BioCouture-- textiles grown from bacterial cellulose

Developed by Suzanne Lee, the BioCouture project requires yeast, sweetened green tea, and bacteria. After 10 days of liquids stagnating in a tub, a film of bacteria begins to form at the surface as a result of fermentation. Oxygen trapped in the liquid bubbles up to the surface, creating a thick layer. By two weeks this layer of bacterial cellulose can be removed and placed on a wooden board to dry. Individual layers fuse together while drying. Most importantly, the wet layers can mold into any desired shape, as seen with Lee’s latest bacterial design of a jacket.

 

it is a bit different direction for ZERO WASTE synthetic trend.

Also, the jackets look like skin, vegetable leather or waxed denim, so it could be connected with our trend- imitating texture, denim?

  http://theartinscience.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/green-tea-and-fashionable-bacteria.html