Leather alternatives
Bugaboo makes pram from orange peel and old egg cartons
Dress made of living mycelium can renew and repair itself
Food-waste dyes bring colour to mycelium leather in Sages and Osmose project
Stella McCartney presents Sustainable Market of material innovations at COP28
Yuhan Bai creates alternative-leather clothing collection from soil
Meng Du creates Unwasted bags from grape leather
Peelsphere is a leather-alternative biomaterial made from fruit waste and algae
Emma van der Leest develops fungal coating to make bio-leather more durable
Stella McCartney creates clothes from mycelium leather to foster a “kinder fashion industry”
Hermès creates mycelium version of its classic leather Victoria bag
Six alternatives to animal leather made from plants and food waste
Major fashion houses will sell products made from mushroom leather by next year
Other Matter launches bio-leather made from single-use signage
Arda transforms beer waste into plastic-free faux leather
Ganni unveils handbag made from bacterial leather at LDF
Ganni unveils faux leather jacket made using bacteria instead of cowhide
MCQ infuses rice-leather jacket with custom fragrance
Mari Koppanen wraps seating collection in traditional Transylvanian mushroom leather
Leap is a vegan leather made from waste apple cores and skins
Adidas unveils Stan Smith Mylo trainers made from mycelium leather
Public School creates “backyard compostable” sneaker from kombucha waste
Allbirds to make shoes using plant-based leather to help “eradicate petroleum from the fashion industry”
TômTex is a leather alternative made from waste seafood shells and coffee grounds
