As the old saying goes, don’t cry over spilt milk, especially if German fashion designer and microbiologist Anke Domaske decides to make an outfit from the dairy product to cheer you up.
Although the idea may make your stomach churn, if you simply look pastyoureyes and see the designs Anke has created from milk, you’ll be udderly charmed.
Anke has developed her own fabric, called QMilch, which is made from high concentrations of milk protein casein to produce the first-ever chemical-free man-made fiber.
“It feels like silk and it doesn’t smell – you can wash it just like anything else,” she told Reuters.
Anke’s designs, considered the creme de la creme in her city of Hanover, are part of her fashion label Mademoiselle Chi Chi, which has adorned the likes of Ashlee Simpson and Mischa Barton, according to Reuters.
Her next step is to create a collection made entirely from QMilch, although we reckon that would really be milking it.
Domaske produces the outfits by extracting the casein from dried milk powder, heating it up with natural ingredients and as the fibre comes out in strands, spinning it into yarn.
She claims that all she needed to start working on one of her €150 dresses is six litres of milk. This is one fashion trend we reckon Anke hopes won’t have an expiration trend.
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