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Stella McCartney to debut first-ever mushroom leather bag

"The luxury brand, known for its anti-animal product stance and sustainability efforts, has been working with mycelium startup Bolt Threads since 2017. The Frayme Mylo bag is their first commercially viable product."

What to Know About adidas' Vegan Stan Smiths

“Stan Smiths are getting an eco-makeover. For a concept shoe coming later this year, Adidas is tapping mycelium-based Mylo, a natural material innovation.”

Fungus May Be Fall’s Hottest Fashion Trend

"Adidas, Lululemon, Kering and Stella McCartney said they would partner with Bolt Threads on Mylo, collectively investing in its ongoing development and production operations in exchange for access to hundreds of millions of square feet of the material. Mylo-made products, from Adidas sneakers to Stella McCartney accessories, will go on sale in 2021."

Mercedes says its electric concept has 620 miles of range and seats made with mushrooms

"...the EQXX also utilizes sustainable materials in other parts of the car. A leather-like material made from mycelium, the underground root-like structures of mushrooms, is used in the seat cushions."

Ganni Backs ‘Greener Pastures Pledge’

By Kaley Roshitsh
11.04.2022

Ethical Leather Is the Biggest Fight in Fashion Right Now

By Alyssa Hardy
09.26.2022

A Mushroom Fashion Moment at Stella McCartney Store

By Kaley Roshitsh
09.15.2022

Mushrooms Are Growing On Publishing, Fashion, Hollywood

By Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg
08.29.2022

Mushroom Leather May Be Most Viable Vegan Alternative to Cowhide

By Matthew Kronsberg
07.19.2022

Stella McCartney to Debut First-Ever Mushroom Leather Bag

By Bella Webb
05.24.2022

Stella McCartney to debut first-ever mushroom leather bag

By Bella Webb
05.23.2022

SXSW Panel Recap: Engineering the Future With Mushrooms and Diamonds

By Jessi Cape
03.18.2022

Lululemon’s Mushroom Bags Are Here

By Kellie Ell
02.08.2022

Daimler says its EV concept car has over 621 miles of range and solar tech on roof

By Anmar Frangoul
01.14.2022

How Ganni Plans to Eliminate Leather

By Rachel Deeley
12.02.2021

Stella McCartney Does Mushrooms in Paris

By Vanessa Friedman
10.05.2021

Stella McCartney RTW Spring 2022

By Samantha Conti
10.04.2021

This realistic mushroom ‘leather’ is ready for commercial production

By Adele Peters
09.15.2021

Lululemon to Launch Mushroom-Based Yoga Accessories

By Darcey Sergison
07.07.2021

How adidas Is Using Mushrooms To Create A Line Of Stan Smith Mylo Sneakers

By Tim Newcomb
04.22.2021

Adidas Is Working on a Stan Smith Sneaker Made From Mushroom Leather

By Demetrius Simms
04.19.2021

What to Know About adidas' Vegan Stan Smiths

By Kaley Roshitsh
04.15.2021

Adidas Announces New Shoe Made From Mushroom Leather

By Annabelle Williams
04.15.2021

Algae, Spider Webs, and Mushrooms – The Materials Shaping Fashion’s Future

By Emma Elizabeth Davidson
04.08.2021

What the Viral Spread of Mushrooms Means for Fashion’s Sustainable Future

By Sydney Gore
04.06.2021

Stella McCartney Introduces Her First Garments Made of Mylo, the “Leather” Alternative Grown From Mushrooms

By Emily Farra
03.17.2021

Stella McCartney Teams With Bolt Threads on Fungi-Based Fabric, Mylo

By Samantha Conti
03.17.2021

From The Forest Floor To The Runway, Fungi Are Going Luxury

By Landon Peoples
03.17.2021

Stella McCartney creates world’s first clothes made from mushroom leather

By Chloe Street
03.17.2021

Fungus May Be Fall’s Hottest Fashion Trend

By Elizabeth Paton
10.06.2020

Mercedes says its electric concept has 620 miles of range and seats made with mushrooms


10.05.2020

Would You Buy A Bag Made Of Mushroom Leather? A Jacket Made With Spider Silk? The Future Of The Fashion Industry Is Here And It’s Made With Biology


09.17.2019

Stella McCartney & Adidas' New Sustainable Collection May Offer The Solution To Fashion's Waste Problem

By Lauren Sharkey
07.08.2019

We’re going bananas for sustainable, fruit-and-veg-based fashion

By Tamsin Blanchard
05.18.2019

The Hottest New Beauty Treatment Might Be Bioengineered Silk

By Elizabeth Segran
05.03.2019

Bolt Threads Named One of 2019 Most Innovative Companies


04.30.2019

Why we'll all be carrying around bags made from mushrooms in the future

By Charlie Teather
04.18.2019

Stella McCartney is on a quest to save you from the fashion industry

By Oliver Franklin-Wallis
12.06.2018

Clothes From A Petri Dish: $700 Million Bolt Threads May Have Cracked The Code On Spider Silk

