While trying to synthesize a silklike fiber, he stumbled upon a compound with a wonderful musky odor.
Today, Scott employs 200 workers, twice as many as Pucci has, and each year uses up more than 50,000 yards of synthetic Ban-Lona silklike nylon fabric patented by Bancroft .
The resins give the suits a silklike effect by reducing the rippling that occurs in human skin.