Corn on the Bod

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Another Time Antiques

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I thought this was a pretty enlightening short news clip about some new uses for corn

Seems like, once again, technology is the big news in the fashion world. Remember when ....long ago, far far away.... the fashion news was New Styles??? :horny:

I do wonder though how the care tags will read on this new fabric. But hooray hooray again - another product line removing it's dependency on the oil industry slowly but surely.

Go Green!:USETHUMBUP:
 
It says it may melt with ironing. Maybe it will come with butter.

(i couldn't resist, sorry!)

But seriously, this is interesting. Maybe it will catch on with tshirts and gowns..things you don't iron. I wonder how much it costs to produce.
 
I couldn't help but remember the episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies" were Elly May wears a dress made of paper. :) I also read an article somewhere about fabric being made from soy products. I think I saw it in Vogue but I could be wrong-
 
Well..paper dresses were quite popular (Jonathan has a collection of them - i don't know if the pictures are still live on the forum) but soy is new to me.
 
I didn't know about the Elly May episode of the Beverly Hillbillies... I will have to see if I can find a copy of that episode!

Its funny that it reminds you of the paper dresses because that is exactly what I thought when I first read the article. Several designers made dresses of paper at first as a novelty but the fad didn't have any sustainability. I wonder what its melting point is -- is it like silk? It must be a pressed fibre and not a woven one... I can't imagine how you would get fibres from corn kernels...

Interesting...
 
The only thing I can think of is that they are ground into some kind of pulp first?

I wasn't thinking that corn husk fibers would be woven. (and i guess apparently they are not.
 
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