By Amy Feldman
08.15.2018

Bolt Threads Rated One of Bay Area's Top Workplaces 2018


08.01.2018

Bolt Threads Debuts New 'Leather' Made From Mushroom Roots

By Amy Feldman
04.16.2018

In the Future, Leather Will Be Made From Mushrooms Not Cows

By Tucker Bowe
04.16.2018

Second Company Develops Sustainable Mushroom-Grown Leather

By Rain Noe
04.16.2018

The World's Most Innovative Companies 2018


02.21.2018

Lab grown fabrics may be the future of eco-friendly clothing

By Maya Dangerfield and Jack Regan
02.10.2018

Bolt Threads co-founder wants you to wear recyclable silk clothes

By Seung Lee
02.08.2018

NPR's From Scratch: Bolt Threads


02.02.2018

How synthetic spider silk could change everything you wear


01.08.2018

Biomimicry unleashes wave of materials innovation

By Sarah Murray
01.07.2018

Spider silk startup Bolt Threads closes on $123 million

By Sarah Buhr
01.03.2018

The most underrated scientific breakthroughs of 2017

By Marc Bain
12.29.2017

Lab-grown luxuries

By Emma Sheppard
12.21.2017

This Limited Edition Hat Is Made From A Bioengineered Silk And Natural Wool Blend

By Rachel Arthur
12.07.2017

This striped beanie shows the promise of synthetic spider silk

By Elizabeth Stinson
12.07.2017

Fashion’s Interest in Alternative Fabrics Keeps Growing

By Astrid Wendlandt
11.12.2017

The Future Of Fashion In 5 Wild New Garments

By Diana Budds
10.23.2017

Technology is shaping the future of sustainable fashion

By Whitney Bauck
10.23.2017

Bolt Threads’ engineered silk offers golden opportunity

By Sophia Markoulakis
10.19.2017

Stella McCartney Is Weaving A New Way Forward

By Mary Kaye Schilling
10.18.2017

Spinning spider silk into startup gold

By Robert F. Service
10.18.2017

Stella McCartney is pioneering synthetic spider silk in high fashion

By Marc Bain
10.12.2017

Squawk Box: This CEO plans to disrupt apparel industry with wearable spider silk


10.10.2017

MoMA Exhibition Highlights Biofabrication

By Rachel Arthur
10.03.2017

Bolt Threads Receives California Green Business Certification

By Anastasia Kuznetsova
09.20.2017

Top Workplaces 2017


08.01.2017

Stella McCartney Partners With Bolt Threads

By Jessica Iredale
07.20.2017

In the Future, We’ll All Wear Spider Silk

By Nicola Twilley
03.10.2017

This $314 Necktie Is A Biotech Breakthrough

By Diana Budds
03.10.2017

Spider Silk Is the Fabric of the Future

By Tanner Bowden
03.10.2017

This $314 necktie is made of spider silk

By Melia Robinson
03.10.2017

This Startup Is Betting That You'll Wear Spiderweb-Inspired Silk

By Sonya Mann
03.02.2017

Could Synthetic DNA Be the Next Tech Breakthrough?

By Jennifer Alsever
01.26.2017

The Oil Detox

By Bruce Watson
10.31.2016

The Big Science Behind This Modern Fabric House

By Jason Daley
10.21.2016

In the future, everything you wear could be made of synthetic spider silk

By Melia Robinson
08.10.2016

Top Workplaces 2016


06.26.2016

Bolt Threads Will Bring Its Spider Silk Fabric to Patagonia

By Leena Rao
05.11.2016

Bolt Threads Faises $50M, Inks Deal with Patagonia

By Lora Kolodny
05.11.2016

Startups Paying Attention to What They Learned in Bio

By Matt Villano
12.16.2015

California Scientists Reinventing the Web

By Shane Hickey
12.06.2015

Bolt Threads Is Engineering Polymers Inspired By Spider Silk


11.09.2015

Stronger Than Steel And Stretchier Than Elastic

By Richard Trenholm
11.09.2015

Spinning Synthetic Spider Silk

By Katherine Bourzac
09.21.2015

Fashion's Biological Future Is Now

By Joshua Katcher
07.24.2015

Interview with Jamie Bainbridge, VP of Product Development

By Debra Cobb
07.09.2015

Tech Conference Interview: Textiles Get the Silicon Valley Treatment

By Brad Stone
06.16.2015

Bolt Threads Spins Up $40 Million to Scale New Fabric

By Mike Billings
06.06.2015

Bolt Threads Comes Out Of Stealth With $40 Million In Funding

By Sarah Buhr
06.06.2015

Bolt Threads Is Recreating Fabric From Spider Silk

By Leena Rao
06.05.2015

Bolt Threads Raises $32 Million To Make Gene-Engineered Fabric

By Aaron Tilley
06.05.2015

Startup Says It’s the First to Make Synthetic Spider Silk

By Davey Alba
06.05.2015

A Bay Area Startup Spins Lab-Grown Silk

By Brad Stone
06.05.2015

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