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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: 4, Insightful) by FatPhil on Saturday September 14 2019, @07:50PM (7 children)

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Saturday September 14 2019, @07:50PM (#894128) Homepage
    If you use something man-made, then the pseudohippies will complain about plastic polluting the environment, and the fossil fuels that went into making it.

    On the other hand, if you use something natural then the pseudohippies will complain about how much water the plantmatter took to grow until it was harvestable, or the fact that you've just used some bits of dead animal.

    You simply can't win.
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  • (Score: 2) by acid andy on Saturday September 14 2019, @08:18PM (3 children)

    by acid andy (1683) Subscriber Badge on Saturday September 14 2019, @08:18PM (#894134) Homepage Journal

    The way to win is with a lower global birth rate. Once the population stabilizes at a saner level, plant based materials will be a realistic option without trashing the world's ecosystems.

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    • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Sunday September 15 2019, @06:36PM (2 children)

      by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Sunday September 15 2019, @06:36PM (#894405) Homepage
      The way to win is therefore to educate people, in particular the females of the species.
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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 15 2019, @07:57PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 15 2019, @07:57PM (#894417)

        The way to win is therefore to educate people, in particular the males of the species who try to control female bodies by passing laws that restrict/ban contraception and terminations..

        There. FTFY.

        • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday September 16 2019, @05:38AM

          by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Monday September 16 2019, @05:38AM (#894541) Homepage
          A sufficiently educated female half of the population won't let such a medievally-minded male half of the population get away with that shit anyway.
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  • (Score: 2) by acid andy on Saturday September 14 2019, @08:21PM (1 child)

    by acid andy (1683) Subscriber Badge on Saturday September 14 2019, @08:21PM (#894136) Homepage Journal

    By the way, what differentiates a real hippie from a pseudohippie? And which of those things, if any, would a real hippie complain about?

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by captain normal on Saturday September 14 2019, @10:30PM

    by captain normal (2205) on Saturday September 14 2019, @10:30PM (#894187)

    There you go, we should all just run around naked. That would really put the Fashion Industry out.

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