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LYCRA® LIVING LIGHTS technology

Increases dye uptake to eliminate grin-through in hosiery

Consumer benefits

Benefits for brands & retailers

  • Eliminates unsightly elastane grin-through
  • Creates garments with more realistic looking nude shades
  • Offers excellent color blending with the nylon companion fiber
  • Available as a fine decitex, high tenacity fiber

Benefits for mills

  • Easily transition from existing products
  • Requires no processing changes or color reformulations
  • Increased uptake of acid dyes for excellent color blending
  • Optimized luster makes spandex less visible in the fabric

Boost your brand power

Brands:  The LYCRA® brand logo is viewed worldwide as a symbol of quality assurance by consumers. Promote your use of LYCRA® fiber in legwear with free logos, pictograms and virtual hang tags that highlight product benefits to drive sales. We make it easy to leverage the LYCRA® brand’s 87% global consumer awareness to trigger the purchase decision in stores and online. No other spandex manufacturer provides this level of branding support to its customers. Be sure to take advantage of this amazing value-added service and complete a Trademark Licensing Agreement today!

Mills: Have your garments tested and certified, which gives your customers the ability to quickly order LYCRA® brand assets to increase sales. Remember, the more garments retailers sell, the more garments you sell.

Drive sales with pictograms

Licensing

Garment categories

Textile processes

  • Hosiery
  • Yarn processing

Products listing

Products Fit retention Comfort Dyeability Grin-through reduction

LYCRA® 26AL fiber

  • Dtex : 13-235
  • Availability : EMEA
  • Dtex : 13-235
  • Availability : EMEA
Value:
excellent sustainabilty
Fit retention
Value:
excellent sustainabilty
Comfort
Value:
excellent sustainabilty
Dyeability
Value:
excellent sustainabilty
Grin-through reduction

LYCRA® 862W fiber

  • Dtex : 22-310
  • Availability : Asia
  • Dtex : 22-310
  • Availability : Asia
Value:
excellent sustainabilty
Fit retention
Value:
excellent sustainabilty
Comfort
Value:
excellent sustainabilty
Dyeability
Value:
excellent sustainabilty
Grin-through reduction

LYCRA® 26AS fiber

  • Dtex : 13-235
  • Availability : EMEA
  • Dtex : 13-235
  • Availability : EMEA
Value:
excellent sustainabilty
Fit retention
Value:
excellent sustainabilty
Comfort
Value:
excellent sustainabilty
Dyeability
Value:
excellent sustainabilty
Grin-through reduction

LYCRA® 16AL fiber

  • Dtex : 13-22
  • Availability : EMEA
  • Dtex : 13-22
  • Availability : EMEA
Value:
excellent sustainabilty
Fit retention
Value:
excellent sustainabilty
Comfort
Value:
excellent sustainabilty
Dyeability
Value:
good sustainabilty
Grin-through reduction

Value:1 Good suitability:

Value:2 Excellent suitability

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