ELLE Italy

7 Questions On Sustainable Fashion

If “fast fashion” is so bad, why does it still exist? What does it mean to be responsible consumers? How much depends on individual choices, and how much on the decisions of large companies in the sector? Does our definition of luxury and ethical fashion need to change? What are the most pressing problems facing the fashion industry?

Are there greener alternatives to leather and fur?

At the forefront of creating alternatives to leather is MycoWorks, a company that produces high-quality material from mushroom mycelium. Its first large-scale manufacturing facility in South Carolina will produce several million square feet of fine mycelium annually.

In this ELLE Italy story, the pioneers of tomorrow’s fashion answer 7 fundamental questions.