synthetics

Rayon, viscose, all the leaps and bounds made in synthetics — don’t you believe in science?

His team hopes to produce synthetics for a fraction of the cost, and for them to be tailorable—for example, to be more adhesive or more lubricating, depending on the application.

It’s staggering how inexpensive Shein goods are, and astounding how well-made and detailed they are for the price, though the materials are generally eco-unfriendly synthetics.

For much of the last decade the risk remained unrealized, with synthetics eating away at cheaper gift-giving segments but making limited headway otherwise.

“We are having problems with synthetics and chemicals,” she said.