Fashion

Last week, the fashion industry doubled down on new alternative leather initiatives: Zara revealed a collection created in partnership with Ananas Anam, creator of the Pinatex material. And Stella McCartney launched a $200 million SOS Fund to support “cleaner businesses, founders and sustainable solutions" with material innovation, among other solutions. To date, McCartney's fund has invested in vegan leather brand Bold Threads, which created the brand’s first mycelium bag. Bolt Threads is one of the only companies to produce an alternative leather material that doesn’t rely on a plastic backing.