Nylons are one of the most common polymers used as a fiber .
Nylon is found in clothing all the time, but also in other places, in the form of a thermoplastic . Nylon's first real success came with it's use in women's stockings, in about 1940. They were a big hit, but they became hard to get, because the next year the United States entered World War II, and nylon was needed to make war materials, like parachutes and ropes. But before stockings or parachutes, the very first nylon product was a toothbrush with nylon bristles. Nylons are also called polyamides, because of the characteristic amide groups in the backbone chain.