This $595 sweater was grown in a petri dish and knitted by a robot

Over billions of years, evolution has created beautiful materials for making clothes: soft cashmere, thermoregulating wool, luxurious silk, durable cotton. But the human population has exploded, and producing enough of these raw materials to meet our voracious appetite for clothing is taking a toll on the environment. Raising sheep and harvesting cotton degrades the soil; shipping materials around the world spews carbon into the atmosphere. Vollebak, a London-based futuristic apparel...