<![CDATA[io9: furore]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: furore]]> http://io9.com/tag/furore http://io9.com/tag/furore <![CDATA[ Furore, a Fur Substitute, is Next-Gen Polyester ]]> Rayon and polyester better step aside. There's a new synthetic fabric in town, and it's softer, lighter, and more flexible than any of its predecessors. Designers Yvonne Laurysen and Erik Mantel collaborated to create furore, a porous material reminiscent of expanded metal. It comes long and bushy or short and smooth, and can be dyed a variety of different colors. What does this mean for the future of fashion? For one thing, it means you can now dress like a furry alien mermaid without having to hunt down, kill, and skin a furry alien mermaid.

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It also means you can probably get a faux fur coat made to look like Sulley from Monsters, Inc. Images by Lama Concept

Lama Collection via Transmaterial

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