Fashion forward
Dec 15, 2019
3 minutes
Slow fashion is in full bud. Alongside the accelerating growth of the used-clothing market, swapping, mending and repurposing are developing into viable business models.
Perhaps the greenest new shoot, however, is the rise of laboratory-grown fabric.
New York bio-fabricator Modern Meadow makes what any microscopic inspection would identify as leather. However, it is made from a collagen protein derived by fermenting yeast, resulting in flawless leather with no wastage and no animals killed. California’s Bolt Threads makes what it calls “spider
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