Petri-dish leather and silk spun from sugar: could future fashion be grown in a lab?

Companies around the world are developing lab-grown alternatives to leather, silk and even diamonds, but there are questions about their sustainability claims

Developing cleaner sources for raw materials is essential to reducing fashion’s (alarming) contribution to global heating.

With this in mind start-ups and scientists are racing to recreate diamonds, silk and leather in laboratories.

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