Lurex
(ˈl(j)ʊərɛks)
Also lurex.
The proprietary name of a type of yarn which incorporates a metallic thread; also, fabric made from this yarn.
| 1945 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 16 Oct. 360/1 The Dobeckmun Company, Cleveland Ohio... Lurex. For yarn and thread comprised either in whole or in part of laminated film having a metallic appearance, including gimp comprised of a filament of yarn spirally overwrapped with coated or laminated foil which has been slit to a narrow width, said overwrapping imparting a metallic appearance. 1958 Spectator 12 Dec. 853/1 The party from the Camberwell Jazz Club, dressed in Italian-cut jackets shot with lurex, were not enthusiastic. 1965 Guardian 31 Mar. 15/2 Far away in the Outer Hebrides, the crofter weavers have found pleasure as well as profit in weaving ‘Lurex’ threads into tweeds of an altogether new lightness and beauty. 1967 Spectator 4 Aug. 139/3 The curtain rises on Donald Pleasance, in lurex dressing-gown,..kneeling before a marble urn and listening to Verdi. 1973 Guardian 18 June 15/2 Plain snakeskin Lurex blousons. |