bio-trimmings: woyan ip

i was reading about this interesting designer based in the uk, woyan up, who has proposed using food waste to make fashionwear.  i’m not sure whether this is a student project, capsule collection or a full line that she has released, but i’m really liking the textured look of her work.

it makes me wonder whether or not this can be an unusual but viable option for countries or cities with a (relatively) low volume of food waste, but with not much of an agricultural industry or interest in gardening for composting (read: singapore). if you don’t know what to do with it, why not just make buttons out of your extra pasta. different- yes, crazy- no.

perhaps if her works catch on, we might see the spawning of a new way to recycle food waste- sorting by colour :}