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Dissolvable Dress: Let It Rain

dissolveableDress.jpgWhen scientists aren't working on curing world hunger/cancer/AIDS, they create dresses that will dissolve in water. The "fabric" is made from polyvinyl alcohol, which will partially dissolve into recyclable (liquid?) material when washed.

During a forthcoming exhibition, up to eight dresses made from these textiles - minus their wearers - will be lowered into enormous goldfish bowls where they will be left to liquefy.
Minus their wearers? I think we're missing the point here.

Dissolvable Dress...
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2:40 PM on Sat Jan 20 2007
By Mark Wilson
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