Karolina Kurkova in a Ferragamo dress made from Orange Fiber at the Green Carpet Fashion Awards ... A soft and durable leather substitute developed in the Philippines by Dr Carmen Hijosa ...

I’ve recently developed a soft spot for our bovine friends, so I’d like to avoid buying leather jackets in the future. The obvious alternative is so-called pleather, which is made from plastic.

The blazer is the trademarked shade “Pantone 342,” or “Masters green,” and is single-breasted and single-vented with logo-stamped custom brass buttons made in Connecticut. The left breast ...