HANNOVER, Germany -- Wear Milk wedding sashes wedding sashes, Anke Domaske says why not.

The 28-year-old German is the designer of an award-winning new textile made entirely from milk that's environmentally friendly as well as soothing to people with skin allergies, Called "Qmilch discounted plus size dresses discounted plus size dresses," it drapes and folds like silk but can be washed and dried like cotton.

The biochemist and fashion designer has so far only used the fabric to make dresses for her own MCC fashion line, But next year Domaske has plans to begin mass producing - and several companies have already expressed interest in using the fabric,

Qmilch - a combination of quality and the German word for milk - won the innovation award of Germany's Textile Research Association, which recognized it as a new, sustainable fiber that could revolutionize the clothing industry.

Currently, spring cocktail dresses apparel depends heavily on byproducts from oil, or natural resources such as water - used in the thousands of gallons to produce just a bolt of cotton.

"We know that everything that is based on oil has a limit, that materials like cotton that take up a lot of land, water and chemicals are limited, so we need to think about how we produce fabrics and textiles in the future," said Klaus Jansen, burgundy bridesmaid dresses burgundy bridesmaid dresses who heads the Textile Research Association.

"She has showed us how this can work."

Tatjana Berthold, a seamstress for Domaske's MCC fashion line has been cutting and sewing the fabric into dresses for the past year.

"At first I did not believe that it was made from milk, but when you work with it, you notice that it feels different from normal fabrics," said Berthold, She cast Domaske a sly sideways glance, Discount Jewelry supplies then confessed to having made a pair of pajamas from a scrap she had been given.

"When you look it, you can't see such a big difference, but when you wear it, you feel the difference," Berthold said.

Domaske laughed cocktail dresses summer 2011 , confessing that she, too, had sewn herself sleepwear from a sample of jersey fabric spun over the past year.

The quest for a natural, non-irritating fabric began after watching her stepfather suffer through terrible skin irritations while being treated for cancer, "There are so many people who really suffer just by wearing normal clothing, I wanted to find a way to help them."

She focused her research on milk protein Online shopping for Women's Night Out &v neck wedding dresses sale Cocktail Dresses from a great selection of Clothing; & more at everyday low prices., or casein, Although textiles made with milk fibers have been around since the 1930s, she said most of them relied heavily on acrylics.

"I thought it must be possible to make a fabric that is completely organic," Domaske said.

After two years of trial and error, working with a research lab, Domaske and her team of six finally landed on a process of reducing milk to a protein powder that is then boiled and pressed into strands that can be woven into a fabric.

The strands, she says designer lace wedding dresses uk , can be spun rougher for a heavier texture, or shiny smooth, to create a soft jersey that drapes and feels like silk.

She uses only organic milk that cannot be consumed because it has failed Germany's strict quality standards.

Domaske concedes that at about $28 for a half pound, her fabric costs more to produce than even organic cotton, which goes for about 40 percent less, going out dresses going out dresses But she hopes local production will keep down transportation costs and reduce the overall price.

She notes that only a half gallon of water is needed to produce 2 pounds of fabric, or enough to make several standard dresses, By comparison, the same amount of cotton requires hundreds of gallons of water.

The designer has already received queries from automobile makers that see a potential for seat covers.