Fashion Meets Bioengineering: Making Biodegradable Clothes (ft. Brenda Palomino, @onemiddlechild)

What happens when you make clothes from fabric you cook in your kitchen? And what if you publish the process online?Brenda, also known as ⁠@onemiddlechild⁠, is a Seattle-based textile designer and material researcher. She has a Bachelor of Science in Biology and degree in fashion, and she mixes the two worlds by developing biopolymers from organic waste that mimic the synthetic vinyl, animal leather, and plastic used in clothes. She documents every experiment on her online project, Research in Public.In this episode we cover:What is sustainability in the fashion industryThe use of PU on clothesAvoiding mold in fabricCan the future of fashion be 100% biodegradable?Regulations for biomaterials in clothesHow to get into biomaterialsTune in if you want to know how biomaterials are changing the fashion runways. If you enjoyed this episode, follow Materials Deep Dive on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠TikTok⁠ @materialsdeepdive for behind-the-scenes and more conversations with CEOs and engineers reshaping the materials world.And don't forget to check out Brenda's site to continue the dive and get the template we mentioned.