No Butts About it? Look Again!

I kid you not, these adorable frocks are actually made of discarded cigarette butts! Why am I just learning about this now?!

A while back, TreeHugger posted about the Mantis project, the brainchild of designer Alexandra Guerrero. “Ever aware of the vast amount of cigarette butts everywhere in the city of Santiago de Chile, she started thinking about what could be done with them, and came up with a way to mix the tissue of the filter with natural wool to create a rustic-looking thread that could be knitted into all kinds of garments.”

Check out TreeHugger for pictures of the purification process and more about Guerrero. Also, check out the Mantis online.