Topic: NEWS english - on March 16, 2007 at 12:44:00 PM CET
Wet wine dress grows as 'cave woman' fashion
An Australian scientist has grown a dress from cellulose woven by bacteria in a vat of fermenting wine, saying it is art but could be the future of fashion.
The "cave woman" design dress must be kept wet because the cellulose fibers are not long enough to be flexible and, as it dries, they become brittle and break.
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