dissolving fashion

“In a comment on our disposable culture, fashion designer Helen Storey is using know-how from materials science to make a show of frocks that dissolve slowly in water. Her six dissolving dresses, made from biodegradable polymer threads, are being publicly drowned in LCF Fashion Space Gallery in London. Storey has long harboured concerns about our attitudes to waste and recycling, and during her career has woven plastic refuse bags and reused rags to make boas and evening gowns. To realize her idea of evanescent products, such as packaging that disappears as its contents expire, Storey contacted chemist Tony Ryan, of the University of Sheffield, UK, after hearing him on the radio. Their Wonderland collaboration has produced new textiles and several patented products, including a water-purification device, a biodegradable bottle and orthopaedic shoes.”

Reblog from nanoarchitecture.net
Showstudio > wonderland