Toper - Golden Crown - Nylon Shirts Yugoslavia

The story about one of the best known and most successful Slovenian Textile companies began in the period after the Second World War. The name Toper is derived from the Slovenian abbreviations for a factory of clothing (Tovarna perila), which was a popular way of naming companies at the time. The first Toper yarn factory dates to 1945. At first Toper produced only nylon shirts under its name. The number of sales amounted to around almost 6 million shirts per year, which is quite impressive. At that time only white shirts were being worn, which were sold under the Toper logo Golden Crown.

http://en.toper.si/about-toper/history

Interesting facts the population of Yugoslavia - 1953 was 16 991 000, 1961 was 18 549 000 and 1971 was 20 523 000 which means a large percentage of men would of worn nylon shirts if the annual production was up to 6 million shirts a year.

http://nylonshirts.blogspot.com/2012/03/nylon-shirts-in-history-mile-lopur.html

All Buttoned Up!!!

1963-08 Harold Johnston

Photographer Hal Johnston in Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Nylon shirt, pipe tobacco in pocket, library books and magazines at elbow.


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Watch Out! Chemistry at Work

I was around 14 when I discovered some of the darker sides of chemistry. This was the 60’s and my school like most others had a uniform; grey trousers, black blazer and a white shirt. This was the age of the nylon shirt; drip-dry and not requiring ironing – ideal for the busy housewife. Then, one afternoon in the chemistry lesson, we were meant to heat dilute (2N) hydrochloric acid in a beaker using a Bunsen burner. We worked in two’s and, just as the acid reached boiling temperature, I accidentally nudged the tripod supporting the beaker and the acid spilled hitting my chest. Because I was leaning forward, the hot acid did not reach my body but instead dissolved the parts of the nylon shirt – leaving a central strip which had been protected by my school tie. No injury, some surprise and then thinking what I would tell my parents; I cannot recall what they said.

Nylon in clothing has all but disappeared from the shops. Then, it was everywhere and in more or less everything. I can clearly remember sliding into my bed with nylon sheets wearing nylon pajamas which produced amazing electrical flashes. Nylon shirts are now very retro and you can still buy them if you want to. Nylon is a polyamide which means that it is destroyed by warm acid (hydrolysed) as I had found out.

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