Make room for ‘shrooms: The world of fashion and the world of mushrooms converged in 2021 through fungi-inspired looks on the runways and the introduction of mycelium vegan leather designer products.

As fashion designers look for alternatives to leather, growing mycelium – or fungi-based – ‘leather’ substitutes using a new paste media has opened up the possibility of growing this bio-fabricated ...

Mycelium first came to prominence with its use in sustainable packaging. Several startup companies, such as Ecovative, received strong investments to develop the technology. Not long after, some ...

Producing leather from animal skin is a practice humans have engaged in for thousands of years, but the environmental consequences of modern processing techniques have led some to seek a greener ...

GREEN ISLAND, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ecovative, the leading mycelium technology company, and ECCO Leather, a part of the Danish footwear brand ECCO and a world leader in innovative and premium ...

California-based MycoWorks is celebrating a decade in business by adding three new alt-leather offerings to its biomaterials assortment. The company’s hero product, Reishi, is a mycelium-based ...

In a partnership marrying two sides of the fashion world, tannery Ecco Leather — a company from Ecco Shoes — is working with mycelium-based material brand Ecovative to create new leather-like ...

Stella McCartney, Balenciaga, and Hermès are introducing handbags, shoes, and coats made of mycelium leather; it’s an alternative to animal hides and is created from roots of mushrooms. This new ...