Ilaphu leLycra lilaphu elenziwe ngemicu ye-spandex, ekwabizwa ngokuba yi "la jia" (igama lesiCantonese leLycra) kwimimandla yaseCantonese. Kwilizwe lase China, ngamanye amaxesha kubhekiswa kuyo ngokuthe ngqo "ilaphu le-spandex".
I-Lycra "kukuguqulelwa kwegama lesiNgesi elithi LYCRA. Iphandwe ngempumelelo yiBayer eJamani ngo-1937 kwaye yaveliswa yiDuPont e-United States ngo-1959. Luphawu lokuthengisa olubhalisiweyo lwe-DuPont's spandex fiber, enokuphucula kakhulu ukuqina kunye nokwelula kweendwangu. Inzuzo yayo enkulu kukubuyisela kakuhle kwe-spandex. ukuya kuthi ga kwi-500% kwaye inokubuyiselwa kwimeko yayo yokuqala. Oko kukuthi, olu hlobo lwefayibha lunokolulwa ngokulula, kodwa emva kokubuyiselwa, lunokubambelela ngokuqinileyo kumphezulu womzimba womntu ngamandla amancinci okubopha emzimbeni. Ifayibha yeLycra ingasetyenziswa nalo naliphi na ilaphu kwaye yaziwa ngokuba yifayibha “yobuhlobo”. Umgangatho wayo obalaseleyo ubonwa ngoontanga. Nayiphi na impahla esebenzisa i-Lycra iya kuxhonywa ngethegi ye-triangular, eye yaba ngumqondiso ophezulu umgangatho.
I-Lycra ligama lokurhweba lika-Invista, eyona nkampani inkulu kwihlabathi jikelele ifayibha kunye nepolymer (eyayifudula ilicandelo{0}}lonke le-DuPont, eyafunyanwa yi-Koch Industries nge-$4.4 yebhiliyoni ngo-2004). I-Invista ibambe i-monopoly yemarike kwibala le-spandex, kwaye i-Lycra iyafana nayo yonke imisonto ye-spandex. Ithatha indawo ngokupheleleyo intambo yerabha elastiki, kwaye i-Lycra iphantse ibe yinto ebalulekileyo kwiimpahla ezineemfuno ezizodwa ezifana ne-gymnastics kunye nempahla yokuqubha. Inokutyhila iigophe zakho kwaye ikuvumela ukuba wolule amalungu akho ngokukhululekileyo ngaphandle koxinzelelo. I-Laika ayisetyenziswanga ngokubanzi kwiimpahla zemihla ngemihla, kodwa njengesilwanyana sasekhaya kuyilo lwe-kaleidoscope oludumileyo lwabayili befashoni. ULaika wayekhe wabizwa ngokuba yintambo yomlingo ngabantu abonwabileyo.
