1981 comedy film directed by John Waters (9)

I believe the answer is:

polyester

(Other definitions for polyester that I've seen before include "Textile material" , "Turn to Presley for the synthetic fabric" , "Synthetic compound" , "This material goes out to Presley" , "Man-made fibre" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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