Forget green cars or green food, the latest and possibly strangest, environmentally friendly innovation to hit the world of fashion is a dress that dissolves in the wash!
The dress is a result of the Wonderland project, a unique collaboration between a pioneering British designer and scientists at the country's leading universities seeking a solution to the Primark effect the ever-rising quantities of discarded clothing being sent to landfill sites, reports the Independent.
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The wonderful team has created plastic dresses - made out of a similar material to washing capsules - that disappear on contact with water, with the aim of drawing attention to the problem of waste plastic.
It is about getting different disciplines together to solve a global problem, Professor Storey said.
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With the usage of varying dye weights, chemists altered the movement of the plastic when it hits water, making interesting patterns as the dresses dissolve.
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