Spray it with flowers

Posted on: 30.01.2011

I have taken the following extract from an article in the Financial Times magazine (see link below for entire article). It illustrates the amazing new technologies in fabric production and innovation. Spray on dress anyone? it will take you from beach to party with just an aerosol, you could then dissolve your bikini!

"While Japan has traditionally been known for fabric innovation, some of the most exciting developments originate in the UK. Designer Helen Storey, professor of fashion and science at the London College of Fashion, has helped create dissolving fabrics and air-purifying textiles.

Last September, London-based designer Manel Torres unveiled the world’s first spray-on garment in collaboration with Imperial College London. Torres’s “material” is sprayed on to skin and solidifies as it is layered, whereupon it can be peeled away (while retaining i tsform) to become real, reusable and washable fabric. The spray, which is now marketed under the name Fabrican, is made with “short fibres” mixed with solvent and polymers, making them both easy to spray and binding (seamless, a bit like felt)."

Click link below to see entire article in the Financial Times:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f5e4b02a-2a61-11e0-804a-00144feab49a.html#ixzz...