Something old, something new, something biobased: Designer grows a mushroom wedding gown
In the Netherlands, designer Dasha Tsapenko “grew” her wedding dress using mycelium and vintage linen lace sourced from Ukrainian flea markets. “I wanted to combine something traditional and handmade with innovative biotechnology,” she told Specialty Fabrics Review. “The growing process involved literally feeding the lace to the fungi by placing the deconstructed and sterilized lace […]
