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Crocs Pledges To Go Completely Vegan by the End of 2021 Over recent years, the shoe brand Crocs has gained a cult-like following, but now the loved shoe company is promising to go completely vegan by the end of 2021. The company announced that it will commit itself to remove all animal products from its collections in an effort to enhance the company’s overall sustainability. The decision to go vegan comes alongside the company sustainability campaign that is attempting to cut its emissions ...

Thursday, 08 Jul 2021 09:26 AM MYT Lululemon has revealed the first yoga accessories made of Mylo, a plant-based material made from renewable mycelium. — Picture courtesy of Lululemon Follow us on Instagram and subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates. NEW YORK, July 8 — Created by scientists from the Californian start-up Bolt Threads, Mylo is slowly but surely making its way into the fashion industry. After the first clothes and sneakers designed from this biodegradable pla...

How do you open a brick-and-mortar restaurant in the middle of a pandemic—and thrive? One answer: Break the paradigm and go co-op, à la Mirisata, Portland’s only Sri Lankan restaurant, which is also vegan and entirely BIPOC- and worker-owned. The SE Belmont spot’s prospective owners prove themselves not with a fat wad of start-up cash, but via a few months of a trial working period. During the height of the pandemic, Mirisata went from pop-up to brick-and-mortar restaurant us...

Last modified on Sat 12 Jun 2021 12.05 EDT It’s fair to say that Hermès knows handbags. The luxury fashion house’s Birkin and Kelly bags are among the most expensive ever sold; demand outstrips supply by so much that you can’t even join a waiting list. Acquiring one is a matter of luck and contacts. So when Hermès announced this season’s handbag would be made from plant leather, it marked a new era in designer accessories. The autumn/winter 2021 Hermès Victoria (pri...

. Pineapple leaves, fungus fibres, sugar cane, cactus: All botanical elements used in the production of various kinds of plant-based leather. Inspired by the environmentally sustainable thinking now sweeping the world, these so-called vegan leathers have become increasingly popular alternatives to hide leather. Allbirds, a New Zealand-US firm, has produced a type of sneaker partly made from eucalyptus tree fibre. Pangaia, based in London and New York, has developed a shoe made partly from grape...

By Eric RandolphAgence France-PressePARIS — From making algae-sequin dresses, dyeing clothes with bacteria to planting trackable pigments in cotton, an emerging tide of technological innovations offers the fashion industry a chance to clean up its woeful environmental record.

Shoe brand Undo for Tomorrow has launched its vegan “Nuven” sneakers that feature a multicolored sole made from discarded party balloons and rubber tire leftovers. 

Design Museum Sneakers Unboxed curator Ligaya Salazar picks five exhibits that show how this shoe has been at the forefront of material and user innovation.

Profile of Bolt Threads: a leader in novel biomaterials Company was established by three specialists who gained expertise in silk production while conducting research at university. 28th May 2021 Report summary Bolt Threads is a USA-based biomaterials company which produces artificial silk fibre on a large scale. It was established in 2009 by three specialists who gained expertise in silk production while conducting research at university. The company has focused on the development of three in...

Fashions green future of seaweed coats and mushroom shoes Updated: Updated: The sustainability movements strength comes from many actors pulling in the same direction. Share Article AAA This handout photo released by the Charlotte McCurdy Research on May 18, 2021 shows US designer Charlotte McCurdy presenting a raincoat made of seaweed/algae in New York.   | Photo Credit: AFP The sustainability movements strength comes from many actors pulling in the same direction. From making algae-sequin...