Let's be real, judging from the picture of the dress, I think they made the dress because it was impractical to do anything else than basically a poncho. I suspect there are strong limitations in terms of how you can arrange and sew things like pockets.

I see it more like a proof of concept for a new sort of textiles, not necessarily everyday clothes, but things like disposable hygienic clothes.

I got a dress with pockets the other day. I bought it specifically because it has pockets. Its not my style aesthetically but its my style functionally!

Sadly its made of the sort of fabric that hangs heavy and stretches nicely (a type of fabric I actually love), probably a 4-way knit with spandex blend, which means if I use the pockets for much of anything, it pulls down and looks not great because it clings to every single bit of body under it

Still, good place for hands to go so I can show off that it has pockets!!! 😜

Briefly addressed in the discussion:

Rather than targeting long-lifetime wearable garments, these materials are more naturally suited to short-term or single-use textile-like systems where environmental sustainability is prioritized. Representative use contexts include biodegradable packaging, temporary exhibition or artistic textiles, and architectural display installations, settings in which conventional materials often persist environmentally despite brief functional lifetimes.

In the context of living textiles, additional metrics such as washability, abrasion resistance, breathability, and wearer comfort have not yet been systematically evaluated and will require further co-optimization of biological and material parameters for practical translation.