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Does it make my butt look big? Do vertical or horizontal stripes make you slimmer? Am I falling off this peak? Common questions when you come face to face with a scary three-sided mirror in a two-piece suit, but do you ever stop to ask if your jumpsuit is biodegradable. Maybe not, but if designer Linda Loudermilk gets her way, you’ll definitely get started.
At Miami Beach Swim Week, Loudermilk unveiled the world’s first fully compostable swimsuit developed from plant starch that has been converted into fabric. While it might be a bit annoying for some girls before diving into the water in a costume that is about to dissolve, Loudermilk assured viewers that the suit would not start to decompose until it was buried in the mud, at which point it would break within 180 days.
Loudermilk joins the movement of eco-couture designers who consciously choose to use sustainable materials such as wood pulp, hemp, bamboo and recycled plastic bottles, or recycled materials such as military parachutes, instead of conventional synthetic fabrics. Producing swimwear makes sense – if you spend your time appreciating Mother Earth in all her oceanic splendor, you might as well take a moment to see if you are also destroying her with the clothes you wear.
Think nice bamboo wrap with an organic women’s tunic, or if you’re trying to exercise energy conservation while perfecting your tan, wear a solar powered bikini. That’s right I said a solar powered bikini! The suit is covered with photovoltaic tapes that capture solar energy, so after a little time outdoors, you can safely charge your phone or iPod. (Make sure you disconnect them before submerging!)
The eco-couture movement, however, faces challenges for swimwear, with some designers struggling to produce swimwear from environmentally friendly materials. You see, most girls like their suits to be able to hold shape or form a shape, and that’s not the easiest thing to do with chemical-free materials. Aqua Green, the company that manufactures the Eco Swim line, provides a reinforcing “eco-cell” foam bra cup made of biodegradable vegetable oil that won’t leave thousands of polyester bra cups in landfills to puzzles future generations during archaeological excavations. The suits themselves are made of nylon and recycled cotton.
And while a biodegradable suit can only make a small contribution to the garment waste cycle, it is a big step towards sparking new suggestions in designers that, in their innovation activities, perhaps their material selection can be as bold as their styles. Perhaps the new fashion frontier is about being bold enough to move away from classic synthetics and opt for alternative materials like bamboo.
And perhaps one day women around the world will boast that their outfit not only reduces the waistline but also reduces the carbon footprint!
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Source by Douglas Michaels Jr.