It's showing up all over this season, and maybe you're wondering: what the heck is this "Lurex" stuff? Sounds a little iffy to her Imperial Greenness, anyway. Here's the skinny: it's a trademarked name for a type of laboratory-produced yarn made of aluminum coated with plastic. Yum. So when you see it in a catalog or a clothing description, it means "man-made" (as if you couldn't tell from the name). It also means shiny or sparkly, since the metallic look's still in this season.Incidentally, Lurex is also the name of a mosquito attractant. Just a guess: this kind of Lurex probably won't show up on runways or in department stores unless the fashion world suddenly decides to start fighting the good fight on the hunt for the Asian Tiger Mosquito.
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