Rubber Fashion History: Can Rubber be used as Fashion Fabric?
Natural rubber is obtained from Latex. Before the Europeans made this discovery to make online shirts, people in Central and South America used rubber to waterproof various fabrics. In the eighteenth century, rubber was only used for erasers and elastic bands.
Over time, new grinding rubber methods emerged where filler and other powders were added to stabilize thermal and chemical properties. In 1839, Charles Goodyear came up with a method of treating rubber to make it have properties like strength and elasticity. Other inventors such as Thomas Hancock improved on Charles Goodyear’s inventions…