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No-tie shoe lace

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
2000 (circa)

Lucky Lady polyester buttons.

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1960 - 1069 (circa)

Eco-fi PET fiber

Designer (Organisation)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
2009 (circa)

Imitation mother of pearl buttons

Designer (Organisation)
James Grove & Sons
Manufacturer
James Grove & Sons
Date
2013 (circa)

Imitation pressed horn buttons

Designer (Organisation)
James Grove & Sons
Manufacturer
James Grove & Sons
Date
2013 (circa)

Assorted James Grove & Sons buttons

Designer (Organisation)
James Grove & Sons
Manufacturer
James Grove & Sons
Date
2013 (circa)

Printed circuit board

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
2004 (circa)

Polyester racket string

Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
2012 (circa)

Sustain-It bottle

Manufacturer
Whirley Drinkworks
Validfill
Date
2018
Front view of a hoodie showing the kangaroo pocket.

Own the Run hoodie

Designer (Organisation)
Adidas
Manufacturer
Adidas
Date
2018 (circa)
Front view of a pair of shoes showing the toes.

Terrex Sleek boat shoes

Designer (Organisation)
Adidas
Manufacturer
Adidas
Parley for the Oceans
Date
2018
Front view of a jacket showing the whole uniform.

British Caledonian Jacket

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Kinloch Anderson
Date
1970 - 1979 (circa)

Pagination

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Images

  • Has images 166
  • No images 38

Classification

  • fashion and costume 80
  • sports, leisure and hobbies 47
  • plastics and the environment 31
  • office and workplace 23
  • plastics samples and industry 19
  • travel and holiday 10
  • textiles 9
  • construction and building services 6
  • health, care and grooming 6
  • toys and games 6
  • house and garden 4
  • packaging and materials handling 4
  • audio visual 3
  • animals and pets 1

Date

  • 1600-1699 1
  • 1900-1999 81
  • 2000-date 123

Material

  • polyester 204
    • copolyester 9
    • d3o - trade name 5
    • Terylene - trade name 3
    • Dacron - trade name 2
    • Trevira - trade name 2
    • Tetron - trade name 2
    • Coolmax - trade name 2
    • Dri-lex - trade name 2
  • textile 92
  • polyamide 36
  • polyurethane 34
  • recycled 20
  • cellulose acetate 20
  • metal 17
  • polypropylene 16
  • polyvinyl chloride 16
  • polyethylene 14
  • animal 12
  • polystyrene 10
  • rubber 8
  • ethylene vinyl acetate 7
  • paper 6
  • polymethyl methacrylate 6
  • acrylonitrile butadiene styrene 4
  • silicone 4
  • polytetrafluorethylene 4
  • polyethylene terephthalate 3
  • elastomer 3
  • polychloroprene 3
  • polyoxymethylene 3
  • chlorofibre 3
  • wood 3
  • acetate 3
  • melamine formaldehyde 2
  • urea formaldehyde 2
  • casein formaldehyde 2
  • polycarbonate 2
  • glass 2
  • plastic (natural) 2
  • fibre-reinforced plastic 2
  • other 1
  • unidentified 1

Method

  • extruded 67
  • stitched 67
  • woven 42
  • spun 38
  • injection moulded 28
  • knitted 20
  • calendered 8
  • cut 5
  • unknown 5
  • cast 4
  • foamed 4
  • machine cut 4
  • moulded 4
  • fabricated 3
  • pressed 3
  • laser cut 2
  • laminated 2
  • injection blow moulded 2
  • blow moulded 1
  • bonded 1
  • chipped 1
  • compression moulded 1
  • drilled 1
  • extrusion blow moulded 1
  • ground 1
  • hand laid 1
  • handmade 1
  • high frequency welded 1
  • laser etched 1
  • polished 1
  • resin transfer moulded 1
  • thermoformed 1

Person

  • U 134
  • P 8
  • B 4
  • M 4
  • C 2
  • G 2
  • N 2
  • R 2
  • S 2
  • K 1
  • O 1

Organisation

  • U 50
  • M 17
  • B 15
  • A 14
  • P 12
  • S 12
  • T 12
  • C 11
  • W 11
  • D 10
  • E 10
  • K 10
  • L 9
  • F 8
  • N 8
  • G 7
  • H 6
  • J 6
  • R 6
  • I 3
  • Q 2
  • V 2
  • # 2
  • O'Shea 1

Country

  • china 36
  • uk 35
  • usa 17
  • unknown 10
  • italy 8
  • france 7
  • czech republic 4
  • cambodia 3
  • sri lanka 3
  • taiwan 3
  • vietnam 3
  • philippines 2
  • thailand 2
  • switzerland 2
  • spain 2
  • portugal 2
  • indonesia 2
  • mexico 2
  • japan 2
  • ireland 2
  • hong kong 2
  • germany 2
  • australia 1
  • canada 1
  • poland 1
  • sweden 1

Colour

  • black 56
  • white 49
  • blue 47
  • green 29
  • red 29
  • grey 28
  • multi-coloured 24
  • brown 15
  • orange 13
  • cream 12
  • yellow 12
  • colourless 10
  • silver 10
  • pink 9
  • purple 8
  • gold 3
  • colour print 1

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