A dress made from fermented beer and bacteria is going to be put on display at the World Expo 2015 in Milan .
As dress made from nothing but fermented beer and bacteria is set to debut at the World Expo 2015 in Milan later this year.
Australian creative scientist Gary Cass and fashion designer Donna Franklin added a bacteria called Acetobacter to fermented beer, which created the cotton-like fibres.
Cass told Science Network: "You add a bacteria called Acetobacter, which is a naturally found, friendly, non-infectious, non-harmful bacteria, into the liquid beer. That bacteria will ‘drink’ the beer and then convert the beer liquid into a solid fibre.”
Cass has dubbed the new solid fibre created 'Nanollose microbial cellulose' and calls it chemically similar to cotton.
Cass has dubbed the new solid fibre created 'Nanollose microbial cellulose' and calls it chemically similar to cotton.
The beer dress isn't their first experiment with using liquids in fashion. In 2012, the team created a dress made of fermented wine.
The wine dress came about by accident, as Cass mistakenly left a vat of wine open for a week. Within the week we had converted 10,000 litres of wine into a mat that we're now using to make dresses from," he said at the time Unlike the beer dress, the original wine dress had a strange texture which clung to the skin. It had to be kept wet at all times and also smelt strongly of wine.
Cass says the new beer dress has no smell and can be worn more easily: “What we’ve done with the advanced technology that we’ve been able to achieve over the last year is make this material flexible now while it's dry."
He hopes the production of his dresses can "potentially change the way we produce and wear textiles", as they provide an environmentally friendly alternative to other fabrics.
As dress made from nothing but fermented beer and bacteria is set to debut at the World Expo 2015 in Milan later this year.
Australian creative scientist Gary Cass and fashion designer Donna Franklin added a bacteria called Acetobacter to fermented beer, which created the cotton-like fibres.
Cass told Science Network: "You add a bacteria called Acetobacter, which is a naturally found, friendly, non-infectious, non-harmful bacteria, into the liquid beer. That bacteria will ‘drink’ the beer and then convert the beer liquid into a solid fibre.”
Cass has dubbed the new solid fibre created 'Nanollose microbial cellulose' and calls it chemically similar to cotton.
Cass has dubbed the new solid fibre created 'Nanollose microbial cellulose' and calls it chemically similar to cotton.
The beer dress isn't their first experiment with using liquids in fashion. In 2012, the team created a dress made of fermented wine.
The wine dress came about by accident, as Cass mistakenly left a vat of wine open for a week. Within the week we had converted 10,000 litres of wine into a mat that we're now using to make dresses from," he said at the time Unlike the beer dress, the original wine dress had a strange texture which clung to the skin. It had to be kept wet at all times and also smelt strongly of wine.
Cass says the new beer dress has no smell and can be worn more easily: “What we’ve done with the advanced technology that we’ve been able to achieve over the last year is make this material flexible now while it's dry."
He hopes the production of his dresses can "potentially change the way we produce and wear textiles", as they provide an environmentally friendly alternative to other fabrics.
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