英國研製出一次性水溶婚紗(圖)
【英文原文】
The age old dilemma about what brides should do with their wedding dress once their honeymoon is over appears to have been solved by scientists.
British researchers have developed an environmentally friendly garment that can simply be dissolved in water after being worn.
Fashion and engineering students at Sheffield Hallam University developed the wedding dress, which can be transformed into five new fashion pieces.
The dress has polyvinyl alcohol, a biodegradable substance that is used in laundry bags and washing detergents, knitted into the fabric. This enables it to be dissolved into water without harming the environment.
Their creation is to be featured in an forthcoming exhibition, titled, a sustainable marriage, which will be shown at the university later this month.
But the payoff for the bride wearing this dress would be that they would need to wear an umbrella to their nuptials if rain was likely to spoil their big day. The design might not be to everyone’s fancy either.
"The students wanted to challenge the notion that a wedding dress should only be used once and aimed to explore modern society's attitudes towards throwaway fashion,” said Jane Blohm, a fashion lecturer.
“The project is a union between art and technology which explores the possibilities of using alternative materials for our clothing.
“The wedding gown is perhaps one of the most symbolic garments in (a woman's) wardrobe and represents the challenges of ‘throwaway fashion’."
She added: “In order to reduce fashion's impact on the environment, the fashion industry must begin to challenge conventional attitudes and practices.”
A survey in 2008 found the average cost of a wedding was now more than £20,000, compared with £14,643 five years ago.
The average price of a wedding dress alone was £997.
【中文譯文】
新娘度完蜜月後該如何處置婚紗這個難題由來已久，現在看來科學家們已經找到了解決辦法。
英國研究人員研製出了一種穿過後可在水中溶解的環保型婚紗。
這款婚紗由謝菲爾德哈勒姆大學時裝和工程系學生研製，可演繹成五種新的時尚款式。
這種婚紗的材料中含有一種常在洗衣袋和洗潔精中使用的生物可降解物質——聚乙烯醇，該物質可讓婚紗在水中溶解而且對環境無害。
這款婚紗將於本月末在謝菲爾德哈勒姆大學舉辦的“可持續婚姻”展會上展出。
不過穿這款婚紗的新娘在出席婚禮時必須備一把傘，因爲如果碰上下雨淋溼了衣服，可能就會壞了她們的好日子。看來這款婚紗的設計並非十全十美。
時裝講師簡•布洛赫姆說：“學生們想向婚紗只穿一次的觀念發起挑戰，旨在探討現代社會對一次性時尚的態度。”
“這款發明是藝術和科技的結合，探索了使用替代材料製作服裝的可能性。”
“婚紗可能是女人衣櫃中最具象徵意義的一件衣服，代表了‘一次性時尚’的挑戰。”
她說：“爲減少時尚對環境的影響，時裝業必須開始向傳統的觀念和做法發起挑戰。”
2008年開展的一項調查顯示，當年英國一場婚禮的平均花費超過兩萬英鎊，五年前這一數字僅爲14643英鎊。
而單單一件婚紗的平均價格就高達997英鎊。
