Where and when I wear it

• I wear my jumper to the football, and also when I go to football training.

Special features

• The special features are the signatures of the Hawthorn football club players, also the number 23 because it’s my favourite football player, Buddy Franklin.

• The signatures are special because they are hard to get from the players.

• The jumper has no sleeves. It is brown and gold vertical stripes.

• I wear it with my tracksuit pants to football matches and also to football training, sometimes I wear it with my Hawthorn shorts.

What my outfit is made out of

• My outfit is made out of polyester

• Polyester fabric is a versatile and important man made fabric.

• Polyester is a polymer which is produced from the coal, air, water and petroleum products.

• It was first produced in 1953 and along with cotton, polyester is the most common fabric used worldwide

What is good about Polyester

• It is strong, stretchable, and durable. • It does not wrinkle. • It does not shrink. • It is resistant to crease. • It is resistant to mildew. • It is abrasion resistant. • It is resistant to most chemicals. • It is not damaged by sunlight or weather. • It dries quickly. It is crisp and resilient when wet or dry. • It is easily washed. • It does not absorb moisture making it hot and clammy when worn in

hot temperatures.

How is polyester made

• You make polyester from oil and it breaks down into small molecules.

• When you mix ester and alcohol together the charges make the molecules line up into chains of chrystals that hold together as long fibres.

Interesting Facts about Polyester

• British scientists John Whinfield and James Dickson first invented polyester cloth in 1941 in England.

• After World War 2 was over in 1945, a company called Dupont in the United States brought the rights to make polyester and by 1950 a factory in America began to make it.

• Since the 1960’s polyester has been the cheapest cloth.

• Almost half of the worlds clothing is made from polyester.

• Because polyester is made out of oil, polyester clothing will get more expensive as we run out of oil and oil gets more expensive.

Bibliography

• Internet Sites Used:

• www.fabrics-manufacturers.com

• www.historyforkids.org

• Encyclopedia:

• 2008 World Book Encyclopedia