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The Bizarre Fabrics That Fashion is Betting On

posted by Fnord666 on Saturday September 14 2019, @10:36AM   Printer-friendly
from the at-least-it's-not-a-meat-dress dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49550263

It's a short article describing the strange materials people are experimenting with to make clothing. There is mushrooms, pineapple, PVC, and others. It's light on details (maybe there are other better articles with more technical information), but I thought it was interesting and worth sharing and discussing.

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  • (Score: 3, Flamebait) by looorg on Saturday September 14 2019, @11:43AM (2 children)

    by looorg (578) on Saturday September 14 2019, @11:43AM (#894035)

    ... Leather is a fine material, and most of it is discarded anyway. Why not use it?

    For most of us that isn't an issue, leather is nice and useful. But then there is that angst ridden segment of the market that is "all about the animals" (Vegetarian extremists of various kinds) and such that wouldn't want to be caught dead in a leather jacket or clothing made out of leather in general. Then we have the people who has a God that tells them that it's bad, so they are out to -- Muslims wearing pig leather, Hindus wearing cow ... the list probably goes on like this. So I guess it's for them, but then more leather for the rest of us so I'm fine with that.

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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday September 14 2019, @04:02PM (1 child)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Saturday September 14 2019, @04:02PM (#894095) Journal

    I agree, leather is a fine material. You can make it from lots of animals, too. To not use it would be wasting a significant part of the animal. If a cow is going to be slaughtered for meat wouldn't we rather every part of it be used?

    Also, you can't really do Steampunk without leather. God help the prisses who try to take Steampunk from us!

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    • (Score: 2) by acid andy on Saturday September 14 2019, @06:56PM

      by acid andy (1683) Subscriber Badge on Saturday September 14 2019, @06:56PM (#894121) Homepage Journal

      If a cow is going to be slaughtered for meat

      Ethically, this is the part I have a problem with. I have no wish to support nor create demand for that happening in the first place. Somehow I doubt tanners get their hides for free from the meat industry. Happy to be proven wrong with a citation though.

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