Science in Fashion? It's Happening!

Mirano's beetle wing bodice
(Spring/Summer 2013)

Mathieu Mirano is being dubbed the science geek of the fashion world. After sending out petri dish invitations to his show at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York a few months ago, Mirano's fall 2013 collection included actual meteorites, fox and beaver fur, stingray skin separates and a veiny looking sweater and skirt. 

Mirano told Susannah F. Locke of PopSci, "science is a huge part of my inspiration." That's not too surprising, though. It seems that science runs in Mirano's family. Mirano's father got his masters in astrophysics and his uncle got his in botany. One of Mirano's previous collections featured real beetle wings as embellishments! 

Mirano's scientific-inspired genius on the runway just goes to show that science can be put into any kind of work. STEM careers are evolving as fast as the definition of the term is. Exhibit A: science fashion. We thank Mirano for igniting a spark that hasn't been explored yet and we hope others continue to explore it. Locke said it perfectly when she stated: "Please, everyone, make lots of prohibitively expensive, science-inspired clothes! And maybe, someday, science fashion will trickle down to the rest of us." 

To read Locke's entire article on Mirano, click here. To check out Mirano's 2013 fall collection, view the PopSci gallery.