ʻO ka lole hoʻolōʻihi no ke kapa komo leʻaleʻa wahine i ke kala nani. Hana ʻia me ka rayon, nylon a me ka spandex fiber, kūpono a kūpono hoʻi ke kumukūʻai.
He lole synthetic ka Spandex i mahalo ʻia no kona elasticity. Kūʻē i ka manaʻo kaulana, ʻaʻole ka huaʻōlelo "spandex" he inoa brand, a hoʻohana ʻia kēia huaʻōlelo e pili ana i nā lole polyether-polyurea copolymer i hana ʻia me nā ʻano hana hana like ʻole. ʻO nā huaʻōlelo spandex, Lycra, a me elastane he like ia.
E like me nā polymers ʻē aʻe, hana ʻia ka spandex mai nā kaulahao monomers hou i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me kahi waikawa. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kaʻina hana hoʻomohala spandex, ua ʻike ʻia he kūpaʻa loa kēia mea i ka wela, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā lole i ʻike nui ʻia e like me ka nylon a me ka polyester i ka wā e hui pū ʻia me ka lole spandex.
ʻO ka palupalu o Elastane i lilo koke ia i mea makemake ʻia a puni ka honua, a ke mau nei ke kaulana o kēia lole a hiki i kēia lā. Loaʻa ia i nā ʻano lole he nui a kokoke i kēlā me kēia mea kūʻai aku nona ka liʻiliʻi o hoʻokahi ʻāpana lole i loaʻa ka spandex, a ʻaʻole paha e emi iho ke kaulana o kēia lole i ka wā e hiki mai ana.