Chemists branch out into dressmaking

Cartoon showing workman with saw and hammer offering to take up the hem of a lady's dress. A mannequin is to her right and there are rolls of cloth disguised as tree trunks behind

Source: The Hit Man

When high fashion starts in the lab

A Finnish University recently dressed the country’s first lady, thereby introducing its newly created, sustainable fabric: Ioncell. This is the story of that dress and the fabric’s creation.

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