At this year's Future Fabrics Expo, banana plants emerged as a fruitful source for making more sustainable materials. Here, we spotlight four examples of the plant being transformed into leather ...

Highly water-absorbent, it has a quick drying quality. Among all these, banana fabric, created from the outer lining of the peels, is among the most luxurious. Its silk-like feel and cotton-like ...

decoration and weaving fabric. In Papua New Guinea, where Mr. Sachter-Smith has gone on two expeditions hunting for bananas, their names carry many meanings: “young men” (mero mero), “can fe ...

Read on for four sustainable materials made from banana plants exhibited at the Future Fabrics Expo. Banofi leather Banofi (above and top) is a plant-based leather made from banana crop waste.