Herm&egrave;s is tripping on mushroom&mdash;not the psychedelic type.

Fashion trends come and go but one movement is definitely here to stay: sustainability. Herm&egrave;s, the French heritage house known for its ultra-luxurious calfskin bags, is now experimenting with a new fungi-derived leather alternative material.
The Victoria Bag, one of its classic handbag designs, is reimagined in a mix of canvas, calfskin and Sylvania &mdash; a new form of Fine Mycelium, produced by MycoWorks.
The San Francisco-based start-up has managed to find a way to turn a &ldquo;network of threads from the root structure of mushrooms&mdash;into a material that imitates the properties of leather.&rdquo;

Fine Mycelium, the genesis of Sylvania, is manufactured in the MycoWorks facility. It is then tanned and finished in France by the Herm&egrave;s tanners to further refine its strength and durability, and shaped in the workshops by in-house craftspeople.
The amber-hued travel bag retains a sturdy silhouette with a natural patina finish, much like its original version that was born in 1997, Herm&egrave;s&rsquo; Year of Africa, and named after Zimbabwe&rsquo;s famous waterfalls.
It seems fitting that a travelling bag inspired by nature has now taken on a new sustainable material as a response to increasingly ethically minded and sustainability-focused consumers.

The Victoria Bag by Hermès

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