I read an article yesterday that said in late December of 2020 Adidas announced that they will be making a vegan shoe made out of leather from mycelium, which comes from mushrooms. Last year, Adidas also launched plant-made vegan versions of many of their classic shoes, which were surprisingly some of Adidas best selling shoes. Adidas also does not use fur, exotic animal skin, or exotic animal hair in any of their products. Although the vegan Adidas mushroom shoes do not have a set release date yet, I am excited to see how they turn out. I am also excited to witness the future of mycelium leather and other efforts to help the sustainability crisis as many companies are coming up with creative and fashionable ways to help.
Although I do completely support Adidas for trying to be more environmentally friendly, I do still have some questions about the shoe. Such as how durable the shoes are and do they still provide the same reliability as some not so environmentally friendly shoes? After doing research about the leather, the leather from mycelium provides the same durability and comfort as leather from cattle, calves, sheep, lambs, goats, and pigs.
I also learned that Adidas is not the only company that plans to implement mycelium leather into their products. Lululemon and Kering are some of the other companies that will implement mycelium leather into their products. Although a few companies using this type of leather won't stop the world's sustainability disaster, It is definitely a step in the right direction, and I hope to see more companies make the switch in the future.
Overall, I hope to see many other companies make more efforts in any way to help the ecosystem and land degradation or anything else that would help the world become more sustainable, and I think it's interesting to see how the same exact products can be made with more sustainable materials.
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I wonder how efficient using environmentally friendly resources to create shoes is. It could just be a marketing strategy to attract people who support the environment. Obviously they are environmentally friendly, but it could be inefficient and barley affect the environment. If it is efficient, then this could be extremely helpful if this spread to more shoe companies.
ReplyDeleteThis is interesting. I am a big fan of Doc Martens, and I've seen Vegan boots listed on their site before. It never occurred to me to question how leather could be Vegan (in hindsight, duh, I definitely should've questioned this), so I learned something new today. Mushrooms. They have a purpose other than being gross!
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