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Leather alternatives

  • Yuhan Bai creates alternative-leather clothing collection from soil

    Royal College of Art fashion student Yuhan Bai has unveiled the Soil Project, a clothing collection made with a soil-based leather alternative and vintage garments dyed with soil, at Dutch Design Week. More

    Alice Finney | 4 November 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Meng Du creates Unwasted bags from grape leather

    The Unwasted collection of bags by Chinese designer Meng Du are made with an alternative leather produced from leftover grape skins. More

    Alice Finney | 4 March 2022 | Leave a comment
  • MCQ infuses rice-leather jacket with custom fragrance

    Natural latex is combined with rice hulls and a woodsy blend of essential oils to form this scented jacket, created by Alexander McQueen sub-brand MCQ to showcase the unique characteristics of plant-based leather alternatives. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 16 February 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Mari Koppanen wraps seating collection in traditional Transylvanian mushroom leather

    Furniture designer Mari Koppanen has resurrected a suede-like material, historically made in parts of central Romania from hoof fungus, to upholster a rotund stool and matching bench. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 2 February 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Peelsphere is a leather-alternative biomaterial made from fruit waste and algae

    Berlin-based textile designer Youyang Song has used fruit peels and algae to create a biodegradable plant-based material that offers an alternative to leather. More

    Alice Finney | 12 January 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Deca vegan-friendly leather alternative by Camira

    Dezeen Showroom: British textile brand Camira has launched its first vegan-friendly leather alternative called Deca, which can be used as an upholstery fabric. More

    Dezeen staff | 3 December 2021
  • Emma van der Leest develops fungal coating to make bio-leather more durable

    Dutch designer Emma van der Leest believes that bio-leather might one day replace animal leather in the fashion industry and is developing a fungal coating to make the material more versatile. More

    Amy Frearson | 1 November 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Leap is a vegan leather made from waste apple cores and skins

    Copenhagen-based Beyond Leather has combined leftovers from apple juice and cider production with natural rubber to create a plant-based leather alternative called Leap. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 14 July 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Adidas unveils Stan Smith Mylo trainers made from mycelium leather

    Adidas has revealed a mycelium leather version of its classic Stan Smith trainers, becoming the latest in a flurry of brands creating products from the sustainable leather alternative. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 19 April 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Stella McCartney creates clothes from mycelium leather to foster a "kinder fashion industry"

    Fashion designer Stella McCartney has unveiled a two-piece outfit made using a leather alternative grown from mycelium, making her among the first luxury fashion designers to turn the biomaterial into wearable clothing. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 24 March 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Hermès creates mycelium version of its classic leather Victoria bag

    French luxury house Hermès has partnered with biomaterials company MycoWorks to reimagine its Victoria shopper bag in a leather alternative grown from mycelium. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 18 March 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Public School creates "backyard compostable" sneaker from kombucha waste

    New York streetwear label Public School has collaborated with material scientist Theanne Schiros to create a pair of biofabricated trainers using a leather alternative grown by microbes. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 10 March 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Allbirds to make shoes using plant-based leather to help "eradicate petroleum from the fashion industry"

    San Francisco-based footwear brand Allbirds is set to introduce what it claims is the first leather alternative entirely made from plant-based ingredients. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 3 March 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Ultrafabrics releases six new Volar Bio colours

    Dezeen Showroom: performance fabric manufacturer Ultrafabrics has launched six new colours for its bio-based animal hide alternative Volar Bio. More

    Dezeen staff | 29 January 2021
  • Six alternatives to animal leather made from plants and food waste

    To highlight sustainable and ethical substitutes for animal leather we've rounded up six materials that can rival its textural and performance qualities, from vegan pineapple leather to a leather alternative made of seafood shells. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 16 October 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Major fashion houses will sell products made from mushroom leather by next year

    Adidas, Stella McCartney, Lululemon and Gucci's parent company Kering have teamed up to invest in a novel material called Mylo, which is grown from mycelium but rivals the look and feel of animal leather. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 8 October 2020 | Leave a comment
  • TômTex is a leather alternative made from waste seafood shells and coffee grounds

    Vietnamese designer Uyen Tran has developed a flexible bio-material called TômTex, a leather alternative made from food waste that can be embossed with a variety of patterns to replicate animal leathers. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 22 August 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Fashion "needs to rapidly develop" beyond animal leather says Helsinki Fashion Week founder

    Fashion designers and brands need to start swapping animal leather for sustainable alternatives, or risk alienating themselves from consumers, says Evelyn Mora, founder of Helsinki Fashion Week. More

    Amy Frearson | 30 July 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Native Shoes makes compostable plant-based sneakers from pineapple and eucalyptus

    Canadian footwear brand Native Shoes has released a unisex sneaker made entirely from vegan-friendly materials including eucalyptus, pineapple husk and dried hevea milk. More

    Natashah Hitti | 12 June 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Shahar Livne makes bio-leather shoes from slaughterhouse waste

    Israeli designer Shahar Livne has designed a pair of sneakers with alternative leather inserts made from the wasted fat, bones and blood of animals. More

    Natashah Hitti | 31 May 2019 | Leave a comment
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