Who made the first synthetic fibre?

Who made the first synthetic fibre?

The Dupont Company of the USA patented the discovery of the first synthetic fibre called polymer, and this was presented to the world at a trade fair in New York in 1939. The fibre which took the first letters ‘NY’ from New York’s initials, came to be called ‘nylon’ and took the world by storm. The first nylon stockings appeared in New York shops in May 1940, and over 72, 000 pairs were sold on the first day of their appearance!