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Bio-based Silk Producer Snags $27M in Latest Financing Round
Industry leader AMSilk plans growth to meet surging demand in biodegradables made from silk protein.
Material World: Bacteria-Based Bio-Leather is Booming
A team of scientists from FIT and Columbia University is innovating with microbial bio-textiles.
Why This Bio-Based Alt-Leather Firm Wants to Give Small Brands First Dibs
Uncaged Innovations is forming a collective of small brands that can quickly bring its plant-based leather…
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Natural Fiber Welding, Pangaia Tag Team on Plant-Based Alt-Leather Fashion
The unique garment, the first derived from MIrum, sports neither animals nor plastics.
This Italian Innovator is Packing Plants into Performance Apparel and Recycling Socks into Shoes
UYN goes hard on biomaterials including fibers from castor oil seeds, corn and eucalyptus, beech and kapok…
Noble Biomaterials’ Citric Acid Odor-Fighting Solution is EPA-Approved
The company's plant-based odor fighting formula has applications in athletic apparel and home textiles.
Mansur Gavriel’s Classic Bucket Bags Reborn With Bio Leather
Made with waste from Italy's biggest apple-producing region, the luxury label's newest offering retails for…
Flora or Fungi? Stella McCartney Won’t Play Favorites in Biomaterials Debate
For Paris Fashion Week, the British brand bowed bags made from Mylo's mushroom-root material and plant-based…
Tory Burch Gives Iconic Bag a Plant-Based Leather Alternative Makeover
It tapped Modern Meadow's BioFabbrica Bio-Tex material, derived in part from non-GMO soy grown in North…
Allbirds Partner NFW Helps Launch Anti-Plastic Platform
The platform unites designers, scientists and industry experts in the pursuit of plastic-free alternatives to…
Modern Meadow’s Making PFAS-Free Outdoor-Minded Material With Taiwan Textile Innovator
"This is only the start of Singtex's journey of collaborative innovation with Modern Meadow," said Singtex…
Rare Feat: New Collab Takes on Fashion’s Plastics Problem
Unless Collective and Natural Fiber Welding have released a 100 percent plastic-free sneaker that will…
Why Lululemon’s Bio-Fiber Supplier Took Farmer Fight to Capitol Hill
"The United States has a golden opportunity to seize the role of global leader in biomanufacturing for…
Hemp Processor FyberX Investing $17.5M in Virginia
The new facility will process hemp and other agricultural products to produce fibers supplying the textile…
Ganni Makes Eyes at Mushrooms
Mylo mycelium-leather maker Bolt Threads partnered with Ganni to promote their Green Pastures Pledge.