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Pieces made with spider silk, or rather "imitation spider silk", have become increasingly common in recent years, even if they remain a novelty. Photo composite: Instagram/Bolt Threads, AFP In 2030, your little black dress might very well be made of spider silk. The concept may sound a little futuristic, but a large number of companies are already working on fabrics that are very similar to spider silk. The only difference is these textiles are created in laboratories without putting our eight-legged friends to work. Now that we have numerous sustainable alternatives to leather and a host of ...

Merging ethics and fashion 1 To mark its 20th anniversary, Stella McCartney continues its collaboration with Bolt Threads to merge deep science and luxury designs in the latest collection of eco-friendly garments fashioned out of Mylo mycelium leather to show the potential of the next-generation material. Inspired by its McCartney A to Z Manifesto, the luxury fashion house underlines its commitment to bringing conscience to the fashion industry -- having never used leather, feathers, fur or skins. Stella and Bolt Threads have been partners in sustainable innovation since 2017, and the fi...

The Next Generation of Leather Alternatives From hides derived from fruit to fabrics grown in labs, there have never been more options for shoppers and retailers alike in search of more sustainable solutions. Author: Bolt Threads' proprietary Mylo, a leather-like material made using mycelium. Photo: Courtesy of Bolt Threads From hides derived from fruit to fabrics grown in labs, there have never been more options for shoppers and retailers alike in search of more sustainable solutions. In 1928, a New York City designer named Irving Schott created the world's first leather motorcycle jacket. N...

Earlier this year luxury Parisian house Hermès announced it would be offering customers its hand-crafted accessories, including its Birkin bags, in a mushroom-based leather. Disclaimer: the bags are neither edible nor do they smell like your favourite porcini risotto. Vegan and sustainable, Mylo was first introduced by US biotech company Bolt Threads in 2018. It is a form of mycelium, the renewable underground root of fungi, that can be lab-grown to look and feel the same as animal-derived leather. Now, Adidas, arguably Germany's biggest clothing export, has joined Hermès. As part of it...

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. It was 2009 when Mulberry introduced the Alexa bag, a soft, mid-sized leather satchel inspired by Alexa Chung’s “preppy hipster-meets-London scenester style.” It was an It bag for an It girl, snapped up by women around the world who aspired to her look. The £750 bag was so successful, in fact, that it was credited with carrying Mulberry through the recession. Within a few years, though, the Alexa began to dip in popularity as trends turned to sleeker, more structured bags, and in 2016, it was discontinued. In recent sea...