Biomimicry: 10 Eco-Friendly Fashions That Are Inspired by Nature

With millions of years of testing and refining her creations, Mother Nature is the best designer there is. But that doesn’t mean we can’t cherry-pick and copy some of nature’s best designs.  “Biomimicry,” a term popularized by  Janine Benyus in her 1997 book,  Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature , is a process by which humans seek to copy some of nature’s best creations, providing inspiration for everything from solar panels to skyscrapers. In a new feature, our fashion-obsessed sister site Ecouterre has rounded up 10 examples of how the fashion industry draws cues from nature to produce innovative and high-performance clothing. READ MORE > Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: BioCouture , biomimetic , biomimicry , Diana Eng , eco-fashion , Fashion , InCrops Enterprise Hub , inspired by nature , Katie Ledger , Miura Ori scarf , Morphotex , mother nature , Páramo , pollinator frocks , Speedo’s Fastskin FSII , Stefanie Nieuwenhuys , Suzanne Lee , Tara Baoth Mooney , Teijin

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Biomimicry: 10 Eco-Friendly Fashions That Are Inspired by Nature