I was arguing about vegan leather with a friend and while making my point about it being plastic she educated me on mushroom leather. I had never heard of it. A quick google search lead me to one of my favourite designers, Stella McCartney. In 2021 she created the world’s first garments made using Mylo, the mushroom-based vegan leather developed by biomaterials startup  Bolt

Mylo, which resembles soft and supple leather, takes just two weeks to grow, can replace animal or other petroleum plastic-based synthetic leathers, and takes on any finishing, embossing or colours.

Photo credit: https://www.stellamccartney.com/ca/en/stellas-world/the-worlds-first-mylo-garments-created-from-vegan-mushroom-leather.html