December 23, 2004

Soy Clothing

From China comes soybean clothing. Yes, they've created a new fiber made from the leftover dregs of soybean oil and tofu production. Soy-based yarn is being exported by Shanghai Winshow Soybeanfiber Industry Company.

Many hip clothing companies are rolling out soy lines, among them Of The Earth, of Bend, Oregon, which will offer in its 2005 catalog a line of "soy yoga" clothing. (That's their Yoga Top heading this post.) Mei Fong wrote an informative story for last Friday's Wall Street Journal.

Link to Of the Earth (company mentioned in the article)

(Link courtesy of EyeBeam Reblog)

Posted by bkirsten at December 23, 2004 01:22 AM | |