Good, nutritious and thirst-quenching. Milk has been a man's favorite drink for centuries.
But what if we told you that besides drinking it is also possible to wear milk? For many it would be absurd, but the milky fiber fabrics are a beautiful reality.
Getting dressed with milk
Animal or vegetable, skimmed or whole. These are just some of the types of fabric offered by DueDiLatte, a small Tuscan company that is the mother of the product. But how is all this done? Simply through the waste of common agri-food processing. In fact, during the manufacturing process of casein, some parts of it end up being eliminated because they are not suitable for production. However Mother Nature never throws anything and it was discovered, many decades ago, the possibility of recreating a light and resistant fabric with these scraps. The period of this invention dates back to the 30s, but it did not have the desired diffusion. Diffusion that Antonella Bellina and Elisa Volpi, founders of DueDiLatte, instead hope to obtain. Their goal is to introduce this ecological fabric, resistant and with moisturizing effects on the skin to as many people as possible. All with a unique design, given the great passion for fashion of the two girls.
An ecological choice
As mentioned before, the milk fiber fabrics date back to the 30s in Italy. At that time the town's economy was struggling and certain fabrics that are now common were difficult to find. Costs and import laws were two major barriers to the market, so an alternative was needed. This alternative was created by the engineer Ferretti who discovered a way to work some parts of the milk to transform them into fabric.
But if in that period this choice was the daughter of the needs of the time, today the reasons are very different. Nowadays we are trying to move towards a more ecological market, and the environmental impact of milk fiber is less than other fabrics. Raw material and processing are in fact almost zero impact and, with a more widespread production, it will be possible to lower costs so as to enter an even wider market.