Vegan leather, also referred to as faux leather or unleather, can be made out of just about anything these days: pineapple, cereal crops, cactus, and now, even mushrooms. Earlier, leather has been a part of fashion and culture. For Centuries, we have been using leather for survival (water storage, etc.). However, now the World is embracing Vegan leather as a more sustainable and animal-friendly alternative. Traditional leather is made from the hide of animals generally, cows. These cows are not always slaughtered for the sole purpose of making leather per saying.
According to a Grand View Research report, the world market for vegan leather could be worth $85 billion by the year 2025. Bolt threads catch up with the company Green Matter. Bolt Threads is a leading material innovations company based in California. Bolt Threads’ star product is Mylo, a sustainable and vegan leather alternative out of mycelium as in, mushrooms.
Mylo is a mycelium-based alternative to leather that looks and feels like leather. Mycelium is a fungus. Mushrooms are the fruit of mycelium, a sprawling, infinitely renewable, interlaced web that threads through the soil under the forest floor, breaking down organic matter and providing nutrients to plants.
The partnership could make mushroom unleather a household name; in fact, it could even increase the demand for mushroom unleather, causing other big brands to get in on the sustainable alternative and, ultimately, the unleather movement.
