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Corduroy is fast establishing itself as this year's fabric. While the ribbed cotton itself provides utilitarian tenaciary, texture and warmth, it is the fabric's long held associations that may provide a hint to its current revival as a fabric for all seasons.

It is Corduroy's link with the good breeding and country living that made it an essential ingredient in the gentleman's wardrobe along with Wellington boots and decent wooly. It combines the comfortable nonsense appeal of cotton with the perfectly correct luxury finish of velvet. Corduroy has the ability to appear either supremely sophisticated or rough and ready.

According to the author, the special quality of corduroy is that

A.

it needs no ironing

B.

it combines the virtues of both cotton and velvet

C.

it contains the correct mixture of cotton and velvet

D.

both the rich and the not-so rich can afford to buy it

Correct answer is D

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