Sunday, January 21, 2007

Milk Duds ( Not For the Lactose-Intolerant )

Check out this article about an eco-friendly new fiber: knitted milk! (And silk).

If Dolores Piscotta has her way, milk will soon find its way from your dinner table to your closet. Piscotta is the owner of Piscotta Cashmere, a company in New York that sells clothes and spa accessories derived from the dairy staple.

“I’m always looking for something new,” said Piscotta, who prides herself on her continual quest to discover innovative materials. It was during one of her frequent online searches that she discovered a Chinese company manufacturing fabrics out of milk.

For the past two years, Piscotta has been selling milk cloth T-shirts, pants,camisoles and eye masks to shoppers online and to boutiques across the country. Piscotta isn’t the only one. Magaschoni, a luxury knitwear brand sold at department stores like Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus, introduced a sweater made of knitted milk and silk last fall.

This soft and creamy fabric is breathable, holds dye well, and feels luxurious to the touch! No word yet if wearers suddenly crave grass. Or take a really long time chewing...

Pros: Babies Love You!
Cons: So do alley cats.

Can this process relieve the strain on the grasslands of China? Will Wisconsin dairy cows put Tibetan goat herders out of work? One can only hope. Click here to to shop. (Please be sitting when looking at prices.) Bet she'd make matching outfits for me and my lizards, too.

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