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Fashion Fridays!

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Alexander McQueen-The Wish List (Futuristic Dominatrix)

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Fashion Fridays! (Conjuring Sienna and Kate!)

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Fashion Fridays! I'm In A Bind & Need Your Decision. What Shoes Go With This Marc Jacobs Outfit?

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Halston-The Wish List (Bringing Back 70’s Glam Style)

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Fashion Fridays! (Comfy Chic!)

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Celine-The Wish List (The Start Of Fall Fashion)

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Fashion Fridays! (She Cleans Up Good Doesn't She?)

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Kinbaku - Pretty Kinky Stuff.

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Opening Ceremony-The Wish List (Get Upgraded To First Class When Flying Outfit)

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Marni-The Wish List (Interview Perfection)--A Dream Outfit Compiled Like A Fashion Spread From A Mag

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French Connection-The Wish List (Art Deco/Boho Edition)-Pretty Snazzy, eh?

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World's First Fluorescent Silk!

The world's first silks exhibiting fluorescence and other pioneering properties have been successfully developed as a result of transgenic silkworm research conducted by Japanese researchers. The feats were achieved by scientists at the National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS) in cooperation with other organizations, including Toray Industries, Inc. and Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. The functional fibers, which are expected to have wide-ranging applications, are an extension of the institute's success in achieving the world's first genetic modification of silkworms in 2002.

Fluorescent SilkSilk thread is made by pulling threads from cocoons made by silkmoth larvae (silkworms). Researchers have now developed three lines of transgenic silkworms. The first line produces silk threads that emit green, red, or orange fluorescent light. These threads were created by introducing into silkworm eggs genes that promote the generation of fluorescent proteins. NIAS has been able to achieve green fluorescence using genes extracted from jellyfish, a technique developed by Nobel Prize-winning chemist Osamu Shimomura, and red and orange fluorescence with genes extracted from coral, a technique that has already been used in commercial applications.

The introduction of these genes alone, however, produced only small cocoons with a low incidence of fluorescent proteins. The researchers overcame these problems by repeatedly crossing the fluorescent silkworm lines with ordinary silkworm varieties. Moreover, thread from silk cocoons is normally extracted by pulling thread from cocoons that have been placed in very hot water, but this heat destroys the fluorescent proteins. NIAS therefore developed a new means of extracting silk thread at low temperatures using alkaline agents.

The fluorescent silk threads have great potential for use in the fashion industry, and there is expected to be considerable demand for them from producers of high-end apparel. To promote this new material, NIAS displayed a dress, jacket, lamp shade, and other prototype products made with fluorescent silk at an autumn 2007 trade show in Tokyo. An increasing number of inquiries has been received from manufacturers and designers in the fashion business.
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