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CHAPTER 1

SCIENCE IN FASHION

The world of fashion is more than just runways and red carpets. Beneath the surface, science plays a huge role in this industry. This is because producing the beautiful garments that grace the pages of magazines and strut down the runways requires a whole scientific process to take place first. Thanks to science, people can express themselves through their own personal sense of style, no matter what that style is. WHEN SCIENCE AND FASHION COLLIDE At their core, both designers and scientists are working toward the same main goal—to create something new that makes a difference in the world. When scientist Dr. Yuly Fuentes-Medel came to this realization, it led her to create the world’s first scientist-fashion designer collaboration, aptly named Descience. This Boston-based collaboration aims to use scientific research as inspiration for cutting-edge fashion pieces that start a

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