Mushroom Feet...

In a strange way with all the time we have spent in place and at home, many of us have had a new found appreciation for nature. Individuals and companies alike are finally looking at ways of walking more lightly upon the earth. Wether that be in the shape of what we eat or what we wear there are lots of ways to start making a difference. People are looking at more sustainable ways to live our lives and using a myriad of materials to help do exactly that.

Case in point Adidas and Mushroom feet…

That’s a huge a simplification but Adidas are working on a concept shoe that features a mycelium leather version of its classic Stan Smith trainers .

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 biomaterial has now been refined in collaboration with Adidas to make it fit for its first application in high-performance footwear.

"Stan Smith is one of our biggest and most iconic franchises, meaning we can scale the rollout of Mylo faster to create a more immediate and significant impact for the environment – with a commercially available proof of concept expected in the near future"

It may take a while but mushroom feet sound so much better than fungus feet : ]

Queen Marie