That Potato Looks Great On You
Potatoes and pineapples are being used as fabrics by the "ethical fashion industry". No word on whether their "ethics" extends to not having 9-year-old Malaysians sew the garments.
"In southern China and only in southern China, silk is lacquered with a sweet potato paste and then buried in the ground," said Natalie Goyette, the company's development director."Then the silk is rinsed up to 30 times, and comes out with a soft off-black color that I find beautiful," she said.
"And the sweet potato dye makes the silk water repellent and able to absorb perspiration very well."
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