Bolt Threads | 02.20.2020
Edyta is a fungal geneticist and a strain engineer at Bolt. She works with the organism that Bolt uses as the foundation for Mylo™, and creates a genetic map that tells us what gene corresponds to what characteristic of the fungus. On many levels, she is the one who is most familiar with the organism,...
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Bolt Threads | 02.06.2020
In November, Bolt’s Founder and CEO, Dan Widmaier, spoke at Business of Fashion VOICES. The annual event is an invite-only gathering of top fashion brands and trailblazing entrepreneurs who are challenging conventional wisdom about the fashion industry. Dan announced the exciting news that Mylo™ material now has the ability to scale globally. That means our alternative...
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Bolt Threads | 07.19.2019
Dr. Kevin McCluskey is a fungal geneticist leading the Grow team and guiding the process development for Mylo™ material. As part of his job, Kevin sets direction for the team and makes sure they are in tune with the latest developments across different scientific fields and can translate them to Bolt’s own work. “You can...
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Bolt Threads | 04.15.2018
Today we introduced a second new material to the world, with a little help from our friend Stella McCartney. Mylo™ is the world’s first commercially available take on modern leather grown from mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms. Mylo looks and feels like hand-crafted leather. It has a supple, natural feel, and because we control...
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Bolt Threads | 12.05.2017
Your wait for the next Bolt Threads product to hit the market is nearly over! Next week we’ll be unveiling our latest creation, the result of a collaboration with Mountain Meadow Wool Mill. Our partnership with the revitalizer of the American wool industry is so special that it brought us from our Emeryville labs to...
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Bolt Threads | 11.20.2017
The moment Stella McCartney said, “this is the future… this will save our planet, this approach that Bolt Threads has is the approach we’re going to have to take to everything,” I knew that this went beyond just marketing the rich-brown, Microsilk™ bodysuit and parachute-pant on display. We were on the top floor of her new Madison...
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Bolt Threads | 10.27.2017
Our partnership with Stella McCartney has shown that the future of fashion isn’t just in the lab – it’s on the catwalk, in the museum, and on its way to your wardrobe. Although luxury fashion is traditionally conservative and slow to change, world-renowned visionary designer Stella McCartney is always actively searching for innovative solutions. We...
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Bolt Threads | 08.26.2017
Today we’re thrilled to announce a partnership with Stella McCartney, a world-renowned brand known for its dedication to eco-innovation. We’ll be unveiling our first collaborative product, a one-of-a-kind custom dress made entirely of Bolt Microsilk™ at the New York Museum of Modern Art’s upcoming exhibit “Items: Is Fashion Modern?” opening October 1st. We’ve long been...
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Bolt Threads | 06.26.2017
What’s blue and red and webbed all over? Spider-Man: Homecoming, the latest installment of our favorite superhero film franchise. We often get compared to Spider-Man, and although we’re not superhuman, we share Peter Parker’s love of science and we’re using technology to make materials we think he’d be proud of. In fact, Spider-Man has been such an inspiration to...
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Bolt Threads | 03.13.2017
On March 10, we launched the world’s first ever human-made spider silk consumer product, a knit silk necktie. Why a tie? We chose a tie because we wanted to create an iconic product associated with the history of silk. Emperor Shih Huang Ti’s famous Terracotta Army in 210 BCE is depicted wearing a silk necktie...
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