It is said that "Dacron" was first shouted by Cantonese. It is a transliteration of Cantonese, originally called "really beautiful", because "beautiful" is regarded as fashionable and beautiful by Cantonese people. Northerners don't know much about Cantonese, so they mispronounce "really beautiful" in the vernacular as "really cool". Later, it was found that this kind of cloth was not cool, so it was rewritten as "dacron". In fact, "polyester" is a kind of polyester textile, the chemical composition is called polyester, and the scientific name is "polyethylene terephthalate", which is both pure spinning and blended, and is usually used to make shirts. Its biggest feature is pure color and no fading; Wear-resistant, easy to dry without deformation; Crisp, smooth and easy to clean, it is really eye-catching for people who have been wearing coarse clothes and have a dull tone. It is no exaggeration to say that anyone who wanted to wear dacron shirts at that time immediately appeared to have a unique grade and style.
I remember that the first people who put on Dacron at that time were leading cadres and well-off intellectuals. At first, when they saw this kind of clothing, they felt very novel, and there were no "dead folds" all over their bodies. They thought it was ironed with an iron every day, but later they learned that it was a special fabric.
At first, "Dacron" military casual clothes were particularly popular, and many young people even joined the army just for the "Dacron" of national defense green. A soldier's coat has two pockets: the coat of a cadre above the rank of platoon has four pockets, so people look at people who wear military uniforms with four pockets with new eyes. Soldiers are extremely sacred in people's minds, and they are worshipped by a large number of teenagers. Many young school-age women are proud of choosing soldiers. If a girl goes shopping with a soldier wearing a "Dacron" military uniform, she will surely get a series of envious eyes. Later, the princelings followed suit and stole the show.
There is another important reason for the popularity of "Dacron", that is, in that era when you had to get a cloth ticket to buy cloth. "Dacron" is a rare non-controlled commodity. As long as you have money and can afford it, you can enjoy this special treatment. Although it is much more expensive than traditional cotton cloth, people still like to follow the trend and feel the changes brought by new things. Especially the girl wearing a "chessboard" or "dacron" shirt with small broken flowers is so beautiful that people are full of endless youthful vitality. At some stage, newly married men and women must add polyester shirts to their clothes. The groom is pure white, the bride is pink, and the two newlyweds stand side by side against a watery white background.
At the beginning of the popularity of "dacron", you can't buy it if you want. Some shops posted notices in advance, and some shops leaked news from the inside, attracting a large number of citizens to snap up. Sometimes in order to buy a Dacron, you have to wait in line for hours, and even the counter is in danger of being crushed.
According to some data, during the period from 1976 to 1979, China imported a large number of chemical fiber production equipment, and the output of polyester increased greatly, thus gradually popularizing "polyester" fabrics.