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German designer Anke Domaske and her fashions made from milk | euromaxx

These Women Are Wearing Clothes Made of Real Milk

I'm having a hard time believing this, but these women are wearing clothes actually made with real milk. Yes, the liquid white stuff. The milk fabric was created by 28-yo German biologist and fashion designer Anke Domaske.

Domaske and her team have found a way to turn sour milk into a environment friendly yarn in a very easy and clean way. They eliminate the liquid from it, extracting a protein found that solidifies and then is ground into the threads that form the fabric. Domaske finds the whole thing fascinating, do I:MORE

via oak monster who has the link to the best tshirt EVAR for this story!

Comments

[nagasvoice]

I'm not hugely surprised that this is possible.
However, I suspect a lot of stale milk gets reused in other products, though I don't have links for you, and I don't know if the usual industrial collectors could use soured milk. The proteins in it are valuable, even if they're just dried out and tossed in animal feed.
That term "Victorian milk paint" is, actually, literal. It's similar to using the proteins from eggs for tempera painting.