The Technology And Fashion Brand Of Making Mushrooms "Leather" Started To Start.

Leather products may be one of the most criticized materials in the fashion industry. From the point of view of environmental protection and humanitarianism, the pollution of raw material processing, the emission of toxic chemicals, the consumption of natural resources and the ratio of carbon emissions and animal protection need to be solved urgently.
Environmental pioneer Stella McCartney has always refused natural leather products, but she also doesn't like synthetic leather made from petroleum raw materials. A few years ago, she found the Bolt Threads company. The latter first contributed to the artificial silk made from yeast, and then gave her a plan called "Mylo", a kind of imitation leather made from mycelia of mushroom root, which can be degraded naturally, and the handle is just like the real leather.
The company has raised over $200 million in the past due to its forward-looking and highly popular technology. But according to Forbes, sales of its products have been surprisingly slow, which has also hindered their vision of changing the fashion world from the material side.
This time, on the stage of BoF VOICES, the founder and chief executive of Biotech Corp, Dan Widmaier, announced for the first time that after years of investment and development, their leather substitute has now had the capability of promoting worldwide, and is no longer just a product of laboratory. Now, the company is installing more equipment to expand its scale, and it will be able to produce 1 million square feet of material each year to meet the needs of brand partners such as Stella McCartney.
Widmaier believes that his company has created what the fashion industry has long been looking for: an innovative material that can be scaled up by changing profits and objectives to change the way people consume around the world.
Bolt Threads also signed an exclusive cooperation agreement with the German tanning company Heller Leder to transform mycelia "leather" into finished products and can be used for clothing and accessories.
In Widmaier's view, the performance of sustainable materials can't be better than that of the fashion industry, but at least it should be good. Only in this way can there be the possibility of persuading brands and consumers at the same time.
"Modern innovation is not to create the next big event, but to recreate what has already happened. This may not be the sexiest argument... But when you want to break an industry and push for change, it's very important, "he said. He thinks: fashion needs to look at products like Tesla car and Impossible Foods hamburger to find inspiration. "They are not only good products of similar products, they are also good products at the same time. They are examples of the next big event. To be good is as important as doing good. "
The ability to scale up a new technology and its economy is of great importance. This can fundamentally affect industrial leaders' decision-making and inspire other companies to undertake innovative research.
Many start-ups are also developing leather alternatives from plants, mycelia, yeast and other non-traditional materials, with the aim of reducing the environmental impact of the industry.
Widmaier said: "scale refers to the conscious choice of individuals, and then it becomes the daily choice of everyone. An individual can't change the world. We need to create billions of individuals like hyphae.