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Sew No More! Spray on Dress (Better Not Melt...)

Fashion designer Manel Torres has teamed up with scientists at Imperial College London and designers at the Royal College of Art to invent spray-on clothing, an instant, sprayable, non-woven fabric-in-a-can.

The innovative product (called Fabrican) promises to be useful in the industrial and medical sectors, in addition to fashion:

"The technology has been developed for use in household, industrial, personal and healthcare, decorative and fashion applications using aerosol cans or spray-guns, and will soon be found in products available everywhere."

Filmmakers, imagine how useful this could be for wardrobe or SFX.

Fashion DIYers... the possibilities are endless.

Hands peeling back a layer of a white, sticky substance from a dark surface.

The fabric is formed by the cross-linking of fibres, which adhere to one another, to create an instant non-woven fabric that can be easily sprayed on to any surface. Its properties can be tailored to meet the needs of each user.

Fashion model showcasing an avant-garde white dress on the runway.

Man applying spray paint to a mannequin in a workshop setting.

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