# The future of fashion -- made from mushrooms

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2022
- Speaker: Dan Widmaier
- Year: 2022
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_widmaier_the_future_of_fashion_made_from_mushrooms)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Your closet is likely full of all kinds of materials -- leather, cotton, nylon and polyester, to name a few -- that contribute to fashion's sustainability crisis. Biomaterials investigator Dan Widmaier explains how we could look to nature for sustainable replacements for these much-used materials and introduces a leather alternative made from mushrooms that looks great and doesn't harm the environment. "We can make fashion sustainable, and we're going to do it with science," Widmaier says.

## Lectures

1. [The future of fashion -- made from mushrooms](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/dan_widmaier_the_future_of_fashion_made_from_mushrooms/7c913aafef77), 11 min (TED's player)