Sheldrake sees fashion’s engagement with mushroom leather as a platform for “fungi as an analogy for thinking creatively, and sustainably”. Mushroom leather can be grown in pieces to the specific shape and size required by a designer, eliminating the need for cutting room waste. Bolt Threads – another California-based biomaterials company working with mushroom leather, which collaborated with Stella McCartney on a handbag shown at Paris fashion week and is developing products with Adidas – is another leading player in the mushroom leather market, alongside MycoWorks. “We are working with luxury fashion first because they are ahead of the curve when it comes to sustainability,” says Scullin. He believes that the impact on mushroom leather on our culture could go way beyond a new It bag.

Source: The Guardian December 03, 2021 04:19 UTC