synthetic leather

Mylo unleather is everything you love about leather without everything you (and the planet) don’t

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    Kering, adidas, lululemon, and Stella McCartney are ushering in a more sustainable future for fashion via biotechnology. The future of sustainable materials Made from infinitely renewable mycelium, Bolt Threads’ Mylo is an innovative material that looks and feels like leather. Bolt Threads, the biotechnology company creating the next generation of advanced materials, announced … Read more

Is it time to give up leather?

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Cows have long been farmed to fuel the fast food market. Now, by turning leather into a seasonal fashion, they are becoming part of fast fashion. Soon we will have to kill 430m every year. Lucy Siegle gets to grips with life without leather (well almost)

Lab-grown leather is coming, but is the industry ready for it?

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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?