TORONTO, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the scientific community had a
front row seat at a fashion show that featured haute couture dresses made
by using industrial biotechnology to convert corn sugar to biodegradable
fabrics, providing attendees at the World Congress on Industrial
Biotechnology and Bioprocessing with an opportunity to see how their work
is affecting the world of fashion. The fashion show featured both
ready-to-wear clothing and designer gowns -- including some made by top
fashion designers Halston, Oscar de la Renta, Stephen Burrows, Heatherette,
and Elisa Jimenez -- that were made with Ingeo(TM) fabric, which is spun
from polylactide (PLA), a compostable biopolymer made from dextrose corn
sugar.
The fashion show highlighted the diversity of biobased products made
with industrial biotechnology currently available to consumers, including
plastics, food ingredients, and fuels. The show also displayed
ready-to-wear fashions from Linda Loudermilk, Teija Eloila, Kei Kagami,
Nadia Fassi, Bagutta and many others, also made from Ingeo(TM) fibers.
Brent Erickson, executive vice president of the Biotechnology Industry
Organization's Industrial Environmental Section, began the fashion show by
stating, "From the streets to the runway, industrial biotechnology is
beginning to transform the fashion industry." Erickson also noted, "We talk
a lot about biofuels, but industrial biotechnology is really about much
more than that."
The World Congress, continuing through July 14, 2006 at the Toronto
Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, is hosted by the Biotechnology Industry
Organization (BIO), American Chemical Society, the National Agriculture
Biotechnology Council, the Agri-Food Innovation Forum, the Chemical
Institute of Canada, BIOTECanada and EuropaBIO.
BIO represents more than 1,100 biotechnology companies, academic
institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across
the United States and 31 other nations. BIO members are involved in the
research and development of healthcare, agricultural, industrial and
environmental biotechnology products.
SOURCE Biotechnology Industry Organization
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CONTACT:
Paul Winters of the Biotechnology Industry
Organization, +1-202-962-9237, +1-202-359-6571 (mobile), or
pwinters@bio.org
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