Fungi Mylo Is The New Sustainable Replacement Of Leather In The Fashion Industry

Material innovation company Bolt Threads that is based in California has invented a fully sustainable version of leather that is mainly grown out of mushrooms called Mylo.

This leather-like material is grown from mycelium cells, which is found on roots that fungi grows on. Ever since its invention, Mylo leather has not only come as a great boon for the sustainable fashion industry but has also become one of the most highly invested materials by top fashion brands.

The $414 billion dollar leather goods market has been depleting the environment for years before this by causing release of toxic chemicals with its tanning and dying processes.

Despite the widespread concept on the importance of using eco-friendly and animal-friendly materials has been popularized amongst the masses, it is still a market that needs immense development.

With the initiation of Mylo, there has been a rapid expansion in the sustainable fashion world.

Global brands like Stella McCartney, Adidas and Kering Group have invested huge sums of money to get their hands-on exclusive stocks of Mylo to create apparel.

Since the evolution of environmental-friendly materials, top brands had shifted their focus towards materials like vegan leather. Although it is considered better than real leather, it still retains threat to the environment.

Having been derived from fossil fuels, vegan leather takes many years to be degraded, making it relatively unusable in the long-term.

Using cutting-edge technology, Bolt Threads was the first company to create Microsilk to replicate woven silk using better performing and sustainable products in early 2017.

Stella McCartney was the first to use both Microsilk and Mylo to create sustainable garments, forming a ripple in the fashion world.

With multiple investments from top companies, the focus is to develop upscale production and make the material available as quickly as possible.

Considering there is no toxic waste or harm to the environment in creating and using Mylo, this is soon to be a commercially viable material for the greater good of our environment.