Adidas unveils Stan Smith Mylo trainers made from mycelium leather
Adidas has revealed a mycelium leather version of its classic Stan Smith trainers, becoming the latest in a flurry of brands creating products from the sustainable leather alternative.
The concept shoe has an upper grown in a lab from mycelium ? the spiderweb-like filament structure that fungi use to grow much like the roots of a tree.
Sheets of the material were grown over the course of two weeks and then tanned and dyed to create a mycelium leather called Mylo, which was originally unveiled by US biotechnology company Bolt Threads in 2018.
The material has now been refined in collaboration with Adidas to make it fit for its first application in high-performance footwear.
The Stan Smith Mylo trainer was created in collaboration with Bolt Threads "By creating the iconic Stan Smith with a Mylo material upper, Adidas is demonstrating the far-reaching potential of this innovative material," said Jamie Bainbridge, VP of Product at Bolt Threads.
"Mylo has the strength and performance it does today thanks to the guidance and deep technical expertise of the Adidas team in making great footwear."
Last year, Adidas became part of a consortium of major brands, including Stella McCartney, Lululemon and Gucci's parent company Kering, which have invested in Mylo in a bid to scale up the experimental material and make it available to consumers.
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