Hermes bag made of mushrooms

　　Leather has always been considered a representative of high-end materials. Its special color, tough quality, and scarcity have made it popular in the fashion industry. A large number of Hermès handbags are made of leather.

　　Even when it's cross-border cooperation, it mostly chooses leather. Apple and Hermès launched a customized Apple Watch that also uses a leather strap with a high texture.

　　Recently, Hermès launched a leather handbag. In the past, most of these Birkin handbags could be auctioned for nearly 200,000 US dollars, but this new product is a bit special.

　　It is made of mushrooms. Recently, Hermes and the biomaterial company MycoWorks jointly produced a new product. Compared with the previous products, its special feature is that the raw material is a plant cultivation material Sylvania, and it is made of mushroom mycelium.

　　According to common sense, mushrooms are generally soft, and it is almost impossible to achieve the same toughness as cowhide. However, biomaterials companies have found that mushrooms naturally form a network structure during growth, which makes it possible Fill it into any desired shape.

　　After a unique fermentation process, the mycelium can grow freely in the tray, and after similar compression adjustments, its texture becomes uniform and tough.

　　MycoWorks claimed that it had cooperated with Hermès three years ago to develop a new vegetable leather material, which made raw materials, while Hermès tanned and adjusted this vegetable leather material called Sylvania in a French tannery.

　　If you don’t emphasize it, ordinary people can hardly see that this small leather handbag is made of mushroom mycelium. In terms of appearance, whether it is wrinkles or gradual color, it looks the same as real leather. The spokesperson of MycoWorks also specially emphasized :

　　It complies with all standard tests for leather, including tensile strength, abrasion resistance, colorfastness, etc., and even exceeds the standard test requirements in some indicators.

　　Judging from Hermès’ public speeches, this is not a test of water. Sylvania's plant leather material will be increasingly used in its leather travel bag category, and corresponding products will be launched this year.