Nylon and Bri-Nylon Evening Dress Shirts

Title     Menswear Association of Britain
Collection     London College of Fashion: The Woolmark Company
Date     1965
Description     Two easy-to-wash dress shirts.
Left - vertical pleats, made in nylon with a Velcro grip fastening, giving the impression of a fly-front. With it is worn a black rayon satin and gold brocade tie and cummerbund.
Price -£3. 10s
Right - Bri-Nylon shirt with a front panel of horizontal stripes. It has a fly-front button fastening
Price -90/-
Subject     menswear, shirt
Material     Nylon, Bri-nylon
Rights     London College of Fashion/The Woolmark Company

Source | VADS - The online resource for Visual Arts

Tern Tricopress Bri Nylon Shirt

Collection     London College of Fashion: The Woolmark Company
Fabric Manufacturer     ICI Fibres Ltd.
Photographer     Ron Stone
Description     This is one of the new Tricopress shirts in Bri-Nylon being introduced this spring. Double-cuffed and in stripes of white, it comes from the Tern range at about 59s 6d.
Subject     menswear, shirt
Material     Bri-nylon
Rights     London College of Fashion/The Woolmark Company

Source | VADS - The online resource for Visual Arts

Richard Davies and Co. Ltd. Bri-Nylon Shirt

Collection     London College of Fashion: The Woolmark Company
Garment Manufacturer     Richard Davies and Co. Ltd.
Fabric Manufacturer     ICI
Photographer     Jamie Hodgson
Description     Shirts with separate, stiff collars always look extra smart. This warp-knit Bri-Nylon shirt has in fact an attached collar and the "stiff" look is achieved by "secret stitching" which leaves the face completely clean.
Subject     menswear, shirt
Material     Bri-nylon
Rights     London College of Fashion/The Woolmark Company

Source | VADS - The online resource for Visual Arts

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