Raincoat
Primarily, Charles Macintosh was the man behind the origination of raincoats. In 1836, he came up with a technique of mixing rubber with fabric which was utilized for manufacturing raincoats. The raincoats were therefore named after him and were called as Mackintoshes in U.K.
Earlier, raincoats made for dolls were much heavy in weight, but later on the lightweight materials were been utilized to make raincoats. Vinyl fabric was utilized, because this fabric was waterproof in nature and lightweight as well. With due course of time, there was a boom in the industry of rainwear as raincoats with varied colors, designs, fabrics and patterns were being made for different kind of dolls.
Present day’s raincoat for dolls is available in combination of various artificial and natural fabrics. Particularly, plastic coated fibers and microfibers are used more and more. The raincoats which are made up of strongly knitted fabrics are regarded as the best as they are more waterproof.
Raincoats basically have distinguishable quality of not permitting the water to get in i.e. nil absorption of water thus keeping your doll dry throughout the rainy season. However, these days, the raincoats which your dolls can wear throughout the year are also available in the market. Such raincoats comprise lining that can be removed whenever necessary.
Mainly there are two kinds of fabrics used for making raincoats i.e. absorbent type and repellent type. Numerous styles of raincoats are available in the market such as waxed jackets, ponchos, trench-coats, mackintoshes and anoraks. Trench-coats are unisex style of raincoats in which polyester and cotton materials are used for manufacturing them.
Apart from cotton, polyester and vinyl, other kinds of fabrics which are used for making raincoats are wool, nylon, microfibers and wool gabardine. They can be utilized in a blended form as well. The chemicals used for the purposes of waterproofing are salts of zirconium, aluminum, paraffin emulsions, methyl siloxanes, resin, wax etc.
You can find a large array of raincoats available in markets for your dolls. They are found in different colors, lengths, cuts, styles and fabrics for people of every sexes and age. The designing is done with the help of computers in modern days, provides variety of designs in rainwear.
Thus, raincoats are something which protects your dolls from not only rain but also from many other climatic conditions.
Many different types of raincoats are made for different weather conditions by making use of different chemicals and fabrics. They can be used for protecting your dolls from windcheater, snow falling and also from cold temperature.
