Lurex
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Lurex is a band-shaped yarn which is manufactured from aluminum vapor-deposited polyester yarn. This method of manufacture gives the yarn a metallic luster.
Often one uses lurex as an internal effect material in carnival costumes or even for the seams of special stockings.
It is a registered trademark of the inventor Lurex from London, England.