Lycra hpun palawng gaw, Cantonese ginra ni hta "la jia" (Lycra a Cantonese ga shaga ai lam) ngu nna mung shamying ai spandex fibers ni hte galaw da ai hpun palawng re. Miwa mungdan kaba hta kalang lang "spandex hpun palawng" ngu nna hkrak sha tsun shaga ai.
Lycra gaw English ga si LYCRA a ga si hpe galai shai ai lam re. 1937 ning hta Germany mungdan kaw Bayer kaw nna awng dang ai hku sawk sagawn lu ai hte 1959 ning hta DuPont kaw nna galaw shapraw ai. DuPont a spandex fiber a masat da ai hpaga masat kumla langai rai nga ai, dai gaw hpun palawng ni a elasticity hte n-gun ja ai lam hpe grai shatsaw ya lu ai. 500% du hkra stretchability hpe bai gram lajang mai ai, ndai zawn re ai fiber hpe loi loi hte jat mai ai, raitim, hkum hkrang hta n-gun n law ai sha, "friendly" ngu ai fiber ngu ai hpe chye na lu ai. atsam ningja.
Lycra gaw, mungkan hta kaba dik htum ai fiber hte polymer company Invista a matu hpaga yumga mying langai mi rai nga ai (dai gaw, 2004 ning hta Koch Industries kaw nna $4.4 billion hte mari la ai, DuPont a hkum tsup ai- madu ai npu na hpung langai mi re). Invista gaw spandex field hta market monopoly hpe hkam la da ai, Lycra gaw spandex yarns yawng ngu na daram hte bung ai. Dai gaw htunghking elastic rubber thread hpe tsep kawp galai shai kau ya nna, Lycra gaw hpun palawng hta ahkyak ai daw langai mi rai nga ai, dai gaw gymnastics hte swimwear zawn re ai laksan ra kadawn ai lam ni hpe ra sharawng ai. Na a curve ni hpe hpaw shadan dan nna, n-gun n rawng ai sha, na a hkum hkrang hpe lawt lu hkra galaw ya lu ai. Laika hpe shani shagu na bu hpun palawng ni hta grai lang ai sha n-ga, fashion designer ni a masha law law ra sharawng ai kaleidoscope hkrang ni hpe mung grai lang ma ai. Laika hpe kalang mi hta grai kabu gara ai masha ni gaw lamik kumla n-gun ngu shamying ma ai.
