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From "Textile World Selects Industry's 50 Most Influential":

"Sanford L. Cluett (1874-1968) inventor of Sanforizing.

"In 1919, Sanford L. Cluett joined Cluett, Peabody and Co., a men's clothing firm founded by three of his uncles and perhaps best known for producing Arrow shirts. Around 1928, when detachable shirt collars were going out of fashion, the company was in a critical situation. Shirts with permanently attached collars suffered in appearance after shrinkage. Cluett, who was awarded more than 200 patents during his career, believed the pulling action during manufacturing had to be adjusted by a pushing counteraction.
He designed a machine on which cloth was passed over a contracting elastic felt blanket. This process was designated by the use of Cluett's first name with the "d" dropped. At the time of his death, Sanforized cloth was licensed for manufacture by 448 mills in 58 countries."

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