Desserto is everywhere in the month of April. The vegan leather made of cactus is blooming on Mother Nature’s flower show, most prolific in April in North America with a lesser flower from early May to mid-June, writes the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.

Fossil brand is the latest fashion brand to use the vegan leather made in Mexico from organically-grown cactus leaves. The launch of the brand’s Kier Cactus Leather Totes is Fossil’s first venture into handbags. Priced at $298, the initiative represents Fossil’s first use of ‘pro-planet materials as part of its Make Time for Good commitment to sustainability.

Fossil’s Pro-Planet Commitment

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Cactus Power Rising

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Nora Attal and Lea Meylan in 'Viva Mexico' by Inez and Vinoodh in Vogue Paris April 2021 AOC Fashion

The good news is that DESSERTO® IS featured in Vogue Paris April 2021 and a H&M Collab Drops Soon

DESSERTO® and H&M

On Feb. 23, 2021 Mexican cactus-based leather company DESSERTO®and H&M announced a brand new concept, Innovation Stories, which sees a range of collections launch throughout 2021. Each drop will be celebrating forward-thinking sustainability processes.

DESSERTO® and LVMH

DESSERTO® was a finalist of 30, for the 2020 LVMH Innovation Award and second runnerup in the event. Watch the LVMH video below.

Stella McCartney will present her Winter 2021 Collection online Tuesday, March 23 at stellamccartney.com 10 am. The most exciting element of Stella McCartney’s winter 2021 show will be the world’s first-ever garments made from vegan, lab-grown Mylo™️ mushroom leather.

Earnest environmentalist and nature-keeper Paris Jackson will be center stage for the big event. Stella used Mylo™️ to create two garments –a black bustier top and utilitarian trousers– that are not for sale, but “do embody the potential of this next-generation material and pave the way for future commercial offerings.”

“These rare, exclusive Mylo™️ pieces embody our shared commitment with Bolt Threads to innovate a kinder fashion industry – one that sees the birth of beautiful, luxurious materials as opposed to the deaths of our fellow creatures and planet,” says Stella McCartney.

Mylo™️ is certified bio-based, meaning it is made predominantly from renewable ingredients found in nature today. Scientists at Bolt Threads have spawned a new category of material science by reproducing what happens under the forest floor, where mycelium grows best, in a lab with mulch, air and water.

AOC has tracked Stella’s out front leadership in the development of exciting new materials, and we last wrote about Mylo™️ at the end of December 2019.