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The Future of Fashion Is Fungi
Why luxury brands like Hermès, Iris Van Herpen, and Stella McCartney are turning to mushrooms for an eco-alternative to leather. GETTY IMAGES & COURTESY IRIS VAN HERPEN; BOLT THREADS; MADE WITH REISHITM BY MYCOWORKS.
The wondrous fungi-inspired creations in Dutch couture designer Iris Van Herpen s Spring 2021 collection are like nothing else in the fashion world. Undulating crowns of brass coils top delicate micro-plissé gowns with bodices formed from sinuous silk tendrils. An early adopter of 3-D printing and advocate for sustainability, van Herpen has emerged as a kind of oracle within the fashion industry. She spent lockdown in Amsterdam reading biologist Merlin Sheldrake’s book,