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Fashion's admission that dignity and dryness were never going to coexist.
means Clothing—raincoats, slickers, waterproof gear—designed specifically to keep you dry in wet weather.
from A straightforward compound of 'rain' plus 'wear' (as in 'wear' meaning clothing, the same sense found in 'footwear' or 'outerwear'). English loves building garment categories this way — simple, functional, no myth required.
- gore-tex invented
- 1969, by accident, stretching teflon too fast
- paradox
- waterproof fabric still makes you sweat into it
- yellow slickers
- originally fish-oil-coated cotton, not plastic
- duck boots
- named for rubber bottoms, not actual ducks