The LYCRA Company is a proud ingredient brand with a decades-long history of dreaming big. We’re powered by a team of experts across fields — scientists, thinkers, market leaders — all motivated by a shared passion: to make life more comfortable.

Our flagship innovation, LYCRA® fiber, was invented by pioneering chemical scientist Dr. Joseph Shivers in 1958, introducing comfort and stretch to an apparel industry long dominated by structured, restrictive designs, such as rubberized women’s girdles.

In its 65+ years on the market, LYCRA® fiber has transformed the garment industry, helping to fuel the rise of activewear and athleisure and making everything from swimwear to denim to intimates more comfortable.

We revolutionized comfort in 1958, and we’re still doing it today.