A young fashion designer from the German city of Hanover is revolutionising high fashion by designing clothes with a staple she can find in her fridge -- milk.
Anke Domaske, 28, has developed a fabric called QMilch made from high concentrations of the milk protein casein -- the first man-made fibre produced entirely without chemicals.
"It feels like silk and it doesn't smell -- you can wash it just like anything else," Domaske told Reuters.
Made from all natural materials, the QMilch fabric is ecological but also has many health benefits, said Domaske, who also said the amino acids in the protein are antibacterial, anti-ageing and can help regulate both blood circulation and body temperature.
Domaske's fashion label Mademoiselle Chi Chi -- a favourite among the likes of Mischa Barton and Ashlee Simpson -- has now started weaving the milk fibre into its collection.
Milk fabric has been around since the 1930s but was always produced in unecological ways that used a lot of chemicals. Unlike earlier prototypes, QMilch is made almost entirely from casein.
The casein is extracted from dried milk powder and then heated up in a type of meat-mincing machine with other natural ingredients. The fibre comes out in strands and is then spun into yarn on a spinning machine.
Domaske said it would take about 6 litres of milk to produce an entire dress, which costs about 150 to 200 euros.
Luckily, for that kind of money, the clothes don't come with an expiry date -- during the heating process, the molecules bind in such a way that the protein won't decompose.
Due to its anti-bacterial qualities, the milk fibre can also be used in medicine and makeup. Even some auto companies have looked into using the fibre for car upholstery.



据路透社10月6日报道， 德国汉诺威一位年轻时装设计师通过使用冰箱里常见的物品--牛奶为材料设计服装，掀起了高端时尚界的一次革命。

28岁的安科-杜马斯克用牛奶蛋白质的干酪素高度精华，研制出了一款名为QMilch的布料。 这是首款完全不含化学成分的人造纤维。

"这种布料摸起来像丝绸，并且没有异味--你可以像洗其他任何东西一样来对其进行洗涤"，杜马斯克说。
QMilch源自天然材料，不仅生态化，同时还对健康有诸多益处，杜尔斯克说，蛋白质中的氨基酸有抗菌、抗老化作用，同时可以帮助调节人体血液循环和体温。

杜尔斯克的服装品牌琪琪小姐（Mademoiselle Chi Chi ）已经开始在其系列设计上植入这一牛奶纤维。琪琪小姐深受米莎-巴顿和阿什莉-辛普森等类明星的喜爱。

自上世纪30年代，牛奶纤维就一直存在，但通常要使用大量化学品通过非生态化方式生成。和先前的蓝本不同，QMilch几乎完全由干酪素制成。


干酪素从奶粉中提取，并和其他自然配料一同在类似绞肉机的机器里加热。 纤维成缕生出，并纺在纺纱机的细纱上。

杜尔斯克说，制一整套连衣裙需要6升牛奶，造价150-200 欧元。

所幸的是，如此价格的衣服并没有"终止使用日期"。在加热过程中，分子会以一种方式组合从而避免蛋白质腐烂。

由于其抗菌特质，牛奶纤维还能在药品和化妆品中使用，甚至一些汽车公司也在探寻其在汽车装潢材料上的应用。

• fabric [´fæbrik] n.织物；结构；组织 (初中英语单词)
• unlike [,ʌn´laik] a.不同的 prep.不象... (初中英语单词)
• regulate [´regjuleit] vt.管理；调整；规定 (高中英语单词)
• circulation [,sə:kju´leiʃən] n.循环；流传；发行(量) (高中英语单词)
• spinning [´spiniŋ] n.纺织 a.纺织品的 (高中英语单词)
• staple [´steipəl] n.&vt.(用)钉书钉 (英语四级单词)
• barton [´bɑ:tn] n.(庄园中的)农场 (英语四级单词)
• designer [di´zainə] n.设计者 (英语六级单词)
• hanover [´hænəvə] n.汉诺威 (英语六级单词)
• protein [´prəuti:n] n.蛋白质 a.蛋白质的 (英语六级单词)
• mademoiselle [,mædəmə´zel] n.小姐；法国女教师 (英语六级单词)