Neoprene (originally called duprene) is the company's trade name DuPont Performance Elastomers, for a family of synthetic rubbers based on polychloroprene. It is one of the most trendy materials in recent years.
Lot of brand luxuryin fact, they have made it a must in their collection making it the protagonist of the catwalks both in the summer and in the winter season, proposing it as the main element of bags, accessories and clothes in unusual color combinations. Some stylists have made it a distinctive feature of the garments ready to wear, merging it with other more classic materials such as chiffon or lace.
Yet, the last frontier of fabrics has origins in the last century. It was iInvented in the 1930s by two scientists, Arnold Colins and Wallace Carothers of the company DuPont and saw its first use only twenty years later, for the creation of swimsuits for two Californian surfers who immediately appreciated its insulating and repellent properties. In the 1980s it began to become a reference technical fabric for sportswear and is still used in the automotive and nautical fields today.

Neoprene is a light, elastic, but at the same time quite strong fabric, which is hygroscopic and resistant to wear. One of the subspecies of synthetic rubber - polychloroprene rubber is used as a raw material for its production. The structure of the canvas is very different from the usual types of matter, looks more like a honeycomb due to small air bubbles located inside small rubber cells. Due to this structure, the material is almost impossible to break, but at the same time it stretches quite well and does not deform at all. There are several varieties of neoprene material.

The composition of neoprene due to the peculiarities of its production. The canvas is made in several stages. Petrochemicals are taken as raw materials, mini-granules are produced using chloroprene, which becomes the base material.

As a result of the high-tech process, these granules are combined and form a rather sticky mass. A coloring and foaming composition is poured into it, thereby a thick substance is formed, which is sent to the oven, is heated intensively and under the influence of heat it turns into foam. As a result of heat treatment, long thick black layers are formed, cut into thin layers so that each is no more than 1 cm thick. These sheets are very unattractive, therefore, to improve their appearance, as well as to improve strength characteristics of the glued layers with other materials (most often with polyester).

Thanks to this unusual technology, a unique material is obtained, consisting of a large number of cells filled with nitrogen. This structure affects the heat-conducting properties of the canvas.

• the material is completely waterproof, thanks to this property it is, in most cases, used for the production of wetsuits;
• Neoprene retains its physical and technical properties in a wide temperature range - from -60 degrees to +90;
• neoprene is heat resistant, keeps the human body warm and does not allow a person in such a suit to freeze;
• the fabric retains its integrity under the influence of saline solutions and some types of chemicals, in addition, the ingress of oil does not damage the mesh;

• the material is highly durable, so a person is protected from various cuts and scratches, and besides, the canvas is able to significantly mitigate any impacts and mechanical damage;
• neoprene does not accumulate static electricity inside its fibers;
• characterized by hypoallergenic;
• neoprene refers to materials of increased fire resistance;
• It is noteworthy that, with such strength characteristics, the canvas is flexible and soft enough so that it can be worn freely for sports clothing: it does not restrict movement at all.