Kelwuw: Drizzle Dress

Properties

Material Characteristics

In normal conditions, Kelwuw doesn't cause any irritation to the human skin. It is entirely opaque and has the consistency of syrup. Don't eat it.

Physical & Chemical Properties

Kelwuw has extremely strong cohesion and relatively weak adhesion for a viscous liquid.

History & Usage

Everyday use

Kelwuw was used as cheap clothing, entering in and out of style at a breakneck pace. People would pour the liquid on their bodies, and the material would gather around them into an opaque, wearable matte. Depending on the quantity of the material poured and the places in which it was poured, Kelwuw could be either scandalous and revealing or safe and Puritan in its application. Wearers could use Kelwuw for as long as they needed but could dilute and dissolve it in a local body of water. During the space age, Kelwuw was found to be both airtight and immutably liquid. Many astronauts used Kelwuw as part, or occasionally as all, of their spacesuits.

Cultural Significance and Usage

While Kelwuw was generally considered a material for poor people, avant-garde fashion designers found ways to incorporate the material in their works of art. Because of the modern flaws of Kelwuw, this led to many unwanted wardrobe malfunctions that ripped the product away from the mainstream.

Industrial Use

Kelwuw does not grow naturally, but its components at one time did. It took a long time for synthetically-made Kelwuw to surpass naturally-made Kelwuw in cheapness and quantity, but the natural decline of Kelwuw in fashion helped push the industry into first place.

Hazards

When an electrical current was attached, Kelwuw would produce immense irritation on the skin. While the dress could prevent the subject from death by electrocution if the current got too high, the flaw was a large deterrent. Further, a chemical was discovered that could dissolve Kelwuw almost instantly while not harming the skin underneath. Upon this realization, Kelwuw usage was limited strictly to poor communities, rural communities, and nomadic communities.

Type

Textile

Common State

Viscous liquid