UK Designer Grows Clothes From Bacteria 93
An anonymous reader writes "Experimental UK designer Suzanne Lee 'grows' clothes from bacteria. She has developed a method for growing clothing from yeast, a pinch of bacteria, and several cups of sweetened green tea. 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."
Sure you can wear it, but why would you want to? (Score:5, Insightful)
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Re:when you take antibiotics (Score:3, Insightful)
You'd have to ask yourself though, why are these hot women taking antibiotics in the first place?
Everything I own will be alive! (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Sure you can wear it, but why would you want to (Score:3, Insightful)
And besides that, it looks like the stuff is not dyed. Without color, I really couldn't call this clothing -- at least not in the modern sense of clothing.
Re:Wearing living stuff (Score:3, Insightful)
And what about a whole line of underwear and lingerie garments? Do you think the ladies wont mind that it's made with yeast?
Re:Wearing living stuff (Score:3, Insightful)