Your DNA Can Be a Truly Unique Fashion Statement

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By Carl Engelking
Dec 29, 2015 1:48 AMNov 20, 2019 12:39 AM
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Dot One uses an algorithm to turn your DNA into a one-of-a-kind, tessellated design that can be reproduced on a scarf or poster. (Credit: Dot One) A company in the United Kingdom has devised a surefire method to make a fashion statement no one else can imitate. Genetically speaking, humans are pretty much the same — 99.9 percent of our DNA is identical. It’s that remaining 0.1 percent that makes each person stand out from the 7.4 billion other people sharing the planet. And Dot One, a company founded by London-based designer Iona Inglesby, has turned that small fraction of our genetic code into a design that’s as unique as you are.

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