When Stella McCartney launched 20 years ago, the luxury British brand brought a conscience to the fashion industry as the first luxury house to never use leather, feathers, fur or skins. Inspired by V is for Vegan from McCartney A to Z Manifesto and committed to never compromising on desirability or sustainability, Stella McCartney’s … Read more
Hermès unveiled a new vegan leather alternative made in collaboration with California-based startup MycoWorks. The new sustainable material called Sylvania is a hybrid of nature and biotechnology and it is the exemplar of a new generation of biotech materials. Hermès Victoria bag is the first object made with Fine Mycelium, the patented technology from … Read more
A startup, Modern Meadow, is attempting to develop a biomaterial alternative to leather as prices rise. Will it succeed – and will it have a market?
Hybrid, Digital Printing – Vibrant & Eco-Friendly. EnviroLeather by LDI announces “Petite Floret” – a nature-inspired design pattern by interior product designers Tara Rae Hill and Martiele Sineath – using EnviroLeather’s breakthrough, eco- friendly, hybrid digital printing technology. The EnviroLeather sustainable upholstery printing process allows for a vibrancy and variety in color that have been … Read more