Somehow, designer Suzanne Lee got the idea to literally “grow” clothing using bacterial-cellulose, resulting in these interesting, compostable garments.
From this microbial soup, fibers begin to sprout and propagate, eventually resulting in thin, wet sheets of bacterial cellulose that can be molded to a dress form. As the sheets dry out, overlapping edges “felt†together to become fused seams. When all moisture has evaporated, the fibers develop a tight-knit, papyrus-like surface that can be bleached or stained with fruit and vegetable dyes such as turmeric, indigo, and beetroot.
The experiment, called BioCouture, is currently on display at the London Science Museum as part of an exhibition called Trash Fashion: Designing Out Waste.
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